Psychological Examining in the United States Army: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Psychological Examining in the United States Army, credited to Robert Mearns Yerkes, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Psychological Examining in the United States Army by Robert Mearns Yerkes. Read in English by Leon Harvey. When, on April 6, 1917, the Nation was called to war a group of experimental psychologists promptly assembled to consider means of psychological service. As plans of action developed the size of this group, its opportunities and responsibilities, steadily increased. The materials of this report represent the methods and results of only the field of psychological examining. This volume constitutes a complete account of the history, methods, and results of psychological examining in the United States Army. It consists of three parts. Part I is the official history of the development of the service and of its conduct during the war. It is supplemented by reproductions of the printed materials which were devised and used. Part II is devoted to a complete account of the preparation of methods, their characteristics, and their evaluation as practical procedures. In Part III the results of examining are presented in summary fashion. - Summary by Robert M. Yerkes

Recording facts

• Recording title: Psychological Examining in the United States Army
• Author credits: Robert Mearns Yerkes
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 44
• Listed recording duration: 25:21:41

Catalogue topics

• WWI
• army recruitment
• usa military
• psychological testing

Opening tracks: first 24 of 44

1. 00 - General Introduction — 6:48
2. 01 - I. Introduction to Part 1. Preofficial period of preparation for national Service — 18:04
3. 02 - II. Official military trial of psychological examining. — 1:11:51
4. 03 - III. Period of extension of examining. Part 1 — 1:11:32
5. 04 - III. Period of extension of examining. Part 2 — 1:08:20
6. 05 - III. Period of extension of examining. Part 3 — 1:02:14
7. 06 - III. Period of extension of examining. Part 4 — 49:45
8. 07 - III. Period of extension of examining. Part 5 — 54:09
9. 08 - IV. General Summary. Part 1 — 1:02:17
10. 09 - IV. General Summary. Part 2 — 1:08:11
11. 10 - V. Provision of materials for psychological examining. Part 1. — 5:15
12. 11 - PART II. METHODS OF EXAMINING: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS. I. Work of the Committee at Vineland, N. J — 58:50
13. 12 - II. Unofficial Trial of Methods — 33:20
14. 13 - III. Acceptance of Methods by the War Department and early Modifications Resulting From Official use — 6:44
15. 14 - IV. Revision of Group Examination a — 51:12
16. 15 - V. Methods of segregation — 35:03
17. 16 - VI. Development of a Substitute Group Test for Illiterates and Foreigners — 54:19
18. 17 - VII. Data Obtained Through More Extensive Camp Trial of Examination Beta and Resulting Modifications — 50:44
19. 18 - VIII. Revision of Methods of Individual Examination — 50:15
20. 19 - IX. Effect of Doubling the Time limits in the Alpha and Beta Examinations — 18:29
21. 20 - X. The Assignment of Letter Ratings — 14:34
22. 21 - XI. Performance in Intelligence Examinations as Related to Officers Estimates of Intelligence — 48:37
23. 22 - XII. Performance in Intelligence Examinations as Related to Military Efficiency — 34:36
24. 23 - XIII. Conditions of Examining and Procedure Adopted During the Initial Experiment — 1:12:14

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