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Psychological Examining in the United States Army

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Psychological Examining in the United States Army

by Robert Mearns Yerkes

English· 25:21:41· 44 chapters
When, on April 6, 1917, the Nation was called to war a group of experimental psychologists promptly assembled to consider means of psychological service. As plans of action developed the size of this group, its opportunities and responsibilities, steadily increased. The materials of this report represent the methods and results of only the field of psychological examining.



This volume constitutes a complete account of the history, methods, and results of psychological examining in the United States Army. It consists of three parts. Part I is the official history of the development of the service and of its conduct during the war. It is supplemented by reproductions of the printed materials which were devised and used. Part II is devoted to a complete account of the preparation of methods, their characteristics, and their evaluation as practical procedures. In Part III the results of examining are presented in summary fashion. - Summary by Robert M. Yerkes
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    General Introduction

    06:48
  2. Chapter 2

    I. Introduction to Part 1. Preofficial period of preparation for national Service

    18:04
  3. Chapter 3

    II. Official military trial of psychological examining.

    1:11:51
  4. Chapter 4

    III. Period of extension of examining. Part 1

    1:11:32
  5. Chapter 5

    III. Period of extension of examining. Part 2

    1:08:20
  6. Chapter 6

    III. Period of extension of examining. Part 3

    1:02:13
  7. Chapter 7

    III. Period of extension of examining. Part 4

    49:45
  8. Chapter 8

    III. Period of extension of examining. Part 5

    54:09
  9. Chapter 9

    IV. General Summary. Part 1

    1:02:17
  10. Chapter 10

    IV. General Summary. Part 2

    1:08:11
  11. Chapter 11

    V. Provision of materials for psychological examining. Part 1.

    05:15
  12. Chapter 12

    PART II. METHODS OF EXAMINING: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS. I. Work of the Committee at Vineland, N. J

    58:50
  13. Chapter 13

    II. Unofficial Trial of Methods

    33:20
  14. Chapter 14

    III. Acceptance of Methods by the War Department and early Modifications Resulting From Official use

    06:44
  15. Chapter 15

    IV. Revision of Group Examination a

    51:12
  16. Chapter 16

    V. Methods of segregation

    35:03
  17. Chapter 17

    VI. Development of a Substitute Group Test for Illiterates and Foreigners

    54:19
  18. Chapter 18

    VII. Data Obtained Through More Extensive Camp Trial of Examination Beta and Resulting Modifications

    50:44
  19. Chapter 19

    VIII. Revision of Methods of Individual Examination

    50:15
  20. Chapter 20

    IX. Effect of Doubling the Time limits in the Alpha and Beta Examinations

    18:29
  21. Chapter 21

    X. The Assignment of Letter Ratings

    14:34
  22. Chapter 22

    XI. Performance in Intelligence Examinations as Related to Officers Estimates of Intelligence

    48:37
  23. Chapter 23

    XII. Performance in Intelligence Examinations as Related to Military Efficiency

    34:36
  24. Chapter 24

    XIII. Conditions of Examining and Procedure Adopted During the Initial Experiment

    1:12:14
  25. Chapter 25

    XIV. Summary of Data Concerning Groups Examined

    1:13:58
  26. Chapter 26

    XV. Additional Statistics on Examination a

    21:00
  27. Chapter 27

    PART III. MEASUREMENTS OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. Introduction.

    02:44
  28. Chapter 28

    I. Sampling of intelligence records and mode of analysis

    53:52
  29. Chapter 29

    II. A general method of statistical interpretation of the principal sample

    1:00:33
  30. Chapter 30

    III. Comparison of forms of examination alpha

    05:40
  31. Chapter 31

    IV. Camp differences in intelligence ratings

    11:12
  32. Chapter 32

    V. Intelligence ratings by States. VI. Relation of intelligence ratings to nativity. VII. Relation of intelligence ratings to length of residence in United States

    14:41
  33. Chapter 33

    VIII. Intelligence of the negro

    38:05
  34. Chapter 34

    IX. Literacy

    08:26
  35. Chapter 35

    X. Statistics on education and its relation to intelligence examinations

    22:20
  36. Chapter 36

    XI. Intelligence of the draft in relation to fitness for military service

    25:37
  37. Chapter 37

    XII. Disciplinary cases

    20:58
  38. Chapter 38

    XIII. Influence of certain physical conditions on the intelligence score

    08:04
  39. Chapter 39

    XIV. Relation of intelligence ratings to age

    11:46
  40. Chapter 40

    XV. Intelligence ratings of occupational groups

    39:23
  41. Chapter 41

    XVI. Relation of ratings to arm of the service

    11:54
  42. Chapter 42

    XVII. Relation of rank to intelligence

    08:23
  43. Chapter 43

    XVIII. Officers' training camps and noncommissioned officers' schools

    08:23
  44. Chapter 44

    XIX. Data from colleges and the Students' Army Training Corps. XX. Distribution of scores on the tests in examinations alpha and beta

    07:20