thematic apperception test
Date1949
Inventory NumberWJ1149
ClassificationPsychological test
Subject
Author
Charles E. Thompson
, Ph.D.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
1913-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions28.5 x 24 x 1.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
grey board box: 8.3 × 25.1 × 33 cm (3 1/4 × 9 7/8 × 13 in.)
grey board box: 8.3 × 25.1 × 33 cm (3 1/4 × 9 7/8 × 13 in.)
Material
DescriptionLarge rectangular folder containing thirty-one cardboard cards and one instruction booklet. This test is the racially modified version of Henry A. Murray's original test (see WJ1148). It is called the "Thompson Modification" test owing to its author, Charles E. Thompson.
Signedon cover: Harvard University Press
FunctionTest to uncover the "dominant drives, emotions, sentiments, complexes and conflicts of a personality," as described in the manual, p. 5.
ProvenancePsychology Department, William James Hall, Harvard University.
Office of the Surgeon General
Date: 1919
Object number: WJ1156
Charles Babbage
Date: 1822-1834, reassembled in 1886
Object number: 1991-1-0001a
Charles Babbage
Date: 1822-1834
Object number: 1991-1-0001b
Charles Lincoln
Date: 1770-1775
Accessories: 5 objectives; 1 Lieberkühn; 1 cone; tadpole glasses and wire; 6 ivory slides; mica covers and wire rings; stage bull's eye magnifier; 2 hand magnifiers; spring slide holder; fish plate; instruction booklet; fold out plate (glued to cardstock); list of objects on slides.
Object number: 1047
A. T. Thompson & Company
Date: circa 1917
Object number: 1101b
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