What about the Blank Story in TAT?
In this article we will cover the tips regrading how to write the blank story in TAT during Psychological tests of SSB interview. How to approach the blank story in TAT , lets see the points below.
a) To give a chance to your mind to settle down your mind
for another test. In ‘11’ stories, your unconscious mind becomes active as TAT
is the test of your imagination and an unconscious test. Therefore, without
settling down your unconscious, you cannot be taken to another test.
b) You have some specialty.
You have certain very good quality that you may represent in a blank story.
c) Whether blank story should be well prepared or should be
imagined on the spot? There is no harm, if you go well prepared but it will be
better if you imagine on the spot.
d) Which kinds of story
should be written for blank one? There are certain aroused emotions which could
not get opportunity in all the eleven stories. You can project your unprojected
emotions in blank one. A career oriented story or whichever aspect you have not
been able to produce in previous stories can be given a chance here.
Background of the Story
A total of 12 stories are projected on the screen, the last one being ‘blank’. If all the stories are of similar background, then your imagination will not have a variety. The psychologist is interested in variety of your stories to find out the pattern of the behaviour. You must be able to solve the problem of beyond routine. Your intellectual imagination is fashioned by going with the situations which are beyond routine. Daily life encountered problems are not the requirement of your TAT. Urgency is the requisite of a crisis leader as urgency qualifies the problem.
Let’s see another different example
It
is a picture of a house on fire.
He snatched the blanket
from a nearby bed and struggled hard to prevent the beginning of the fire, but
due to the wind, fire spread, extending him some burns. Sustaining minor burns
boosted him to cool down the fire. He came out of the house consoling the woman
to prevent the havoc. He deployed some passersby to gather the villagers and he
himself made a loud cry. The villagers gathered with buckets of sand and dust
and started throwing on the house. Ritesh got himself going up and started
motivating and working with the people from one corner to another. Within 45
minutes, the fire was finally controlled. He gave thanks to the villagers,
consoled the woman, took some first aid and went ahead to attend the college.
Also Read :
1) How to Imagine and Perceive Adequately in PPDT or TAT? | Psychology Test
2) How a Desirable TAT Story is to be Made ? | Psychology Test
3)The Practical Interpretation of the Story with Context to Subjective Interpretation and Psychological Interpretation
4)Conditions Responsible to Make a Story Undesirable and Psychologically Weak
5) The Psychological Testing
Let’s see another different example
Story:
Ritesh was the student of final year of engineering at
College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra. At 10 A.M, while he was on his way
to college, he heard the scream of a woman. He rushed to the spot, entered in
her house and noticed that her house was catching fire from inside. There was
no one as it were the working hours.
Interpretation and Explanation of the Story
The story reveals the identification of a Hero and a
suitable Hero too completely. There is logical connection
between the situation and the point of start. The situation is fire in the
house and the man responsible for the point of start is Hero who was on the way
to his college and his presence in the situation is justified.
The SRT (Situation Reaction Test) is a collection of routine
situations, but the TAT is a situation of beyond routine.
Another requirement is the element of desirability must be
there. It happens when there is havoc, here
the woman is crying to prevent and the Hero is fighting to cool down the fire.
There must be will to do and skill to perform which is being revealed from the
fighting skill of the Hero.
Now, the stage comes for the deployment of the resources and
the management of resources and then the situation comes for direction. At the
first stage, he snatched the blanket, as it was an available resource. When he
found that the fire was spreading and he could not control, that he deployed the two passersby and got the
people gathered with the bucket, dust etc.
Also Read :
1) How to Imagine and Perceive Adequately in PPDT or TAT? | Psychology Test
2) How a Desirable TAT Story is to be Made ? | Psychology Test
3)The Practical Interpretation of the Story with Context to Subjective Interpretation and Psychological Interpretation
4)Conditions Responsible to Make a Story Undesirable and Psychologically Weak
5) The Psychological Testing