A researcher was studying whether family pressures interfere with employee satisfaction, so she presented respondents with a picture of a man working in his office at night, shirt sleeves rolled up and tie loosened looking tired and frustrated. She asks respondents to "write this man's story." She believed that if family pressures are impacting a respondent, then his or her response will indicate that somehow in the story they tell. This is an example of using which type of exercise to encourage respondents to project their inner feelings and personalities in their stories?
A) thematic apperception
B) attribution focus
C) dual-coding procedure
D) probing
E) mental imagery

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The exercise described is an example of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), where respondents are presented with a picture and asked to tell a story about it. This exercise is commonly used in personality assessment and can reveal how individuals project their inner feelings, personality, and conflicts.

A Researcher Was Studying Whether Family Pressures Interfere with Employee