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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72 EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY This has been described in the chapter on girl assemblers. The object of the test was to determine the ability of the subject to glance at a group of objects of various sizes and then assemble the right object to the right space. Some men could see at a glance where each piece belonged; others were compelled to try out a piece on one hole after another until, more or less by chance, they hit upon the right space. The second test was given to determine the subject’s ability to discern slight differences in the size of objects shaped alike. For this test the triangles of the smaller form board were put in irregular order. The subject was asked to put each one in its right space. It will be seen that this test requires ability to discriminate between dimensions that are almost alike, a faculty which is quite necessary in fitting parts of an action or gun together. In addition to the ability just described, an assembler, to be successful, must be able to do his work quickly. In other words, he requires manual dexterity. In order to discover the presence of this quality form board tests numbers 22, 23, 33, 34 were used. These tests have also been described in the chapter on girl assemblers. Strength of hands, although not an absolute essential, is a decided asset. The hand dynamometer was used to test for this quality. It may be said that testing the strength of hands is one of the most interesting and amusing of all tests, so far as the subjects tested are concerned. In this case, as in other cases, considerable rivalry and interest were aroused among the men through its use. Finally the Stenquist mechanical test was given. This test consists of a box with eleven compartments each of which contains some implement in its unassembled form. The first compartment contains a simple monkey wrench; the second contains a chain; the third a three-piece clothes

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