Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 1960 A Thematic Apperception Test Study of Non-Intellective Factors Related to Academic Success on the College Level Joseph A Garvin Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Garvin, Joseph A., "A Thematic Apperception Test Study of Non-Intellective Factors Related to Academic Success on the College Level" (1960) Dissertations 586 https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/586 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons For more information, please contact ecommons@luc.edu This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License Copyright © 1960 Joseph A Garvin A Ti~.ATIC APPF.RCEP'l'ION' TEST STllDY OF NON-INTEU,ECTlVE FACTOPS RElATED TO A~;IC 8UCCBSS ON 'l'HI COLL!G! LEVIt A Di_rtaUon SubMittecl to the Faoult:v of the Gracluatle School of Loyola Uniwra1\y in Part.ial Fult1l.l.maft\ of the Requ1~ tar the Degree of Doctor of PhUoeopby Joaeph A aam was bom in s Loui., fa_our! Janull7 27, 1919 attended st Lou1a Uni rsity, reoei'ring the B.S depree in 1941 aad tbe in 1949 Jlul":I.nc 1947 and 1948, I ou1a Un1ftMV, and 'Wall he " an l~r ,.".100' at He t~.A st eap101«l p87oholog1ft tor the MSaaourl State Depa.rtmeDt of 5peoial Educat10a in 1949 In the period 1949 to 19S8, be eeJWd PlQ"obolog1st in the Pqoh1atr1o Department of the Fam:1l7 (lonar1l" Junn1l_) Court of Cook CO'UItt7, Ullnoia, aDd in 19S8 beG_ AdJI1n18trat1_ D1J:oeotor of tbe Departlaellt Be left t.be Ooun to take • poeitiOl1 as AuietaD\ DiNOtor ot Research at ~fcCarm-lr:lokacm AdwrM.e1nc, leaY1ng tlwre 1n the Fall at 19S9 to f'al1 U gnclu&te weft at Loyola Un1vere1t7 Marl7 panORa haft ll108't generouely contributed their t1me aad ettort to th18 ft88U'Oh pou1ble due t.o Dr Maida B Arnold • •OM oonatant Speoial thank an en~t 8IIt patient counsel on apec1t'10 problema of acoring tur1 preaentation of the data haTe been ind18penaable to oompletion of the a~ \-'e al.eo ~ MIc:Dowledge the kind of Siater Ma"JIrene, 13.'.M., of Mwldela1ft College, who 80 ae-nrul, prcrr1ded subjeete and tutiDg tao1lit1ee _11 ber own U and conUnued inberen Tbanka are alao due to all of tbe Mtm4ele1n aDd Loyola atudente who eel"f'8d eubjeGta for tbe etud7 w TABLE or CONTENTS Page Chapter I INTRODUCTION AND STATBMEWT OF THE PROBLEM Personality variablea in intellectual functioning -Specif1c problems-Nature of the study II REVIEW OF THE RElATED LITERATURE ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• General studies of academic aohieTellltmt Re••arch with the TAT The extent of TAT re.earch studi attempting an objecti'Y8 scoring nathod C11nical approaches to TAT analysis-TAT equence anal.y.i~~Some TAT studies of motivation -McCleUand 18 techniquell Atldll8OD' a compUatiOD TAT atudie of motifttion using sequence analysia III DESIGN OF THE RESEARCH 26 selection of the aamplea Procedure Veri.f1cation of the scoring criteria -stat1atical analyai8 -Application of a maerical TAT score IV RESULTS 30 The relati