Further investigation of Coleman's Level Hypothesis

Volunteers (16 male and 17 female) from introductory psychology courses were used to investigate Coleman's rationale in support of the Levels Hypothesis. Projective stimuli from parts of the Rorschach, TAT, and Sentence Completion techniques were presented, and subjects asked to rate how much the stimuli and their responses said something about themselves, their fathers, or mothers, to determine their awareness of the personal relevance of the stimuli and responses. Results indicated that both the stimulus and response ratings varied as expected at the .01 level of significance, thus supporting Coleman's rationale.