PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS 
Strength and relative dominance of instincts, habits 
and ideals; sublimations 
Consistency of behavior tendencies 
Conformity to ethical patterns 
Independence of judgment 
7. Personality 
Balance and integration of intellectual, emotional, and 
volitional tendencies 
Strength of tendencies to seek or to withdraw from 
social contacts; tendencies to introversion or extro- 
version; tendencies to be active or passive, domineer- 
ing or submissive, emotional or thoughtful, and so 
forth 
Self-consciousness: shyness, arrogance, and so forth 
Social effectiveness 
A behavioristic classification of responses is as follows 
(2110). 
Hereditary responses 
Explicit: grasping 
Implicit: changes in circulation 
Habitual responses 
Explicit: tennis playing 
Implicit: “thinking” 
Apparatus or material used. Most tests in current use in 
industry and in schools are of the paper and pencil sort, 
since these are the most convenient to administer. But for 
many purposes it is necessary to utilize a more elaborate 
equipment. 
1. Paper and pencil tests 
A. Verbal material. Examples: Army Alpha; Thur- 
stone Clerical. 
B. Non-verbal material. Examples: Army Beta: 
pencil maze; Stenquist Mechanical Aptitude 
Test. 
2. Physical apparatus tests. Examples: Form board; Sten- 
quist Assembly. 
3. Personal tests, where the examiner is the essential part 
of the apparatus. Example: The Moore and Gilli- 
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