Word Association Test is also one of the projection technique used by the psychologist to find the personality of the candidate.  Different type of real life usage words are shown to the candidates by which candidate imagination is shown in his response.  So the psychologist easily finds the views of the candidates on different words, such as his emotional responses, how that word is registered in his mind.
     WAT is used to the find the emotional stability or responses,  this is a test of attitude of a person.

Procedure for Writing the WAT-

     A series of 60 words are shown in the projector, the words are real life situation words and regular usage words and we have to give a meaningful response to those words.  The response should be positive one. With the help of our response the psychologist assess our attitude with the help of our PIQ (social back ground) what we likes and dislikes, views on social status, and different environments. Dont worry and dont confuse more about WAT, write the positive sentence and response should reveal honesty, friendly, liveliness, i.e. it shows all the OLQ - officer like qualities of the candidates.  

Protocols to write the WAT

     60 words are shown in a sequence and time given to respond is 12 seconds.  Within which we have to write a positive response to the word. 

Negative Words in WAT:-

     Negative words are also given in the WAT, in which the candidate has to approach it positively and have to show their knowledge in that.
Eg.
      Impossible - Proper planning makes impossible outcome to possible. 
     Like this approach the words positively.  If you try to approach every word positively then it easily shows your OLQs to the psychologist.

Tips for writing the WAT:-

1. Avoid proverbs
2. Show your knowledge and response
3. Avoid advices by using words such as should, could, would, etc
4. If you dont get any idea for a word, better leave it empty since writing anything negatively creates bad impression for you.
5. The handwriting should be legible and good.
6. The words can be used as in verb form, noun, adjective and adverb.
7. Use the responses to be in past and present, avoid the future as it shows imaginary.