Measurements of the Mind: The Creation and Critique of the Psychological Test

Harvard FAS

For well over a century, psychologists have worked with schools, corporations, immigration officers, the military, and psychiatrists to sort the American population into groups in order to make a number of key judgments. Special tests – designed to measure everything from intelligence to vocational aptitudes to personality – have been at the center of that effort. In this seminar, we will explore the at times controversial story of psychological testing, and its larger implications. We will…