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Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 21.7 cm x 28 cm; 8 17/32 in x 11 1/32 in
Object Name:
Psychological Test
Date made:
about 1920
Description:
This is Schedule F of a set of intelligence tests designed by Luella Cole Pressey, then of the University of Indiana. The exams were designed for children in grades one through three. The four tests were dot patterns, classification, a picture form board, and picture absurdities. They were designed to appeal to students and not to require reading skills. They were published by the department of psychology of the University of Indiana and used in an early state mental survey of school children.
For biographical information about L.C. Pressey, see 1990.0034.014. For tests related to this one see 1990.0034.015 and 1990.0034.016.
References:
Bell, J. Carleton, “Group Tests of Intelligence: An Annotated List,” <Journal of Educational Psychology</I>, 1921, 12, #2, pp. 103-108, esp. p. 103. This article lists the “Mental Survey Tests – Primer Scale” as the work of Mrs. Sidney Pressey and describes their content.
Petrina, Stephen, “’The Never-To-Be-Forgotten Investigation’: Luella W. Cole, Sidney L. Pressey, and Mental Surveying in Indiana, 1918-1921,” <I>History of Psychology</>, 2001, 4, pp. 245-271.
