Crossroads in the mind of man : a study of differentiable mental abilities /
"In the first chapter of this book I endeavor to establish that a method of proving the independence of two or more mental traits or capacities lies at the root of a comprehensive study of mental organization. My connection with the development of a technique to accomplish this end extends back...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, CA :
Stanford University Press,
1928.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "In the first chapter of this book I endeavor to establish that a method of proving the independence of two or more mental traits or capacities lies at the root of a comprehensive study of mental organization. My connection with the development of a technique to accomplish this end extends back in time more than a decade. The problem readily grew out of an interest in guidance and in the inter-correlation of mental abilities. The work of Thorndike along these lines was an early and potent influence, while the early and late work of Spearman has always been most intimate in its essential purpose and in its techniques. Incidentally not a few of the findings of my study, which it was thought would be new, are foreshadowed or specifically cited in Spearman's last work, The Abilities of Man (1927). This is really most fortunate, for it lays the foundation for future work with the promise of fruitful outcome not possible without such corroboration. The experimental determination of mental types would provide a basis for psychology which unfortunately is now quite lacking. The essential requisite is a technique for testing the agreement of any postulation of independent mental traits with observed facts. In my judgment, the chief claim to merit of the present study lies in its bearing upon procedure even more than in its specific findings, however intimate these may be with the immediate problems of guidance and individual differences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)"--Preface. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 238 pages) : illustrations, forms ; Also issued in print. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-236). |