Psychological Test, Minnesota Interest Analysis
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content: University of Minnesota. Department of Psychology
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content: In the early 1920s, the University of Minnesota established the Mechanical Abilities Project to develop ways of evaluating those with mechanical talent. This examination was distributed by that project – this copy belonged to the donor, Samuel Kavruck. The first part of the test lists several dozen occupations. Beside each occupation are the letters L, D, O, U. Students were instructed to cross out a letter indicating whether they would like to pursue it (L), dislike pursuing it (D), didn’t care one way or the other (O) or didn’t know what the occupation was (U).
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content: Neither the author of the test nor the date is indicated on it. Greulich and coauthors attribute it to Max Freyd (1896-1951) and Ruth M. Hubbard (1902-1982). Garrett and Schneck describe in some detail the test introduced by Freyd in 1924 and Hubbard’s revision of it. This object is an example of Hubbard’s version of the test.
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content: Freyd earned a B.A. in psychology (1918) and an M.S. in psychology and education (1920) from the University of Washington. He received his doctorate from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and spent his career in merchandizing and government. Hubbard obtained her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College (1924) and her M.A. (1925) and PhD. (1927) from the University of Minnesota. She spent her career as a clinical psychologist in Ohio, Michigan, and Texas.
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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. 336.
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content: Garrett, Henry E. and M.R. Schneck <I>Psychological Tests, Methods, and Results</I>, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933, p. 109, 124-126.
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content: Greulich, William Walter, Harry G. Day, Sander E. Lachman, John B. Wolfe, Frank K. Shuttleworth, and Lawrence K. Frank. "A Handbook of Methods for the Study of Adolescent Children." <I>Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development</I>, 1938, 3, # 2), p.374. Accessed April 20, 2020.
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content: Freyd, Max, “The Personalities of the Socially and Mechanically Minded,” <I>Psychological Monographs</I>, 1924, 33.
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content: Hubbard, R.M., “The Reliability of Freyd's Interest Analysis Blank,” <I>Journal of Educational Psychology</I>, 1926, 17, pp. 617–662.
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content: Hubbard, R.M., Measurement of Mechanical Interests, The Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1928, 35, pp. 229-254.
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content: Vinchur, A. J., <I>The Early Years of Industrial and Organizational Psychology</I>, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, p. 193, 196.
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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
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content: Gift of Samuel Kavruck
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0034.082
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content: 1990.0034
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content: 1990.0034.082
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 21.6 cm x 28 cm; 1/32 in x 8 1/2 in x 11 1/32 in