Sokal, Michael Mark (Editor)
Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 1987
Physical Details: xiii + 205 pp.; notes; index
Description Contents: Sokal, Michael M.: Introduction: Psychological testing and historical scholarship--Questions, contrasts, and context. Sokal, Michael M.: James McKeen Cattell and mental anthropometry: Nineteenth-century science and reform and the origins of psychological testing. Zenderland, Leila: The debate over diagnosis: Henry Herbert Goddard and the medical acceptance of intelligence testing. Reed, James: Robert M. Yerkes and the mental testing movement. Minton, Henry L.: Lewis M. Terman and mental testing: In search of the democratic ideal. Samelson, Franz: Was early mental testing: (a) racist inspired, (b) objective science, (c) a technology for democracy, (d) the origin of the multiple-choice exams, (e) none of the above? (Mark the RIGHT answer). Von Mayrhauser, Richard T.: The manager, the medic, and the mediator: The clash of professional psychological styles and the wartime origins of group mental testing. Cravens, Hamilton: Applied science and public policy: The Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research and the problem of juvenile delinquency, 1913-1930.
Review Mehler, B. (1988) Review of "Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930". Journal of Social History (pp. 366-67).
Review Weinland, T.P. (1989) Review of "Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 224-27).
Review McPherson, M.W. (1988) Review of "Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 552-53).
Review Fox, R.W. (1988) Review of "Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930". American Historical Review (pp. 1127-28).
Review Thom, D. (1989) Review of "Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 347-48).
Review Woodward, W.R. (1988) Review of "Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 503-5).
Chapter Minton, Henry L. (1987) Lewis M. Terman and mental testing: In search of the democratic ideal. In: Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930 (p. 95).
Chapter Sokal, Michael M. (1987) James McKeen Cattell and mental anthropometry: Nineteenth-century science and reform and the origins of psychological testing. In: Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930 (p. 21).
Chapter Zenderland, Leila (1987) The debate over diagnosis: Henry Herbert Goddard and the medical acceptance of intelligence testing. In: Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930 (p. 46).
Chapter Reed, James (1987) Robert M. Yerkes and the mental testing movement. In: Psychological testing and American society, 1890-1930 (p. 75).
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