Correlates of Achievement, Dominance, and Creativity

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Heinzen ◽  
Richard C. Teevan ◽  
Michael A. Britt
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Projective Test ◽  
The Social ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Descriptive Scale

A review of literature suggests that creativity and authoritarianism are negatively correlated. Based on a validation study by Ray and Lovejoy in 1983 in which need for achievement and dominance were offered as better predictors of authoritarian behaviors than traditional authoritarianism scales, we examined this relationship using a projective test for Need for Achievement (the Thematic Apperception Test) and a self-descriptive scale (the Adjective Check List) which produced multiple measures of achievement plus scores on dominance and creativity. The anticipated negative relationship between creativity and this operationalization of authoritarianism was not produced by any of the measures. Instead, we replicated Gough and Heilbrun's 1983 data in which dominance and achievement are positively related to creativity. The results are discussed in terms of how researchers might examine the relations between authoritarianism and creativity as the social psychology of creativity.

Mind-Body Revisited: Every 28 Days

1976 ◽  
Vol 39 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1311-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles L. Richman ◽  
Rosemarie Anderson Patty ◽  
Terri D. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Check List ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Regular Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Control Order

Male and female undergraduates were administered the Gough-Heilbrun Adjective Check List and a questionnaire assessing menstrual regularity. The females' reported regularity was positively correlated with scales for self-control, order, and endurance, demonstrating that women who describe themselves as orderly, methodical, persevering, and dependable are more likely to report a regular menstrual cycle than women reporting an irregular cycle. In contrast, men who projected themselves as women showed a negative relationship between orderly, rigid, and methodical behaviors and regular cycles.

Using the Thematic Apperception Test to Assess Interpersonal Decentering in Violent Relationships

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Rae Jenkins ◽  
Lauren Dobbs ◽  
Melissa Leeper
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Role Taking ◽  
Mature Adult ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Implicit Assessment ◽  
Domestic Violence Survivors

Abstract. Interpersonal decentering or role-taking, the ability to see the world from another person’s perspective, normally develops in childhood, but the degree to which a mature adult routinely uses this capacity for a theory of mind, or mentalization, can be considered a personality disposition that facilitates good social relationships. Use of decentering processes may also vary according to the social roles of the people who are interacting in the situation and the activity that engages them. The Interpersonal Decentering scoring system for thematic apperceptive techniques was developed to assess the maturity level of decentering using an implicit assessment method. Violence perpetrators need not decenter if they can control others by threats; domestic violence survivors may rely on decentering to understand, anticipate, and try to control their partner’s violent episodes. This exploratory archival study of 61 assessment clients found that domestic violence survivors and those with no obvious interpersonal problems decentered more maturely, and violence perpetrators decentered less than did those who lacked close relationships or had heterogeneous nonviolent relationship problems. These findings suggest a story-based strategy for collaborative or therapeutic assessment with both perpetrators and survivors.

Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Self-Esteem in Women

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 663-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey D. Callahan ◽  
Aline H. Kidd
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Check List ◽  
Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
The Social

Research shows that women both focus on the social aspects of jobs and rate their self-esteem on social factors, so it was hypothesized that women scoring high on a job-satisfaction questionnaire would score significantly higher on those scales of the Adjective Check List which are relevant to self-esteem than women scoring low in job-satisfaction. The results supported the hypothesis. Job-satisfied women were achievement-oriented, cooperative, tactful, social, self-confident, and comfortable with sex-appropriate roles. Job-unsatisfied women were self-critical, suffered from inferiority feelings, and displayed maladaptive tendencies. Further research was suggested.

SCORS-G and Card Pull Effect of TAT Stories: A Study With a Nonclinical Sample of Children

Assessment ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1368-1377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea F. Auletta ◽  
Simone Cupellaro ◽  
Luigi Abbate ◽  
Elena Aiello ◽  
Pamela Cornacchia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Global Rating ◽  
The Social ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Rating Method ◽  
Nonclinical Sample ◽  
5Th Grade ◽  
Two Age Groups

Previous research has shown that stimulus pull is one of the contributory factors influencing Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) responses. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of studies examining this. In particular, the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale–Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) has been employed to examine stimulus pull in adult clinical and nonclinical samples. The present study is the first attempt to examine this issue in a nonclinical sample of children. Ninety-eight children from Italian elementary (1st to 5th grade) and middle (6th to 8th grade) schools provided narratives to six TAT cards (1, 2, 3BM, 4, 8BM, and 16). Some important findings with regard to variance within scales replicate prior findings from other studies. Furthermore, some findings regarding the specific nature of pull for particular TAT cards (1, 2, 3BM, and 4) replicate prior work. Given that Cards 8BM and 16’s SCORS-G stimulus properties have not been previously studied, the pull of these cards is explored. Last, SCORS-G differences/similarities across these two age groups are highlighted. Suggestions for further research in this field are also provided, particularly concerning the use of SCORS-G and TAT for clinical assessment.

Relationship between Hypnotic Susceptibility, Fear of Failure and Need for Achievement

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-242
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Manganello ◽  
Thomas K. Carlson ◽  
Deirdre L. Zarrillo ◽  
Richard C. Teevan
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Hypnotic Susceptibility ◽  
Thematic Apperception

21 men were administered a modified version of Murray's (1938) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) to measure fear of failure and need for achievement. Hypnotic susceptibility was then tested using the Harvard Group Scale, Form A. The prediction that those subjects high in fear of failure would be less susceptible than those in low fear of failure was supported. No relationship was found between need for achievement and hypnotic susceptibility, supporting previous findings. The results were discussed in terms of the dimensions of fear of failure which would lead to low susceptibility.

Retro-methodologies: insights for city tourism research

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Robert Pearce ◽  
Philip L. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Thematic Apperception Test ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Thematic Apperception ◽  
Further Development

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the applicability of older methodologies to contemporary city tourism research. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews and identifies categories of methodologies for new uses. Findings Four methods are considered to advance the toolkit of city tourism researchers – two are projective techniques and two are judgment tasks. More specifically a version of the thematic apperception test and the cognitive mapping approach belong to the first category while the use of the triad judgement tasks and just noticeable differences assessments belong to the latter category. Research limitations/implications The techniques are advanced as proposals for further development. They have had only limited tourism city use and testing their usefulness offers creative possibilities for researcher insights. Practical implications New techniques are needed for the contemporary times and the suggested proposals fit this requirement. Social implications Non-questionnaire techniques provide better access to the social lives of those less familiar with surveys. Originality/value The work revitalizes older ideas and offers approaches which may prove a useful addition to the researcher toolkit.

Psychological Differences in Amateur and Competitive Skiers

1994 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 667-670
Author(s):  
Carmelo A. De Mojà ◽  
Antonio E. Di Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Check List ◽  
Ideal Self ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Psychological Differences ◽  
The Mean

The mean personality scores based on responses to the Adjective Check List by 28 competitive skiers were compared with those for 32 amateurs to evaluate psychological characteristics of both groups (ages ranged from 18 to 26 years). Analysis gave significant differences only for six of 37 scales. In comparison with amateurs, competitors showed more need for achievement, dominance, endurance, exhibition, self-confidence and a more positive Ideal Self.

Examination of Social Context Effects upon Affective Responses to “Hot” and “Cool” Communications Media

1972 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 793-794
Author(s):  
William D. G. Balance ◽  
Daniel Coughlin ◽  
Wolfgang G. Bringmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Context Effects ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Check List ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Communications Media ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
The Social

60 male Grade 9 students were exposed to a motion picture, a television program, or a radio play alone and in small groups. Thus, there were six experimental conditions, (i.e., TV alone vs group; movies alone vs group; radio alone vs group). The contents were designed specifically for each medium and were selected to produce positive affective changes. The Mood Adjective Check List (MACL) was administered 1 wk. before and immediately after exposure to each medium condition. (1) Over-all changes were in the predicted direction and significant, and (2) statistical examination of mean changes for each group yielded significant changes only for the radio and TV alone groups. The present results lend support to Boulding's (1967) view that the “social context” in which one is exposed to a medium is perhaps more important than the “actual form of the medium itself.”

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