Glossary T

Glossary T

TAT isthe abbreviations of Thematic Apperception Test, a projective Personality test in which test-takers are shown pictures and asked to tell stories which is designed to measure var

TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) refers to a projective personality test in which test-takers are shown pictures and asked to tell stories; a projective technique that purports to reveal patients' personality characteristics by interpreting the stories they produce in response to a series of pictures.

Tat-for-Tat strategy a means of encouraging cooperation by at first acting cooperatively but then always responding the way your opponent did (cooperatively or competitively) on the previous trial

Tau refers to a protein that normally helps maintain the internal support structure of the axons.

Taxes refers to the behaviour that involves movement to or away from a stimulus.

taxonomy refers to the system of naming and classification in science.

Taxonomy of success and failure attributions refers to the types of internal and external attributions we can make about a person's performance—for example, success or failure

Tricyclic anti-depressants