You can download the Thematic Apperception Test TAT sample pictures set for practice from the links given below. TAT which is also known as the Thematic Apperception Test of SSB is a projective psychological test that has a set of pictures shown to you one by one and expected from you to write a story based on your thinking after watching each individual picture.
Why Thematic Apperception Test?
These pictures originally employed for this purpose were very vague. There was a great play of projection or inner subconsciousness in the interpretation of these T.A.T pictures Pictures with greater details and needing less play of projection and imagination were introduced by two psychologists, Murray and Margon, who used these in 1903 and the same are generally in use in India. In TAT, the picture used by the SSBs are on the model of Murray’s pictures, but they are almost clear and not hazy. A set of 12 pictures is generally used including one blank slide. A slide of each picture is shown on a screen with the help of a magic lantern for half a minute and the candidates are required to write a story based on the picture in a period of four minutes in the particular space provided on the answer sheet. This test is based on the theory that in the construction or stories around ambiguous pictures, the candidate organizes material from his own personal experiences, partly as a result of the stimulus that he receives i.e. what he finds in the picture and partly his associations with such stimuli recalled from his past experiences.
To know more about TAT read:
Number of pictures: 11 Time duration: 4 mins for writing story( per picture)
How to Use TAT Slideshow
Below we have given TAT sample story exercises, you can enroll in our SSB Interview Online Course to access all study material for your SSB Preparation.
How to practice TAT
- Be ready with few blank papers and pen.
- When you are ready with stationery items, start the slideshow.
- You will see a picture for 30 secs and next a blank slide for 4 mins.
- Watch the picture for 30secs and plot a story in your mind.
- Start writing your story in next 4 mins.
- Keep practicing.
- You will find that continuous practice will increase your writing speed and improve your story quality.
