Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-05-02

passed from professor to pupil"
Individual safety used to lie in
good supply of axes and spears,
now it lies in a good supply of
money and erudition. How to Sc.
cure a good supply has always
demanded attention"
Then, as now, an adequate
supply has come to those working
in the field most suited to their
particular ability, be it axe max
ing or nuclear physics"
I'm earlier times, one had few
choices and so a few simple ex-
periments defined the field. Now.
adays choices are almost without
number and consequently tech
niqueS have been devised to give
an answer"
The techniques used by DR..
Seaton have been developed over
Is years. They are based on lab.
oratory research tests on "inher-
ent aptitudes indicative of poten-
tials" and description of the job
to be done in terms of basic hui
man characteristics; the tech.
niques of DR.. John Mills, director
of personnel at Bell Telephone
Laboratory; and portions of con-
ventional psychology and Freud's
normal psychology.
The attributes tested are imagi-
native, INSTALLATION, 3-space and
abstract; accounting aptitude,
synthesis, verbal and visual; de-
sign memory foresight, observa-
ton, memory, objectivity, sub
jectivity, English vocabulary,
dress and grooming judgment, so.
cial judgment, art judgment (the
Meier test, musical aptitude (the
Seashore tesD, finger and tweezer
dexterity, muscular speed, reac-
ton time, dominance, submission.
Against these, the Penrose pat
tern perception test, a non-verbal
intelligence test is used as a check
but not much emphasis is placed
on it.
Intelligence is a measure of
adaptabihty and whereas you may
know that highly intelligent
person is adaptable you still won't
know what he should be doing
or how well he will do it.
After the inherent Characters
tics of an individual have been
measured through the tests, DR..
Seaton draws up a profile of
strength of each characteristic.
He then reads this profile
against group of master profiles
Of people who have been out.
standingly successful in over 100
different fields and where the
closest match occurs, suggests
that this is the field in which the
individual viii have the most out.
standing success.
Unfortunately the majority of
clients consulting DR.. Seaton in
the past year have not been the
young people seeking direction for
their education but older people
who are unhappy or dissatisfied
with their life's work.
When the tests show that
these people have clearly taken
the wrong line, DR.. Seaton recon-
mends a course of action to bring
them closer to their abilities.
This does not always mean a
complete change of jobs but some.
times a shift in the kind of work
while still remaining with the
same company. 1t often means
getting more education too since
along with ability in a field, mas.
terry of the techniques of that
field are needed for the highest
potential success.
Another special service offered
by Dr. Seaton is a husband and
wife team consultation for the
price Of one. This is good chance
TO smooth out some of the diff,
culties that may be threatening
your happy home life.
II, for instance, your constant
trouble spots are bills and color
schemes, you may find that you
are high in art judgment and
your husband is strong in ac
counting. Therefore it would seem
logical to let him do the budget
ing while you do the decorating