A threshold conception of need value.

Tyler, Forrest B.; Tyler, Bonnie B.; Rafferty, Janet

doi:10.1037/h0093812

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“…By contrast, if a card has a high instigating force, the threshold for giving an achievement-oriented response will be easily exceeded; therefore, many people (even those with a low nAch level) will show achievement imagery in their response. Such a threshold mechanism has already been proposed by Tyler, Tyler, and Rafferty (1962; see also Vislie, 1972) for the measurement of needs, although not in the context of the TAT.…”

Section: A Basic Apperception Theorymentioning

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Measuring needs with the Thematic Apperception Test: A psychometric study.

Tuerlinckx¹,

Boeck²,

Lens³

2002

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Three apperception theories that explain how people respond to Thematic Apperception Test cards are proposed: a simple apperception theory, an apperception theory with a dynamic component, and an apperception theory with 2 types of responses. Each theory is translated into an item response theory model and is applied to need for achievement (nAch) data. The analysis indicates that the best fitting model is provided by the apperception theory with 2 types of responses, also referred to as the drop-out apperception theory. The 1st type of response predicted by this theory is determined by the nAch level of the person and the achievement-response-eliciting value of the card; this response is diagnostic for the nAch level of the person. The 2nd type of response is not determined by the 2 aforementioned characteristics and is therefore not diagnostic of the person's nAch level. The results are cross-validated for need for power and need for affiliation.

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Section: A Basic Apperception Theorymentioning

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“…Such a threshold mechanism has already been proposed by Tyler, Tyler, and Rafferty (1962;see also Vislie, 1972) for the measurement of needs, although not in the context of the TAT.…”

Section: A Basic Apperception Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring needs with the Thematic Apperception Test: A psychometric study.

Tuerlinckx¹,

Boeck²,

Lens³

2002

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…The findings of the study, finally, will bear on an important issue in personality theory originally championed by Lewin (10) and taken up recently in the monograph of Tyler, Tyler and Rafferty (12). The issue has been examined in a prior monograph by one of the present writers (14) and by others (2, 7, 11).…”

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Some Dynamics of Laughter During Family Therapy

Zuk¹,

Boszormenyi-Nagy²,

Heiman³

1963

Family Process

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“…The principle is analogous to determining auditory threshold by using stimuli of differing degrees of loudness. In the personality domain, Tyler, Tyler, and Rafferty (1962) have used this conceptualization in assessing what they call "need value" or maximum response tendency.…”

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Homogeneity and variation in measuring personality.

Fiske¹

1963

American Psychologist

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A threshold conception of need value.

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Measuring needs with the Thematic Apperception Test: A psychometric study.

Measuring needs with the Thematic Apperception Test: A psychometric study.

Some Dynamics of Laughter During Family Therapy

Homogeneity and variation in measuring personality.

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