AbstractsPsychology

The measurement of scientific aptitude in the field of student personnel work.

by James Alexander Franklin Stevenson




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Psychology
Degree: MA
Year: 1938
Keywords: Psychology; PSYCHOLOGY  – MENTAL TESTS
Record ID: 1502746
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Abstract

We have traced the growth of Student Personnel Work in American universities. Its oonnection with the recognition of individual differencesand the advance in their measurement by modern psychological methods has been shown. A survey of the functional divisions of student personne1 workhas be made. The place of this work in the university activities has been examined. The idea of coordinating and supplementing the existingagencies into a personnel system is thought to be better than that of organizing the personnel department as a separate unit, coordinationrather than centralization, so that the whole institution may become active in carrying on the personnel work.Four types of psychological neasurements; general inte11igenoe tests, achievement tests, personality tests, and aptitude tests have beendescribed and examined. The Scientific Aptitude Test by D.L.Zyve of Stanford University has been described and a statistical study of it at McGillhas been reported.