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                      2. Your writing kit must have two sharpened pencils, a pencil sharpener and one eraser of good
                   quality.
                      3. Occupy your own allotted seat and after that withdraw your thoughts from all that is not relevant.
                      4. Be attentive to the instructions. Instructions are imparted in simple English. Do not hesitate to
                   seek clarification if you have not understood any part of the instructions.
                      5. Participate in the process of going through the examples and the practice set whole-heartedly. Do
                   not ignore any part of the instruction or take anything for granted.
                      6. Be a Gentleman (if I may use the word ‘Gentle person’ for women candidates) in your conduct.
                   Show your discipline and full co-opertion with the Duty Psychologist. Sometimes he may request you
                   to help him in distribution or collection of answer-sheets or question-booklets. You must happily extend
                   him your help.
                      How to Prepare for Intelligence Tests ? You must bear in mind that the answers of intelligence
                   tests are evaluated for their correctness. They are ‘objective’ in a way that every question has only one
                   correct/admissible answer. It is not possible to consider variation in answers that may result due to the
                   influence of Personal psychological attributes. The only way to prepare for intelligences tests is to
                   practice sincerely. Lot of Books on intelligence test are available in libraries and on bookstands. You
                   may pick up a few of them and practice on your own. Be faithful to time to attain speed.




                                                      Lesson 13
                                                 Projective Tests

                      Projective tests are those tests in which subjects (candidates in our context) project their own
                   personality qualities in their responses. Candidates responses are not evaluated for correctness.
                   Inference about the psychological attributes of candidates is drawn from their responses. The
                   psychological test battery includes the following four tests in vogue in SSBs :—
                                1                 2                  3                4


                         Thematic Apperception  Word Association  Situation Reaction  Self-Description Test
                             Test (TAT)          Test (WAT)       Test (SRT)         (SD)

                   Thematic Apperception Test
                      Thematic Apperception Test is picture story-writing test. The Psychologist projects a few black and
                   white pictures on the screen. Candidates are asked to write a story on the situation shown in the
                   pictures. Pictures vary in clarity (some pictures may be clear, partially clear or vague) and in content. In
                   the present system of SSBs, candidates are required to write eleven stories on the projected situations
                   and one story on a situation imagined by themselves. Before proceeding further we must understand the
                   concept of perception and apperception.
                      Perception and Apperception :—The psychological phenomenon that makes the core of the TAT
                   is ‘Apperception’. Apperception implies ‘assigning  the perceived object’. It is a step further to the
                   process of perception. In perception an object or a person is perceived for recognition and identification.
                   Psychologically, the process of assigning meaning to sensory input is called perception. Various
                   audio-visual clause, properties of figure and background etc. combine with the attributes of the
                   individual (perceiver) play their role in such recognition and identification. However, the interaction
                   with the environment is incomplete without the identification of purpose/intention of the perceived
                   object/person in his environment.
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