Psychologists have used the Thematic Apperception Test to explore the drives, sentiments, complexes, and conflicts of personality for more than six decades. The TAT is used worldwide in military and industrial settings, for neuropsychological assessment and forensic evaluation, and in creativity and motivation studies. Yet researchers continue to debate its reliability and validity. Despite its wide use and popularity, no consensual scoring system or set of norms exists for the TAT.
In this lively and fascinating book, Gieser and Stein retrace the roots of this vital instrument, along with the circumstances that shaped, and continue to shape, its use. The TAT's rich history, theoretical and empirical grounding, and continued practical value are explored in this volume dedicated to one of psychology's most valued assessment tools.
Foreword: Harry's Compass
—Caroline C. Murray
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Part I. Introduction
- An Overview of the Thematic Apperception Test
—Lon Gieser and Morris I. Stein
Part II. Historical Foundations
- The Zeitgeists and Events Surrounding the Birth of the Thematic Apperception Test
—Morris I. Stein and Lon Gieser - Henry A. Murray and the Creation of the Thematic Apperception Test
—James William Anderson - Pioneer Experiences in the Clinical Development of the Thematic Apperception Test
—Saul Rosenzweig
Part III. Artistic and Literary Influences
- Look Homeward, Harry: Literary Influence on the Development of the Thematic Apperception Test
—Lon Gieser and Wesley G. Morgan - The 1943 Images: Their Origin and History
—Wesley G. Morgan
Part IV. Research and Clinical Applications
- The Thematic Apperception Test: A Paradise of Psychodynamics
—Edwin S. Shneidman - Empiricism and the Thematic Apperception Test: Validity Is the Payoff
—Robert R. Holt - Linking Personality and "Scientific" Psychology: The Development of Empirically Derived Thematic Apperception Test Measures
—David G. Winter - A Personological Approach to the Thematic Apperception Test
—Morris I. Stein - My Perceptions of the Thematic Apperception Test in Psychodiagnosis and Psychotherapy
—Leopold Bellak - Six Decades of the Bellak Scoring System, Among Others
—David M. Abrams
Part V. Contemporary Developments
- How the Test Lives On: Extensions of the Thematic Apperception Test Approach
—David C. McClelland - Cross-Cultural–Multicultural Use of the Thematic Apperception Test
—Richard H. Dana - The Tell-Me-A-Story Test: A Multicultural Offspring of the Thematic Apperception Test
—Giuseppe Costantino and Robert G. Malgady - The Thematic Apperception Test and the Multivoiced Nature of the Self
—Hubert J. M. Hermans
Part VI. Conclusion
- A View to the Future
—Lon Gieser and Morris I. Stein
Index
About the Editors
About the Cover
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