JANHEL VALENZUELA 3PSYCH2
SIMPLE HISTORY TIMELINE OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
---------------20th Century------------ ------------18th to 19th Century------------ 2000 BCE
CHINA (2200 BCE)
The use of written exam to select individuals for
government positions (Gregory, 1991).
WILHELM WUNDT (1879)
Founded the first psychological laboratory.
In 1862, Wundt was already using his thought meter
that supposedly to measure the swiftness of thought of
observers Gregory (1991).
FRANCIS GALTON (1822–1911)
Pioneered of Experimental psychology in Great
Britain. He devised methods for measuring
intellect by means of reaction time and sensory
discrimination.
Important works: Hereditary Genius (1869) and
inqueries into Human Faculty in its
Developement.
JAMES MCKEEN CATTELL (1890)
He introduced “mental tests” and it is one of his
notable contribution to measure cognitive
abilities (Gregory, 1991).
ROBERT YERKES : ARMY TEST (WORLD WAR I)
In 1917, he was a President of the American
Psychological Society.
He was the one who conducted intelligence tests
for the recruits to the army. Army Alpha and
Army beta tests are questionnaires to test if this
recruits are capable to serve their country by
evaluating their verbal, numerical ability and able
to follow intstructions (Gregory, 1991).
Army Alpha: who can read
Army Beta: who cannot read
ALFRED BINET AND THEODORE SIMON
Alfred Binet invented the first modern intelligence test in 1905.
B i n e t - S i m o n S c a l e : C o m p o s e d 3 0 i t e m s i n o r d e r o f d i f f i c u l t y in
order to test the memory, judgement and reasoning and to
distinguishe younger to older (Gregory, 1991).
DAVID WECHSLER
He invented intelligence test for adults and revised for children
(WISC and WPPSI).
personality &
vocational
MEASUREMENT EXPANDED TWELVE YEARS AFTER THE
Tests
WAR.
Structured personality tests: paper and pencil tests, Woodworth
Personal Data Sheet, and MMPI.
REFERENCE:
Gregory, R. J. (1991b). Psychological Testing: history, principles, and applications. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA47494065
