The will-temperament and its testing / by June E. Downey.

  • June Downey
Date:
1923
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    1 The Porteus^ find out what the basic personality traits are for a particular purpose, although the psychological anal¬ ysis has not been pushed very far. In establishing his Social Ratings Scale for determination of a social inefficiency index, Porteus 1 has by preliminary ex¬ periment established the seven following qualities as fundamental : (1) Lack of planning capacity (2) Irresoluteness (3) Nervousness (4) Silliness (5) Suggestibility (6) Impulsiveness (7) Moodiness From scores on these seven traits a total is obtained which constitutes the social inefficiency index. Por¬ teus’ scale is expressly adapted for work with the mentally defective, but it is included in this discus¬ sion because of the way in which it was developed and the author’s clear-cut recognition of the need of character testing in addition to intelligence testing. In fact, the maze tests which bear his name were put forward by Porteus as a series of tests which reveal forethought and planning capacity, prudence and mental alertness in meeting a new situation, characteristics for social success which are not tested by the Binet. Why not entrust personality rating to the individual 1A Study of Personality of Defectives with a Social Ratings Scale. Publication of Training School, Vineland, New Jersey, No. 23, 1920.
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