Psychological Test, Vocational Interest Blank For Men (Revised)
date: label: date made
content: 1938
notes: label: Description
content: After their widespread use during World War One, experts increasingly used psychological tests as a tool to rank and sort people in contexts including (but not limited to) education and employment. The Vocational Interest Blank for Men (Revised, Form M) was written by Edward K. Strong, Jr. (Professor of Psychology at Stanford University). It was published by Stanford University and was copyrighted in 1938. The test is printed on yellow paper and is eight pages long.
label: Description
content: The first page contains information for the test-taker to fill out including information about the test-taker’s educational and occupational history. There is a separate section dedicated to “those who have left school.” The test contains eight parts. Part I lists 100 different occupations that the test-taker should indicate whether they like, are indifferent to, or dislike. Part II asks the test-taker to indicate which school subjects out of a list of thirty-six he most enjoyed, while Part III provides a list of “amusements” which includes 97 different hobbies. Part V lists the “peculiarities of people” and asks the test-taker to indicate their likes and dislikes of people with 47 various traits and identities. Part VI, entitled “Order of Preference of Activities,” provides the test-taker with a list of activities and asks them which they most prefer. The following section, Part VII, provides a comparison of interest between two items, and asks the test-taker to indicate their choice between two options. Last, Part VIII asks the test-taker to rate their present abilities and characteristics. The final page lists occupations and contains blank columns for the raw score, percentile, standard score, and rating, presumably where the test would be scored and the test-taker’s aptitude for different occupations ranked. There are more possible occupations on the test for men than on the equivalent test for women. In addition to providing insight into the history of testing, this test also gives information on gender norms and expectations during the 1930s.
label: Description
content: Compare 1990.0034.080 and 1990.0034.081.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Psychological Tests
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth E. Myer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0168.08
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0168.08
label: accession number
content: 1983.0168
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 27.7 cm; 8 15/32 in x 10 29/32 in