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World war I intelligence testing and the development of psychology
Author(s) -
Samelson Franz
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(197707)13:3<274::aid-jhbs2300130308>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - publicity , psychology , test (biology) , world war ii , applied psychology , history of psychology , social science , political science , social psychology , sociology , law , psychoanalysis , paleontology , biology
The participation of psychologists in World War I, especially through the mental testing of the Army, brought national publicity and recognition to the struggling young discipline. But while the war had contributed significantly to psychology, the practical contributions of psychologists to the fighting efficiency of the Army, as well as the scientific results emerging from the mountain of test data, turn out on closer examination to be rather equivocal.