psychological testing movement timeline
Timeline. A Timeline of Psychological Testing. 1  2200 B.C.E. 2  Proficiency testing begins in China. 3  The Emperor evaluates public officials every third year. 4  1800 B.C.E.5  Babylonians develop astrology in order to interact with the gods and predict the future.6  Greeks later redefine astrology to predict and describe personality. Timeline of Psychological Testing. 1  2200 B.C.E. 2  1800 B.C.E. 3  500 B.C.E. 4  400 B.C.E. 5  400 B.C.E. 6  175 B.C.E. 7  500 A.D. 8  1200 A.D. 9  1265 A.D. 10  1550 A.D. 11  1698 A.D. Juan Huarte publishes The Tyral of Wits, the first book to propose a discipline of assessment. 12  1770 A.D. 13  1823 A.D. 14  1869 A.D. Sir Francis Galton publishes a study of heredity and genius which 15  ... 1