Sex differences in college students in achievement motivation and performance in competitive and non-competitive situations, 1965

The sample consisted of 89 women and 88 men who were students in an introductory psychology course (largely first year) at University of Michigan in the winter of 1965. Participants completed six verbal TATs.

The Alpert-Haber (1960) Achievement Anxiety Test, and three timed tests entitled "Ability Indices" were also administered at this time. The ability indices included one-half of the Lowell (1952) Scrambled Words Test, a series of solvable and nonsolvable line puzzles, and an arithmetic puzzle. During the second test period, participants were randomly assigned to one of three performance conditions: noncompetitive; mixed sex competitive; or same sex competitive.