EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY
measuring special information by listing a number of ob-
jects and requiring the person examined to name for each
the whole of which it is a part, or the use to which it is put,
that is, to express in one word the field of its use. Some uses
of the free association test are given in Kent and Rosanoff’s
monograph (go). Besides its original use in diagnosing
types of mental disorder, the free association test has been
found valuable, for example, in detecting sales aptitude and
differentiating it from mechanical aptitude. The word nam-
ing test, in which words are named as rapidly as possible
for a specified time, forms a part of the Terman-Binet in-
telligence tests, and is also to be found in Whipple’s Manual.
For full accounts of the various forms of association tests
the reader is referred to the sources of test material.
The completion test in a variety of forms is often used and
although difficult to score is valuable in measuring special
information. In the best forms a blank space is supplied
for each missing word. Example:
When knocking a cutter out of a collet it is best to use a
Sait ee iY the tang hele.
An information test may be in the form of pictures of
various objects or processes in which important parts are
lettered. The subject is instructed to give the names or uses
of the lettered parts. All the names may be listed beside the
picture and instructions given to place the proper letter be-
fore each name.
A form of test which has been used to measure ability to
deal with concepts of space relations presents a picture or
diagram of an apparatus or machine, each part being let-
tered, with instructions to indicate what would happen at
y if x were moved. (See Figure 4.)
Look at Figure 4 and answer as many of the questions below as
you can. Answer each question with a single letter. If you don’t
know, guess.
11llustration and questions from Stenquist Mechanical Aptitude Tests.
Copyright 1921, by World Book Company, Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York.
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