THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thematic Apperception Test mean? 

• THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (noun)
  The noun THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST has 1 sense:

1. a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

  Familiarity information: THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST used as a noun is very rare.

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• THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (noun)

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Meaning:

A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

TAT; Thematic Apperception Test

Hypernyms ("Thematic Apperception Test" is a kind of...):

projective device; projective technique; projective test (any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations)