Who is associated with Thematic Apperception test.

2021

Who is associated with Thematic Apperception test.

  1. A.

    C.D. Morgan

  2. B.

    H.A. Murray

  3. C.

    Both Henry Murray and Christiana Morgan

  4. D.

    J.L. Moreno

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

Classic psychological instruments that emerge from a shared research programme are often credited jointly to the researchers who designed and first published them, rather than to a single author — the historical record names whoever is documented as co-originating the test.

The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective personality test in which a person narrates stories about ambiguous scene cards. It was developed at the Harvard Psychological Clinic in the 1930s, with Henry A. Murray directing the research and Christiana D. Morgan co-authoring the test's original description (published 1935). Because both figures are documented originators, the option naming both of them together is the accurate answer.

  • Henry Murray and Christiana Morgan are each individually correct but only partial on their own — each names just one of the two credited originators.

  • J.L. Moreno is associated with psychodrama and sociometry, entirely separate techniques, not TAT.

Together, Henry Murray and Christiana Morgan are credited as the historical originators of the Thematic Apperception Test, so the option naming both of them is the accurate answer.

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