TAT – Thematic Apperception Test (Murray test) as Cross-cultural Studies Tool
TAT – Thematic Apperception Test (Murray test) as Cross-cultural Studies Tool

Summary/Abstract: Three images of the TAT were used to elicit answers from a sample of around one hundred teenagers from different countries and cultural backgrounds. The goal of the research was to identify possible cultural differences in perception of social and family relationships, differences in associating emotions with a social context. Our study was inspired by the ones conducted by Bert Kaplan in Kansas and Ivano Rinaldi in rural Lucania, at the request of Edward Banfield (The Moral Basis of a Backward Society, 1958). It was the first one to use the Thematic Apperception Test for a cross-cultural comparison.

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