Psychological Test, A Pantomime Group Intelligence Test
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: Myers, Garry Cleveland
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content: Newson & Company
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content: Garry C. Myers (1884-1971), the head of the department of psychology at the Cleveland School of Education, published this test with Newson & Company of New York in 1922. The publishers boasted that it “speaks a universal language” and could be used anywhere in the world and with those who could not read.” It also was suited to the deaf.
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content: For another test by Myers, see MA.316371.048.
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content: Born in Pennsylvania, Myers obtained an undergraduate degree from Ursinus College (1909) and a doctorate from Columbia University (1913). He taught at Ursinus College, and Brooklyn Training School, before serving as a psychologist in the armed services during and immediately after World War I. After leaving the Cleveland schools he served for a time at Western Reserve University. From 1946 he and his wife Caroline Myers edited the magazine <I>Highlights for Children</I>.
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content: References:
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content: American Psychological Association, <I>1962 Directory</I>, ed. James Q. Holsopple, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1962, p.518.
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content: [Advertisement], <I>The Journal of Educational Method</I>, vol. 3 #10, 1924, unpaginated section.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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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 Samuel Kavruck
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.143
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content: 1990.0034.143
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content: 1990.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 29 cm; 9 1/16 in x 11 13/32 in