Book, Fundamentals of Vocational Psychology
date: label: date made
content: 1924
name: label: author
content: Griffits, Chalres H.
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content: This 1924 textbook by an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Michigan is divided into an introduction and seventeen chapters. These concern variability among people; psychological types; physiognomy (explaining that it is not psychology – in two chapters); the interview (two chapters describing hiring procedures); rating scales; tests that supplement the interviews; trade tests; measures of strength and endurance; tests of motor control, dexterity, and speed; and tests of sensory and perceptual capacity. Further chapters discuss general intelligence tests (two chapters), instincts and character, and choosing a vocation.
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content: Kansas-born Charles H. Griffits [sic] (1889-1979) received his undergraduate degree from Campbell College (1913), his A.M. from the University of Kansas (1914) and his PhD. from the University of Michigan (1919). He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan as an instructor in 1917 and retired as full professor in 1958.
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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. 278-279.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Gift of David Shakow
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: MA.316372.47
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content: 316372.47
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content: 316372
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content: book