Intelligence and Personality

Fülszöveg

published by Penguin Books
Q. Which is the odd man out of the following words?
courage leave measles steamer
A. Only courage has four vowels. Only leave has one syllable. Only measles is plural. But the correct answer is steamer . . . and you'll never guess why.
In this introductory study of intelligence and personality tests, Alice Heim, of the Cambridge Psychological Laboratory, frequently champions the frustrated 'Subjects' of capricious test questions.
Two main themes run through her critical description of intelligence, creativity and personality tests of various kinds (from the Allport-Vernon Study of Values to the Brook Reaction Test): first, that psychological phenomena (including dreams, imagery and feelings) do exist and are worth studying; and secondly, that in the 'oneness' of human nature, intelligence and personality are intimately linked and cannot truly be assessed in separate compartments. She attaches much of the blame for present dichotomies in psychology... Tovább

Fülszöveg

published by Penguin Books
Q. Which is the odd man out of the following words?
courage leave measles steamer
A. Only courage has four vowels. Only leave has one syllable. Only measles is plural. But the correct answer is steamer . . . and you'll never guess why.
In this introductory study of intelligence and personality tests, Alice Heim, of the Cambridge Psychological Laboratory, frequently champions the frustrated 'Subjects' of capricious test questions.
Two main themes run through her critical description of intelligence, creativity and personality tests of various kinds (from the Allport-Vernon Study of Values to the Brook Reaction Test): first, that psychological phenomena (including dreams, imagery and feelings) do exist and are worth studying; and secondly, that in the 'oneness' of human nature, intelligence and personality are intimately linked and cannot truly be assessed in separate compartments. She attaches much of the blame for present dichotomies in psychology to the rigid and over-simplifying behaviour of behaviourists, with their unimaginative experiments on rats, cats and monkeys.
This is in places an angry book. But, with its lively comments on the role of heredity or the mediocrity of women, it entertainingly and clearly outlines the specialized field of testing in ali its aspects.
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