The Validity and Reliability of Interpretation from Autobiography and Thematic Apperception Test
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a personality assessment tool, and projective psychological test; which has been most used personality assessment tool worldwide. This was developed by Henry A. Murray and Christiana D. Morgan at Harvard University in 1930s. The TAT enables to reveal person’s personality, motives, needs to attain his or her goals in life, power and intimacy, as well as problem-solving abilities. In this connection, the validity and Reliability of TAT have been a debate lately by various groups of individuals. Many people are questioning about whether the projective personality tests such as TAT can really produce replicable results; or does it measure person’s personality accurately. The role of cultural variables has significant role in measuring one’s personality in TAT. Specifically, critics of the TAT stressed out that the...