Psychological Test with Manual, Heston Personal Adjustment Inventory
date: label: date made
content: 1949
name: label: publisher
content: World Book Company
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content: Heston, J. C.
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content: Joseph C. Heston (1909-1978) received his B.A. from Muskingham College (1931) and his M.A. (1938) and PhD. (1941) from Ohio State University. He went on to work in guidance, testing, and teaching at DePauw University, Fresno State College, and Albion College. This edition of the Heston Personal Inventory was copyrighted by World Book Company in Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York, in 1949. Designed for high school and college students, it iwas made up of yes-no questions relating to personal preferences and responses. Materials at the museum also include a manual for the test. The six personality characteristics the test was to measure were analytical thinking (a kind of introversion), sociability, emotional stability, confidence, personal relations, and home satisfaction.
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content: Reference:
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content: American Psychological Association, <I>1962 Directory</I>, ed. James Q. Holsopple, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1962, p. 318
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 Samuel Kavruck
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.083
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content: 1990.0034
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content: 1990.0034.083
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test With Manual
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 16 cm x 25.3 cm; 1/32 in x 6 5/16 in x 9 31/32 in