It tries to logically deduce the type of content that should measure the characteristic to be assessed.
Woodworth personal data sheet 1917.
The woodworth personal data sheet sometimes known as the woodworth psychoneurotic inventory was a personality test commonly cited as the first personality test developed by robert s.
Soon after many competing person ality tests were developed for use in industry.
Many of these tests like wood.
Woodworth during world war i to identify army recruits at greater risk for shell shock.
That test was developed to identify soldiers prone to nervous breakdowns during enemy bombardment in world war i wwi.
The first personality inventory ever woodworth psychoneurotic inventory.
Background based on logical content strategy uses reason and deductive logic in the development of personality measures.
Description during world war i psychologist robert s.
It instead became widely used in psychological research and led to the development of many other personality tes.
Woodworth personal data sheet.
Soldiers take a psychological test the exact type of examination is unclear in camp lee in virginia in november 1917 the year the united states entered world war i and woodworth first developed.
Although it was not completed in time to be used for the war effort woodworth later adapted the measure for use in industry.
The woodworth personal data sheet wpds often cited as the first personality test was developed by robert s.
Woodworth 1869 1962 of columbia university developed this personal data sheet or test of personality to be used to screen recruits and weed out those susceptible to shell shock.
Many of these tests like woodworth s focused on the construct of employee maladjustment and were deemed important in screening out applicants who would create workplace disturbances.
The test was not given to large numbers of soldiers but was the forerunner other tests.
Among its ostensibly face valid items were these.
This is a interactive version of the woodworth psychoneurotic inventory.
Are you happy most of the time.
Objective personality testing began with woodworth s personal data sheet in 1917.
Abstract objective personality testing began with woodworth s personal data sheet in 1917.
That test was developed to identify soldiers prone to nervous breakdowns during enemy bombardment in world.
Early self report inventory the so called woodworth personal data sheet was developed during world war i to detect soldiers who were emotionally unfit for combat.
Woodworth during world war i for the united states army.
Objective personality testing began with woodworth s personal data sheet in 1917.
Introduction while the great world war exacted a frightful toll of death destruction and chaos it yet served as a means of enriching the sum total of the world s store of knowledge.
Soon after many competing personality tests were developed for use in industry.