Psychological Test, The Best Thing to Do
date: label: date made
content: 1931
name: label: maker
content: Tomlin, F. E.
notes: label: Description
content: This group test, designed for children in grades four to six, was designed to measure knowledge of social standards. It was copyrighted in 1931. Given a list of four possible actions, subjects were asked to select the best thing to do and mark it with a “B” and the worst and mark it with a “W.”
label: Description
content: This example was apparently filled out by a student named Bernard Sherman in New York City in 1937. The test was constructed by Frank E. Tomlin and published by Stanford University Press. This example, form B of the test, was owned by psychologist Samuel Kavruck and is marked in pen in the upper left corner: S. Kavruck (/) Brooklyn Coll.
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content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Tyler, R. W. "New Tests," <I>Educational Research Bulletin</I>, 1931, 10, # 15, pp. 421-22.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.068
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content: 1990.0034
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0034.068
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 17.5 cm x 21.3 cm; 1/32 in x 6 7/8 in x 8 3/8 in