An objective scoring procedure was developed for Dombrose and Slobin's Picture Titles test. This procedure was used to assess sex differences in impulse, ego, and superego functions on a population of university students ranging in age from 18 to 22 yr. The ego variable differentiated more consistently between the sexes than did either the impulse or superego variables. A reversal of sex differences in certain personality functions in relation to age was obtained.
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