Documents Relating to World War I Psychological Testing in the U.S. Army
date: label: date made
content: ca1917-1918
label: date used
content: 1918
name: label: maker
content: U.S. Army
notes: label: Description
content: These materials include memoranda relating to the organization of the psychological testing program of the U.S. Army in World War I, lists of psychologists in military service, and speeches relating to World War I mental testing. Specifically, they include a key of the “Revision of Army Alpha Examinations” (completed in red ink), “Instructions to the Person Acting as the Examiner, How to Convert Scores on the Army Alpha Examination into Percentiles of the Total Population,” an [incomplete] daily schedule that describes morning, afternoon, and evening activities for enlistees, and “Questionnaire to Obtain Information Concerning Mental Attitude of Recruits.” Speeches relating to World War I mental testing entitled “The Role of Psychology in the War,” and “Measuring Brain Power” are also included.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William W. May
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.3081.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 1992.3081
label: catalog number
content: 1992.3081.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheets, Set Of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.2 cm x 21.9 cm x 28 cm; 15/32 in x 8 5/8 in x 11 1/32 in