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The purpose of this study was to investigate the following relationships: 1. The relationship of personality attributes measured by the Structured-Objective Rorschach Test (SORT) and success in student teaching when the grade point average earned in student teaching was used as a criterion of success. 2. The relationship of SORT attributes and success in student teaching when the college coordinator's ratings of the student teacher were used to measure success.

The normal forced-choice Structured-Objective Rorschach Test (SORT) and a modified free-choice SORT were administered to sixty high school students to determine the effects of response set (e.g. social desirability). The results were inconclusive. The following trends, however, were observed: (1) The free-choice modification was more resistant to response set distortion than the normal forced-choice SORT. (2) The free-choice administration showed greater flexibility in enhancement and resistance to social desirability. (3) There was little sex difference in factor scores with respect to choice administration. Females, however, gave more responses than males on the free-choice SORT.