Thinking Creatively with Sounds and Words was administered to 42 male and 42 female students (Grades 7 through 9) to investigate the effects of time press (fixed vs variable) on sex differences in production of verbal originality. The results indicated that the main effects of time press and sex and their interaction effect were nonsignificant.
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