Abstract: The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective technique ofpersonality, as well known as the Rorschach Test. But the original picturesare not suitable for Chinese, and the operation is too complex, it's scoringis not objective enough, it's reliability and validity is not satisfactory, andthere is no standard norm, so it is difficult to popularize it for clinical use,Therefore there is no special research using this test in China. In order to improve the original TAT; First, the TAT tool was revisedto suit Chinese cultural pattern; Second, the technique from structurism toimage-selecting was developed, in order to make the TAT-RC become a han-dy projective technique, and easy to be popularized. Through the research,the TAT-R.C has now certain reliability and validity, artd it's norm(ZHE-JIAN) has been established.

Key words: projective technique of personality, TAT-RC, reliability, validity, norm