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If two or three persons are visible in a room and a telephone is depicted in the hanging position (means
receiver is detached from the crate) then the story will circulate around the telephone and the telephone is the
clue.

In TAT you have to precept then appercept to build up a theme, as two kinds of TAT sets are
Portrayed consisting 10 or 12 and the last one in both the sets are blank. TAT is a broader sense of
apperception but PP&DT – is concised sense of perception. As TAT constitutes various depiction like
confrontation scenes, drowning, no-vacancy, graveyard, scouting, combating, jungle, accident,
suspicious, hazy, ambiguous etc.
In both PP&DT and TAT analytical mind, reasoning ability (sensitivity of reasoning) capacity to find and
locate the clue and the interpretation of the same is must.
Interpretation of story in Screening Test

(a) (b) (c) (d)
What is the Ist thing you How many persons Their sex, age Action being
see in the picture or the are being visible and mood undertaken by them
1st thought which strikes in the picture
your mind.

Visualization of the 1st thing and the reaction of the 1st thought both are the same introspection
which evolves from the varying reaction of the candidate. Reaction means natural reaction to the natural
causes / reasons and in turn it becomes the actions. I will cite it as here under :—
Depiction : A man aged 45–58 is seen in a depressed mood keeping both hands over the forehead, with
down face beside him is standing a boy and girl aged around 14 or 18.