By quickly reading through the responses, the instructor realized that students had focused almost entirely on the human-nature and motivational aspects of these two theories, neglecting the managerial and organizational consequences. In other words, students had little trouble categorizing the terms that related directly to Theory X or Y in the abstract, but they did less well with those items related to applications. Since she especially wanted the students to remember possible applications, that information gave her a clear sense of what to stress in subsequent class meetings.