Psychological Test, A Social Study
name: label: maker, publisher
content: Columbia University
label: maker
content: Harper, Manly H.
notes: label: Description
content: A Social Study was written by Manly H. Harper, Ph.D. It was published and copyrighted in 1927 by the Bureau of Publication, Teachers College, Columbia University. The four page booklet (double sided) included 71 different questions that the test taker was instructed to mark with either a + or a – sign. The study was designed to ascertain what teachers and educators thought were important considerations to take into account when developing good citizenship. Therefore, this test is of interest to historians of psychology while also providing insight into ideas about citizenship, the state, and political economy in the late 1920s.
label: Description
content: The collection also includes a sheet entitled “Directions to Directors of the Study.” Here, we gain insight into how to proctor the study as well as gaining information on scoring, interpreting the results, and the norms for educators. The paper described how the study “gave a highly valid and reliable measure of social beliefs and attitudes as included in the trait conservatism-liberalism-radicalism.” Moreover, the norms section broke down the norms in terms of level of education, geographic location, and in one instance, race.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Psychology
label: Subject
content: Psychological Tests
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of David Shakow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.316371.020
label: catalog number
content: 316371.020
label: accession number
content: 316371
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