42 males and 19 females (14 to 16 yr. old) tape recorded or wrote their responses to 6 standard slides of TAT pictures. Oral responses yielded higher motive scores than written responses for nAch measures only. Males scored higher than females on total nAch. Response mode requires careful study.
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