Employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 1028407564

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-47263

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Link, Henry Charles; Thorndike, Edward L. http://d-nb.info/gnd/118802127

Title:: Employment psychology

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: MacMillan

Year of publication:: 1924

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 440 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part I. Psychological tests

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THE TECHNIQUE OF GIVING TESTS 165 modify it until directions can be given which shall cover J ts scope of possibilities. The simplest solution of this problem is to perfect a test until it is self-explanatory. That is, make the test so perfect that it can be given with a minimum of directions. The most successful tests in this respect are the form-board tests and the machine operator’s test. When a form board is placed in readiness before a subject, it is almost possible to comprehend the task to be performed without any oral directions. The empty spaces in the "board are apparent, and the pieces are there. Nothing is more natural than to pick up the pieces ar ffi put them in the spaces where they seem to belong. Jm the machine operator’s test described in Chapter X, ’t is perfectly obvious that the task is to drop the steel balls through the opening at the proper instant. In the performance of the tests themselves, there are many details to be watched. When the assembling tests w ere being given to assemblers, one of the difficulties to be overcome was due to the oil which clung to the hands of those who were assembling oily parts. The men taking the form board test which requires placing triangles into their proper spaces frequently had difficulty because this °h caused the very small triangles to stick to their fingers, taking it very difficult to do the act quickly. The same difficulty is likely to arise in warm weather, due to hands that are moist with perspiration. It is advisable, there fore, always to have a good wiping and drying cloth at hand, so that those who are being tested may not suffer bom an unnecessary handicap. Another point which may seem quite trivial but which is Ver y important is the use of pencils. In every test which does not depend entirely upon the subject’s ability to handle a pet pen, it is advisable to use pencil. The pencils

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