Psychological Test, Vocational Aptitude Examination Type E-A
date: label: date made
content: 1935
name: label: maker
content: Mason, C. W.
label: maker
content: Cleeton, Glen U.
label: maker
content: Psychological Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This test of executive ability from 1935 is the joint product of Glen U. Cleeton (1895-1980), a professor of psychology and education at Carnegie Institute of Technology, and Charles W. Mason (1888-1948), a former public school teacher in Pittsburgh and reader’s counselor at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh (the counseling position was introduced in the library at the time of the Depression). Cleeton and Mason would also write a book on finding and developing executive ability.
label: Description
content: The paper and pencil examination includes tests of general information, arithmetical reasoning, judgment in estimating, symbolic relationships, reading comprehension, vocabulary, interests, and typical reactions. A final page asks for personal information.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Cleeton, G.U. and C.W. Mason, <I>Executive Ability: Its Discovery and Development</I>, Yellow Springs, Ohio: Antioch Press, 1946.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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 David Gold
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0710.18
label: accession number
content: 1989.0710
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0710.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 28 cm; 8 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in