# Overview and Sources of Motive Images **Note:** We used established picture labels where possible (e.g., "Couple by river"). The *newpic* pictures are not numbered consecutively. The original TAT pictures ar enot shown here for copyright reasons, but you can find them [here](https://www.psychestudy.com/general/personality/detailed-procedure-thematic-procedure-test). **Usage:** When you use PSE pictures in your research, we suggest that you report the *Picture IDs* provided in this table. This way, pictures can be unequivocally identified and reproducibility is ensured. If you use PSE pictures which are not in this database yet, we can add them (preferably, if they have an open license). Please contact [felix.schoenbrodt@psy.lmu.de](mailto:felix.schoenbrodt@psy.lmu.de) if you want to add a picture. **Citation:** If you want to cite this database, please cite the accompanying paper: Schönbrodt, F. D., Hagemeyer, B., Brandstätter, V., Czikmantori, T., Gröpel, P., Hennecke, M., Janson, K., Kemper, N., Köllner, M., Kopp, P. M., Mojzisch, A., Müller-Hotop, R., Prüfer, J., Quirin, M., Scheidemann, B., Schiestel, L., Schulz-Hardt, S., Sust, L., Zygar, C., Schultheiss, O. C. (2018). *Measuring Implicit Motives With the Picture Story Exercise (PSE): Databases of Expert-Coded German Stories, Pictures, and Updated Picture Norms.* **Norm values**: This [wiki page](https://osf.io/pqckn/wiki/Norm%20values%20for%20each%20picture/) lists norm values for all picture cues. | Picture | Picture ID | Source | License | Give Credit to...| |----------|------------|--------|---------|------------------| ||[applause][1]|provided for free use by Leandra Eibl|CC0|| ||[architect at desk][2]|McClelland, D. C. (1975). Power: The inner experience. Irvington. ; also in: Smith, C. (1992). *Motivation and personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis.* New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.|unknown|unclear| ||[beachcombers][3]|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:REH_Vinson_Beachcombers%27_Argument.PNG |public domain (copyright presumably expired as probably > 70 years)|| ||[bicycle race][4]|Der Spiegel, ca. 1998 [ in: Schultheiss, O. C. , & Pang, J. S. (2007). Measuring implicit motives. In R. W. Robins, R. C. Fraley, R. Krueger (Eds.), *Handbook of Research Methods in Personality Psychology* (pp. 322-344). Guilford Press, New York.]|unknown|TempSport| ||[boxer][5]|McClelland, D. C., & Steele, R. S. (1972). *Motivational workshops.*|unknown|unclear| ||[burglars][6]|provided for free use by Leandra Eibl|CC0|| ||canyon|picture 11 from the TAT; Murray, H. A. (1943). *Thematic apperception test.* Cambridge, MA, US: Harvard University Press.|copyright|Harvard University Press| ||[couple by river][7]|Smith, C. (1992). *Motivation and personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis.* New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.|unknown|unclear| ||[couple sitting opposite a woman][8]|Pang, J.S. (2010). *Implicit motives.* Oxford University Press.|unknown|unclear| ||[girfriends in cafe with male approaching][46]|screenshot from: Etchegaray, F. (Producer) & Rohmer, E. (Director). (1998). *Autumn Tales* [Motion Picture]. France: Les Films du Losange. Retrieved from: https://www.cinema.de/film/herbstgeschichte,1310209.html (19.10.2018) |copyright|unclear| ||group|picture 9BM from the TAT; Murray, H. A. (1943). *Thematic apperception test.* Cambridge, MA, US: Harvard University Press.|copyright|Harvard University Press| ||[kennedy nixon][9]|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_Nixon_Debat_(1960).jpg |public domain|| ||[lacrosse duel][10]|Der Spiegel, n.d. [in: Pang, J.S. (2010). *Implicit motives.* Oxford University Press.]|unknown|unclear| ||[men on ship][11]|McClelland, D. C., Davis, W. N., Kalin, R., & Wanner, E. (1972). *The drinking man: Alcohol and human motivation.* New York, NY, US: Free Press.|unknown|unclear| ||[newpic01][12]|[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shimer_College_class_discussion_1967.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shimer_College_class_discussion_1967.jpg)|public domain|| ||[newpic03][13]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/bench-people-smartphone-sun-798/|CC0|| ||[newpic04][14]|https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbwa_pr/15591012836/in/photolist-pKJ1W9-a5aT4U-9F4ARa-mgDKwj-gXkdzq-mgBS66-mgBREg-om63PC-mgCH8n-e2WpZE-rFe9d-mgBULX-mgDNYE-bkgEt6-e5C39r-mgDJvm-mgDLUE-mgDMv9-c3BoJA-mgDP75-751mRE-bkgFAV-mgBTaR-mgCFRK-mgDMEN-mgDL5y-7NbAUG-9VNAGT-pjQ4Qq-mgCEiV-bkeF1k-bkeDK8-mgDNed-mgCFfV-bkgBev-bkeAS2-bkgCWx-bkeCpx-e5HGxU-bMEnBV-e5HGf1-epwJEm-epwJTd-eoAvq4-bkgLht-bkgHyP-bkgMrT-bkgJTK-eoAuE6-eoAuVR|CC-BY|MBWA PR GmbH, via flickr| ||[newpic05][15]|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F%C3%B3rum_Social_Mundial_2008_-_AL.jpg|CC-BY|Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom (Agencia Brasil), via Wikimedia Commons| ||[newpic06][16]|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reuven_Rivlin_in_Jasmine_conference_with_Ofra_Strauss_Naftali_Bennett_and_Michal_Ansky.jpg|CC-BY-SA|Mark Neyman (Government Press Office Israel), via Wikimedia Commons| ||[newpic07][17]|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hadzabe1.jpg|CC-BY-SA|Idobi, via Wikimedia Commons ||[newpic08][18]|https://pixabay.com/de/boxen-training-workout-silhouetten-606193/|CC0|| ||[newpic09][19]|https://pixabay.com/de/armdr%C3%BCcken-wettbewerb-frauen-569288/|CC0|| ||[newpic10][20]|https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3084038091|public domain|| ||[newpic11][21]|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorothea_Lange_pledge_of_allegiance.jpg|CC Public Domain Mark|| ||[newpic12][22]|https://www.flickr.com/photos/14214150@N02/5815109845|CC-BY|Pete Lewis (Department for International Development (UK)), via flickr| ||[newpic13][23]|https://pixabay.com/de/aussichtsplattform-wolkenkratzer-381232/|CC0|| ||[newpic14][24]|provided by Oliver Schultheiss|CC-BY|Oliver Schultheiss| ||[newpic16][25]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/behind-of-woman-gesturing-6385/|CC0|| ||[newpic17][26]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/healthy-person-woman-sport-4078/|CC0|| ||[newpic18][27]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/bench-nature-love-people-50592/|CC0|| ||[newpic20][28]|https://unsplash.com/photos/vlSyS1VLCoQ|CC0|| ||[newpic21][29]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-meeting-workspace-team-7097/|CC0|| ||[newpic22][30]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/dancing-dance-people-hip-hop-12312/|CC0|| ||[newpic23][31]|https://unsplash.com/photos/SpVHcbuKi6E|CC0|| ||[newpic24][32]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/businesswomen-businesswoman-interview-meeting-70292/|CC0|| ||[newpic25][33]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-group-motorcuclists-wearing-helmets-88650/|CC0|| ||[newpic26][34]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/businessman-office-mobile-phone-finance-105472/|CC0|| ||[newpic27][35]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/sunset-friends-party-silhouette-108120/|CC0|| ||[newpic28][36]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/sunset-beach-summer-hd-wallpaper-33443/|CC0|| ||[newpic29][37]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/group-friends-grandpas-grandparents-8576/|CC0|| ||[newpic30][38]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/fitness-power-man-person-17840/|CC0|| ||[newpic31][39]|http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1530594|CC-BY-SA|Graeme Walker, via geograph.org.uk| ||[newpic32][40]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/road-people-street-smartphone-2224/|CC0|| ||[newpic33][41]|https://www.pexels.com/photo/adventure-mountain-nature-people-6758/|CC0|| ||[neymar & marcelo][42]|unknown|unknown|unclear| ||[nightclub scene][43]|McClelland, D. C. (1975). *Power: The inner experience.* Irvington. [also in: Smith, C. (1992). *Motivation and personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis.* New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.]|unknown|unclear| ||[ship captain][44]|Smith, C. (1992). *Motivation and personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis.* New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.|unknown|unclear| ||soccer duel|unknown|restricted license|| ||[sorrow][45]|provided for free use by Leandra Eibl|CC0|| ||[trapeze artists][47]|McClelland, D. C. (1975). *Power: The inner experience.* Irvington.|unknown|unclear| ||violin|picture 1 from the TAT; Murray, H. A. (1943). *Thematic apperception test.* Cambridge, MA, US: Harvard University Press.|copyright|Harvard University Press| ||window|picture 14 from the TAT; Murray, H. A. (1943). *Thematic apperception test.* Cambridge, MA, US: Harvard University Press.|copyright|Harvard University Press| ||woman|picture 9GF from the TAT; Murray, H. A. (1943). *Thematic apperception test.* Cambridge, MA, US: Harvard University Press.|copyright|Harvard University Press| ||[women in laboratory][48]|McClelland, D. C. 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