Thematic Apperception Test: Meaning and Definition of

Themat'ic Appercep'tion Test"

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— Psychol. Psychol.
  1. a projective technique in which stories told by a subject about each of a series of pictures are assumed to reveal dominant needs or motivations. Abbr.: TAT
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