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EMPLOYMENT  PSYCHOLOGY

And  what  do  you  think  this  definition  adds  to  that  of
Mr.  Lambert  and  Mr.  Williams?
Miss  H:  I  am  afraid  it  is  just  as  vague  and  ambiguous.
It  doesn’t  seem  to  say  anything  at  all  about  ability  to
learn  in  a  special  way  or  in  a  particular  subject,  which  is
what  you  have  just  been  talking  about.  Still,  not  all
psychologists  give  this  definition.  ,  There  is  a  later  school
of  applied  psychologists  who  define  intelligence  in  a  way
which  I  am  sure  will  meet  your  requirements.
Mr.  L:  And  what  way  is  that?
Miss  H:  Well,  I  can’t  seem  to  remember  that  they
exactly  define  intelligence.  They  measure,  rather  than
define  it.  By  means  of  tests  such  as  the  Binet-Simon
series  and  other  intelligence  tests  they  can  tell  pretty
accurately  how  much  intelligence  a  person  has.
Mr.  L:  Oh,  yes.  I  have  heard  about  the  intelligence
tests.  They  used  them  in  the  army  very  extensively-And
  the  Binet-Simon  series  is  used  in  many  schools.  But
are  we  not  using  the  same  tests  here?
Miss  H:  Not  any  more—except  that  we  make  occasional ­
  use  of  the  Binet-Simon  scale.
Mr.  W:  Indeed?  Please  tell  us  a  little  more  about
the  Binet-Simon  tests,  Miss  Hurlbut.  What  are  they
like?
Miss  H:  Well,  they  require  a  person  to  repeat  sentences
that  grow  longer  and  longer;  and  numbers  of  increasing
size.  And  they  ask  questions  as  to  what  you  would  d°
if  you  were  late  to  an  appointment,  or  what  path  a  cannon
ball  would  take  if  shot  from  one  level  to  another;  and  the
difference  between  words  like  poverty  and  misery,  evolution
  and  revolution;  and  the  meaning  of  words  in  a  long
vocabulary;  and  a  great  many  other  things.  There  nr®
different  tests  for  every  age.  The  vocabulary  test  is  th e