Psychological Test, Occupational Interest Inventory - Advanced. Form A
date: label: date made
content: 1946
name: label: publisher
content: California Test Bureau
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content: Thorpe, Louis P.
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content: Lee, E. A.
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content: In 1943, Edwin A. Lee (1888-1966), dean and professor at the UCLA School of Education with a long time interest in vocational curricula, combined with Louis P. Thorpe (1893-1970), director of the psychological clinic at the University of Southern California and soon to be professor of education and psychology there, to take out the first copyright for this occupational interest inventory. This is a blank copy of Form A of the advanced version of the test, with a 1946 copyright. It was published by the California Test Bureau.
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content: The test was divided into three parts. The first part ranked a person’s interest in six different fields. These were personal-social, natural, mechanical, business, the arts, and the sciences. The second part ranked types of interest – verbal, manipulative, or computational. The final part ranked level of interest.
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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. 727
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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: 1990.0034.117
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content: 1990.0034.117
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content: 1990.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Test
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: overall: .1 cm x 20 cm x 27 cm; 1/32 in x 7 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in