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The First Personality Test Was Developed During World War I
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This is really an absolutely fascinating article! It covers the personality testing movement spurred by World War I and the background and rationale for the movement. The article is very engaging and can be used in the early part of the course around the history sections and then again in the personality section of the course.
SOURCE
Smithsonian, September 23, 2019, by Lila Thulin
LINK TO RESOURCE
(Tiny URL) https://tinyurl.com/y23uzkq2
CLASS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
•What was Woodworth’s original intention in designing a personality test? Was it “successful”? How did he develop his test? What was significant regarding the application of Psychology to Woodworth’s era?
•What is “shell shock”? How does it relate to today’s diagnostic category of PTSD?
•What types of implicit biases were built into the testing? What has been learned from past mistakes that have been avoided in testing in the modern era?
•What is the state of such testing today?
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