Psychological Test, Army Information Sheet - 1
Psychological Test, Army Information Sheet - 1
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- Description
- From August 1942 until June 1943, those entering the United States Army were given tests like this one. It was a revision of the Minimum Literacy Test given previously (for an example of that examination see 1990.0034.008). It has twelve fill-in-the blank questions, the last five of which relate to information in a paragraph of text (in this example, Form 1 of the test, the text is about road signs). Those who passed the test could be inducted. Those who failed took a group test of mental ability called the Visual Classification Test. Those failing it took two individual tests, the Concrete Directions Test and the Block Counting Test. If a man failed these, he was rejected. An examination called the Qualification Test replaced the Army Information Sheet in June 1943, and there were no limits on the number of illiterate men inducted.
- Reference:
- Uhlaner, J. E. and D. Bolanoich, Development of Armed Forces Qualification Test and Predecessor Army Screening Tests, 1948-1950, Personnel Research Section Report 976, Department of the Army, 1952, esp. pp. 4-5. This is available at
- https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/000191.pdf, accessed April 1, 2020.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Psychological Test
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- U.S. War Department
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall:.1 cm x 20.4 cm x 27 cm; 1/32 in x 8 1/32 in x 10 5/8 in
- ID Number
- 1990.0034.018
- catalog number
- 1990.0034.018
- accession number
- 1990.0034
- Credit Line
- Gift of Samuel Kavruck
- subject
- Mathematics
- Psychological Tests
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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