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Potkay, Charles R.; Merrens, Matthew R. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1975
Potential sources of antifemale bias in Thematic Apperception Test stimuli were evaluated. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Pictorial Stimuli, Projective Measures

Vestewig, Richard E.; Paradise, Carol A. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1977
Achievement motivation was successfully measured among male and female college students by having the students rate eight Thematic Apperception Test cards for similarity and scaling the results in two dimensions: number of persons and degree of strong affect. The Rorschach Inkblot Test was not effective in determining need for achievement. (CTM)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Motivation

Shapiro, Jeremy P. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1979
A substantial portion of what has been interpreted as "fear of success" imagery of the Thematic Apperception Test is argued to involve anxiety about engaging in achievement activities traditionally considered to be inappropriate to one's sex role. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Fear of Success, Higher Education, Occupational Aspiration
Neman, Ronald S.; And Others – 1974
The study represents an extension of previous research involving the development of scales for the five-card, orally administered, and tape-recorded version of the Thematic Apperception Test(TAT). Scale development is documented and national norms are presented based on a national probability sample of 1,398 youths administered the Cycle III test…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education