Towards Scientific Apperception Tests for Twenty-First Century Social Sciences Research: Formulating 'Structured Apperception Techniques for Socio-Cultural Change' in Twenty-First Century Social Sciences Research

This paper takes forward the concepts and
postulates of our two published papers on socio-cultural
change to their logical conclusion, and seeks to put
forward some new and novel techniques through which
we believe the ideals of these two papers can be
eminently realized. Another objective of this paper is to
review the various types of already existing apperception
tests such as the Thematic Apperception tests which try
to assess the sub-conscious dynamics of a person’s
personality, and projective tests which seek to reveal a
person’s hidden emotions and internal conflicts as well.
These tests are already in existence and are fairly widely
used in fields as far apart as sociology, psychology and
psychiatry, but we lay bare their inadequacies here and
conclude that they are insufficient to meet the

requirements of the present day, and of the post-
globalized world. We therefore, also propose that these

existing concepts and somewhat Eurocentric in their
orientation, even if they were developed with the best of
intentions, and some were even designed to satisfy the
innate curiosities of Western researchers regarding
other exotic and alien cultures, and to a certain extent,
mold their perceptions of them, and fit them into their
own archaic world views. We then propose an
alternative approach keeping the core ideals of
apperception tests and projective tests intact, while
molding it to suit our requirements, and without diluting
our singular objective of ushering in socio-cultural
change across cultures and societies.