THIS study attempts to contrast the effectiveness of directive and non-directive procedures in the guidance of college students in problems of vocational choice, as measured by changes in responses to Murray's Thematic Apperception 7est and by means of counselee ratings. Subjects The subjects in this experiment were volunteer students at Occidental College. An announcement was made on registration day that vocational counseling would be given to those students requesting it. Mimeographed notices to that effect were distributed to all persons registering. It was hoped to confine the selection of subjects to members of the Sophomore Class, in the interests of homogeneity, but an insufficient number applied within the time limits. For that reason, three freshmen, six juniors, two seniors, and three unclassified undergraduates were included as subjects. The remaining thirty-two subjects were sophomores, making a total of forty-six subjects.The subjects were to be divided into three sub-groups, one to receive non-directive counseling (hereafter designated as Group N); one to receive directive counseling (hereafter designated as Group D); and one group to serve as a control group and to receive no counseling during the course of the investigation (hereafter designated as Group C). It had been planned to equate these groups on the basis of pre-counseling Thematic Apperception Test (hereafter designated as T. A. T.) responses,
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