Psychological Test : PPDT , TAT or Story Writing

Dear Friends , 

Psychology Testing is one of the most important and scientific method which assessors use to know your thought process.  This test comprises three different test's -

1. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
2. Word Association Test (WAT)
3. Situation Reaction Test (SRT)
4. Self Description Test (SDT)

Today we discuss on only TAT. First of all for new comers , i am giving a small intro about TAT
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TAT  -

• Here you will be shown 11 pictures  in a  screen ( Same like PPDT but this time the pictures will be little bit more clear), timing will be less around ( 4 minutes) . After completing 11 pictures they show one blank slide and u need to make story around it.
• You can write in English or Hindi.
• This is test of your imagination and skills.
• Write each story and complete it. No need to describe picture but to write story around it.

Yes you can write story in English/ Hindi . They say it again and again that let the language be not the barrier . We want to know your inner qualities but they also say that if possible you again start speaking/writing in English...

Most of the aspirants commit a common mistake in TAT and they also leads to a common result. Few of them are -

• Psychologists keep on saying this again and again that write a story which you perceive at the very first instant from the image but we as usual modify the story by forcefully inculcating qualities like leadership , courage , Team - work , etc , etc. Thanks to various books , coaching materials , and suggestions from recommended candidates. If you try to write a story, what a recommended candidate wrote in his attempt and start thinking that this will help you to get selected than you are committing a big mistake ( aa bail mujhe maar). Every human being is different , we all think differently and we perceive differently . They are interested to know you in originality.
• If you will write a fake story than you get easily caught because they have various weapons. WAT , SRT, SDT, Interview , GTO . 
• In any selection procedure , You have to answer various questions by expressing your intelligence and knowledge. If you can not express than its your fault not IO's fault. In IO opinion you do not any thing. If you know many things inside your mind and you can'not express it than it's equal to nothing.
• For this reason you need a tool to express your views. In TAT , you must have good writing skills so that you can express and transport your healthy thought to Psychologist. Here good writing skills do not mean that you start writing in Shakespeare style but a skill by which you can express your thoughts correctly. 

Now you have writing skills but the major problem arises here , when you start thinking about what to write. On this topic i had a conversation with my college junior -

J - Sir , What to write in TAT ?

Me - What you perceive in TAT?

J - Sir , if i write honestly write what i perceive na than they will never select me.

Me -  Y? What do you perceive buddy? Tell me honestly where do you face problem?

J - Sir , In story writing , i start with something else and end with something else. i always start thinking in a same direction like in hindi movie's story. Example - Ram was a poor guy , he studied hard, and than achieved some thing  or some time i represent Ram as a hero who save people's life, etc etc..In most of my slides i represent my hero as a poor guy or a Bollywood hero guy who saves the world...

Me - Tell me something about your reading habit?

J - Sir , when i was in college than you know, most of the time we spend in college canteen , and than various movies , and a serious study for 10 to 15 mins , and than chatting with girl friend etc etc..

Me - And Now?

J - Sir , now i am in job so i didn't get much time to speak with my girl friend. Ab to uski shaadi bhi hone waali hai... :(

Me - i was asking about your reading habit..

J - Ohhh that... sir i didn't get time to read anything. Office workload and than Saturdays  Sundays party..

Me - It means you do not do anything to make your perspective broader?

J - I am not getting you.

Me - i know. Are you free right now?

J - yes sir.

Me - Take a print out of this page and come with me.

( J Thinking - yaar kahin pooch kar meine galti to nhn kar dee )

 Me - J what do perceive by this image?

J - Sir Ram is a software engineer . He was working in a multi- national company. One day his boss told him that we are not getting enough projects so may be we can go for cost - cutting. So Ram started thinking a develop a new software programme which can help his company to get rid off from this financial crisis. He studied hard and develeoped it, and his boss promoted him. 

Me - It's not bad.

J - and sir sir i forget to add . this leads ram to internal happiness and he came out with flying colours.

Me - OK.

Now me and J went to near by shopkeeper , who generally provides us daily - needs ..

Me - Uncle , I want to do an exercise with you to check your mental ability. R u free??

Uncle - Ya Ya..Ask Ask...

Me - Uncle see this picture for 30 seconds and you have to create a story on what you perceive.

Uncle -  Ghanshyam chand Makhani was a whole sale dealer of commodities. One day he just raised the price of goods to maximise his profit , this leads to bitter opposition against his new pricing scheme. People stopped purchasing from his shop. So he got tensed and than again he restore the prices and apologize to us. In slowly and gradually he was again back to buisness.

Me - Thank you uncle.

J - Aap to kabhi SSB mein mat jaana uncle...

Uncle - SSB ..Is this some new brand of rice???

Than we went to my  school teacher's house 

School Teacher's story - 

Shantanu was a school student , he was an average student. Always teacher's used to scold him because he was never serious in study. Teacher's knew that he has a great potential and if he will do little hard work than he can score much more. One day principal sir called him at his office and inspired him to think for his future and study hard. This inspired shantanu and he studied hard and scored very good marks in board exams.

Me - Mam , i think this story is based on me ..is it??

Mam - may be... may be not...

J - Sir batana kya chah rahe ho???

Me - wait for few more minutes.

Then we went to meet one Retrd. Army Colonel , He is my best friend. 

Colonel's Story -

Rajveer was a student of  Public Administration in Indian Institute of Public Administration. He always wanted to become an IAS officer. He studied hard in his institute , went to various villages and tribal places to get a ground reality of various programmes and policies of government based on his research he submitted an accurate plan for better policy implementation.His research got acclaimed in the world and various international colleges and university offered him job with attractive salary but Rajveer stayed in India , became an IAS and started working for poor people and for the development of the society. This leads to immense satisfaction for Rajveer.

Me - Thank you sir..

Colonel  to J - Why your hairs are so long?? ( in very strong and heavy voice )

J - sir bas aaj hi cut kerwa lunga..( in very scary voice)

After that we started our bike , J was riding..then he asked

J - Now where? Indian President's office ???

Me - No , No ... not right now ..lets go to home.

After reaching our home -

Me - J we got four different stories on the same slide  from 4 different people. 

J your perspective was technical , Shopkeeper's perspective was economical , my teacher's perspective was encouraging and colonel's perspective was social. All the story are correct all of them shows hard work and determination . 

                                 If you will start reading and analysing present day today happening around the world and specially India , whether its technical , Social, Political , security this all will lead you to form a good content of the story with the basic development traits like hard work and dedication and this will lead to a true developmental and constructive story. 

       Those development traits will not only contribute in your story writing but also your body language and attitude complement your personality. And than your personality will show a common traits whether its TAT, WAT, SRT , SDT , GTO etc etc...

My dear J read a lot on various issues , write a lot on various issues and cross all the hurdles of your life by true and honest hard work , dedication and determination. Than you will see that none of the board in this world can even dare to fail you , because you have emerge as a winner of life.          

JAI HIND

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