PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Thematic Apperception Test, Projective Test, Gender Role
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Are there sex differences in achievement motivation and fear of success: achievement motivation: the desire to succeed at tasks that require excellence. People who wish to fulfill standards of excellence. Projective tests: it is thought that people will tell a story which reflects their innermost thoughts (researchers use highly subjective process by counting the references to achievement the participants made in the stories they made up for the pictures). Achievement motivation is typically measured using projective tests (thematic apperception test, picture story exercises) Instructions for the thematic apperception test: i am going to show you some pictures, one at a time, and your task will be to make up a story for each card. In your story, be sure to tell what has led up to the event shown in the picture, describe what is happening at the moment, what the characters are feeling and thinking, and give the outcome. Tell a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end.
