Social schemas, as described in Kuethe's work, were investigated among Ss differing in age, sex, and social experience. Free response placements of figures representing human silhouettes and geometric forms were obtained form groups of preadolescents, community adolescents, delinquent adolescents, and adults. Results supported the generality of social schemas described by Kuethe. However, age differences, sex differences, or age-sex interactions were found in a majority of comparisons. More clearly structured relationships were observed among male Ss, with some suggestion of Oedipal themes in schemas of male adolescents. Some disturbance in parent-child relationships was noted in schemas of adolescents in general, along with a tendency for delinquent Ss to give stereotyped, rather than deviant schemas. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)