Henry A. Murray Murray, Henry A., 1893–1988, American
psychologist, b. New York City. Murray was trained in a variety
of disciplines, including psychology, chemistry, and biology. He
taught at Harvard (1927–62), and helped found the Boston
Psychoanalytic Society. His theory of personality drew from both
Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis, to form a complex system of
basic motivational forces. Murray developed the Thematic
Apperception Test (TAT), a projective test widely used by
psychologists for assessing personality (see psychological
tests). See E. S. Shneidman, ed., Selections from the
Personology of Henry A. Murray (1981). The Columbia Electronic
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