Chapter 34
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

            In the foregoing chapters we have often referred to psycho­logical tests and their use in education. The present chapter reviews the history of the testing movement and its educational implications. This is followed by detailed descriptions of some prominent psychological tests. The chapter closes with brief comments on the uses and misuses of various tests.

The Testing Movement

            Some sort of testing and measuring system seems to have been in vogue practically at every stage of human history. Ancient testing and measuring procedures, however, were most­ly crude and unscientific. Moreover, they did not cover every aspect of human behavior.
Thorndike's Pioneer Work
            The scientific phase of testing and measuring movement starts with the work of Thorndike. His first book, dealing directly with mental measurements, was published in 1904*. It declared: "Anything that exists can be measured". He refuted the old Kantian dictum which had held that Psychology could never become a science because the processes of mind could not be subjected to measurement as can the phenomena of the physical sciences. Thorndike constructed and published a number of pioneer psychological tests. These tests have been applied in various fields of education. Thorndike thus became the father of a movement which opened up a new era in educa­tion.
Later Contributions
            The pioneer contributions of Thorndike were followed by several other works in the field. Thus, for instance, tests measuring achievement in elementary Arithmetic were published by Stone in 1908 and by Courtis in 1909. After these early contributions, several articles and books on tests of general intelligence, aptitude, personality, scholastic achievement and specific abilities began to appear in quick succession.
Present Popularity
            Psychological tests have now become a very popular fea­ture in nearly all fields of contemporary education and guidance. The growing popularity of these tests can be assessed by the fact that Hildreth’s bibliography of printed tests* published in 1939, mentions as many as 5,294 tests. A more recent biblio­graphy by Buros, listing only well-known and widely used tests, gives as high a figure as 793.
            At the moment, all sorts of tests are available to measure development in each and every field of human thought and behavior. The testing movement seems to have reached its zenith in the twentieth century.

Educational Implications of Testing

            The introduction of tests has revolutionized entire educa­tional theory and practice. Testing implies the following:—
(a)        Measuring or estimating progress in a given field through carefully prepared and correctly adminis­tered techniques.
(b)        Accurate recording and interpreting of results.
     Application of these procedures in the field of education has resulted in increasing accuracy, efficiency and an all-round progress in academic and non-academic fields.
     A teacher can gain immensely from the use of testing practices and procedures. If he can measure the abilities and disabilities of his pupils, the quality and quantity of their under­standing the class instruction, etc., he can improve his teaching techniques. If he can record and interpret the findings obtained through the tests he can be more objective and precise. He can know the range of individual differences of children in his class and plan instruction accordingly so as to meet the needs of all of his pupils according to their individual requirements.
            Besides the purely academic uses of tests a teacher can also utilize them in other directions. On the basis of aptitude and personality tests he can know the various talents and traits of children. He can then guide them to develop the desirable ones and to overcome and treat the undesirable ones. He can help them make better adjustments in and out of the school situations.
            The modern concept of education expects a teacher to look after all aspects of child life. Tests, therefore, equip the teacher fully to meet the multifarious demands of children adequately and efficiently.
Significance for the Students
            Similarly, the individual students can derive a great deal of profit from the tests. Testing enables them to know where they stand exactly in matters of intelligence, ability, aptitude and educational achievement. They can thus be guided as to the direction in which to proceed in order to achieve better results in various fields of their academic and non-academic life.
            Proper utilization of tests in educational institution therefore, has yielded immense gains both to the teacher as well as to the taught. It has been responsible for averting much waste, failure and frustration in various fields of education. Spending time and finances on the utilization of various tests in schools, therefore, is both a beneficial and an economical step in the long run.
Kinds of Psychological Tests
            Several kinds of psychological tests have so far been con­structed and used in various fields of education. Some of the commonly used ones are as follows:—
            (1) Intelligence Tests.
            (2) Aptitude Tests.
            (3) Personality Tests.
            (4) Scholastic Tests.

  Intelligence Tests
     An intelligence test is a measure of one's native capacity. It is an attempt to measure intellectual achievement and to base Guidance prediction and control of human behavior on such measurements.
            Historical Developments: The renowned French psycho­logist, Alfred Binet, is the father of modern intelligence testing. Towards the beginning of the present century Binet felt disturbed to find a large number of French children making poor progress at the school. Binet became anxious to find out whether the educational backwardness of these children was due to inattention, mischievousness, etc., or to insufficient intelligence. This stimulated him to conduct research in intelli­gence testing which resulted in the construction of numerous tests in quick succession. Intelligence testing thus started in an endeavor to answer a practical educational need of the time.
            In 1905 Binet assisted by Simon, published a series of tests known as the Binet-Simon Scale of Intelligence. This test was later revised by several psychologists. The most im­portant revision was by Terman which is known as the Stan­ford Revision and Extension of Binet-Simon Scale.
            Terman and Merrill published a Revised Stanford Binet Scale in 1937. It is composed of 129 tests. Some of the items on this Scale are as follows:—

Tasks for 2-Year Old Children
            (1)        Placing blocks in a three-hole form-board.
            (2)        Identifying by name four of the six following objects:
                        kitty, button, thimble,  cap, engine,  spoon.
            (3)        Identifying three of the following four parts of a doll:
                        hair, mouth, ear, hand.
            (4)        Building a tower with four or more blocks patterned
                        on one built by the examiner.
             (5)       Naming two of a series of 18 pictured objects such as
                        chair, bed, shoe, clock, scissors, gun, house, etc.
            (6)        Using together spontaneously two words such as "all
                        gone “baby hungry”, etc.
            (7)        Obeying simple commands, such   as "give   me   the
                        kitty", "put the spoon in the cup", etc.

Test for the 10-year Old Children

            The following items have been included in a test for 10 years old children:-
            (1)        Define at least 11 words in a list of 45 words ranging from easy to hard, e.g.,
                          muzzle, haste, lecture, Mars.
            (2)        Pointing out the "absurdity" in a picture.
            (3)        Reading a paragraph aloud in 35 seconds with not more than two errors and
                          then recalling at least 10 of 24 facts or ideas in the passage.
            (4)        Giving reasons, e.g., giving two reasons why children should not be too noisy in
                          school.
            (5)        Repeating six digits, such as 4, 7, 3, 8, 5, 9 after the examiner.
      Besides the Terman-Merrill Revision, a number of other revisions of the original Binet Scale have also been published.
            Types of Intelligence Tests: Several types of intelligence tests have so far been published and used in various fields of life. These tests could be divided into the following broad types:
            (a) Individual Tests.
            (b) Group Tests.
            (c) Miscellaneous Unclassified Tests.
(a) The Individual Tests:
            An individual intelligence test is one which is administered to one individual at a time. The two main forms of this type of tests are:
            (i) The Binet-Type Tests,
            (ii) Performance Tests.
   Examples of the Binet-Type Test have been given in the Terman Merrill Revision of Binet mentioned in the foregoing pages. The feature common to all these tests is their oral question and answer procedure.
            In the Performance Test, on the other hand, much use is made of the performance or activity of the individual in concrete situations. A performance test is a non verbal test because it makes no use of language. Some examples of performance tests are as follows:-
(i) The Form-Board Test.
(ii) The Man-Drawing Test.
(iii) The Maze-Drawing Test.
(iv) The Situation Test.
            The Form-Board Test: This consists of a wooden board with holes of varying forms and sizes in it and a set of wooden blocks, each block corresponding to a particular hole in the board. The subject is asked to fit the various blocks into their corresponding holes on the board as quickly as possible. The time taken and the number of errors made by the abject indicate his intelligence.
            The Man-Drawing Test: This was evolved by Good-enough. Originally, it was meant for children from 4 to 10 years of age. It may, however, be used with older children as well.
            The test simply asks a child to: "make a man, the best man you can make" on a piece of paper. The details in the drawing, the symmetry in various parts of the body, etc. reflect the intelligence of the child drawing the man.
            The Maze-Drawing Test: In this type of performance test, a sheet of paper with a maze printed on it is presented to the subject. He is asked to trace, with a pencil, the shortest possible path to the goal.
             The Situation Test: A number of other performance tests are available. In some of these the subject is placed in some actual life situation. His intelligence is assessed through the reactions, mode of approach, etc., that he makes to meet the demands of the situation. Situation tests have also been utilized to test and measure various personality traits.
            An Individual Test for Pre-School Pakistani Children: On the request, of the headmistress of a local high school the author constructed a test in Urdu for pre-school children ranging from 5 to 6 years in age and seeking admission to the KG class of the junior wing of the institution. The test is divided into six main parts. Some of the items in various parts of this test are given below:
               Elementary General Information:
            (i)         Present any three objects that the child usually meets in his every-day life and
                          ask him to mention their names, sizes, colors, tastes, etc.
            (ii)        What day is it today? What date? What weather, etc.?
               Knowledge of Immediate Surroundings:
            (i)         Where do you live?   Name the locality, point out the
                        direction, etc.?
            (ii)        Is your house a small or a big one?   How many rooms
                        are there in it, etc.?
            (iii)       How many persons reside in it?
            (iv)       What relations do they have with you?
             (v)       What is the name of your Daddy, Mummy?
              Self-Awareness:
            (i)           What is your full name, age, etc.?
            (ii)          What is the color of your skin?
            (iii)         In appearance do you resemble your Daddy most or
                          Mummy most?
            (iv)        How many toys, shirts, shalwars, handkerchiefs, etc.
                         do you possess?
               Social Bearing:
              (i)       How  many  play-mates  and  friends   do  you  have?
                         Name them.
              (ii)      Name  your close  friend.    Why do you like him that
                         most?
              (iii)     What is your Daddy, Mummy?
               Elementary Mathematical Ability: 
             (i)        Count the fingers of both of your hands, of both of the feet.   How much is the
                          grand total?
             (ii)       (Place few assorted coins before the child.)    Add these up and tell me how
                           much is the total?
             (iii)      Present a simple mathematical problem for solution, e.g., "Mummy gave you 20
                          paisa. You gave 5 paisa to a poor boy and spent 10 paisa on sweets. How much
                          money is still left with you?"
               Power of Observation:
            (i)         How many people are present in this room?
            (ii)        How many chairs, tables, etc.?
            (iii)       Name those things at home and or in this room which you like the most.
            (iv)       What are the two "nicest" places in this town that you would like to visit for
                          sight-seeing, etc., etc.?

            It may, however, be noted that this test has not been standardized. Though it purports to serve the purpose for which it was originally constructed, it needs further improvements and standardization.
 (b) Group Tests:
            A group test is a kind of intelligence test which is given to a number of individuals at the same time.
            Two Main Types: Group tests are of two main types as follows:
            (i) Verbal Tests.
            (ii) Non-Verbal Tests.
            A verbal test is one which involves the use of language. It requires the subject to read the given exercises or solve prob­lems presented orally. A non-verbal test, on the other hand, does not necessitate the use of language. Instead of words it rather utilizes pictures, diagrams, geometrical figures etc. 
            Group testing got its impetus from the American psychologists working in the army during World War I. Army psychologists had to examine thousands of recruits and, in a short time, decide about their suitability for various commis­sioned, non-commissioned or ordinary soldiers’ ranks in the armed forces.
            Two Types of Army Group Tests: The two main types of group tests evolved by the American psychologists for use in the army are as follows:—
            (i) The Army Alpha.
            (ii) The Army Beta.
    The Army Alpha: consisted of several parts. It contained arithmetical problems, increasing in difficulty from top to bottom, informatory items, synonyms, antonyms, etc. It pur­ported to test knowledge and alertness of the subjects.
            Following the Instructions Test: Some of the items on an Army Alpha test and the relevant directions are as follows:—
            Look at the row of letters. When I say "Go", cross out the last letter in the row, circle the letter F, and underline the two letters next after K. "Go"!
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP

            This test purports to measure the ability of the subject to follow instructions accurately and speedily. Approximately 10 seconds were allowed to do it.
            Number Continuation Test: Another test gave a series of numbers which were to be continued, e.g.:
                        6          5          4          3       . .       . .
1          8          2          16        3          32     . .       . .
This test is known as the Number Continuation Test.
            The Analogies Test: In still another test the subjects were given a number of analogies which had to be completed, e.g.:
Left is to Right as Up is to (front, rear, down, town).
Knife is to Blade as Arrow is to (spear, hand, bow, shoot)
            The subjects had to underline the one word in the group of bracketed words that they considered to be the right one.
            The Army Beta: The Army Beta was originally meant for those illiterate Americans or the immigrants who did not under­stand English. It included missing parts, mazes and XO series. The subjects, for example, were presented with XO series like the following and were asked to continue them:
OXOX. .....................................................
OXXXOOXXOOOXOXXX………………………………
(c) Miscellaneous Unclassified Tests:
            There are a number of other miscellaneous intelligence tests which cannot be classified into definite groups. Some examples of such unclassified tests are as follows:—
            (i) Rorschach Test: This test has been discussed in detail in previous chapters. It is originally a projective technique designed to measure personality. The test has also been utilized for measuring intelligence. As an intelligence test the main advantage of the Rorschach test is that it is relatively free from the effects of schooling which usually mars achievement on other tests. By its very nature and construction it is also free from the emotional tensions usually associated with tests and testing situations.
            (i)         The Gesell Developmental Schedule.
            (ii)        The Buhler-Hetzer Scale. Both of these are originally growth scales. Through the observation of infant behavior these scales also enable one to assess their mental development.
Educational Advantages of Intelligence Tests
            Intelligence tests have proved very enlightening in the field of education. They can help a teacher to a better understanding of his pupils. He can thus meet the requirements of various children of differing native capacities and therefore prevent much educational waste, backwardness, failure, frustration and unhappiness.
            Regular training, however, is needed for the construction, administration and interpretation of intelligence tests. Interpre­tation, especially, should never be entrusted to untrained people. Unwarranted and extended interpretations of intelligence tests are liable to mislead and harm rather than guide and help the students.
 The Aptitude Tests
            An aptitude test is a psychological test designed to predict an individual's potentialities for success or failure in a particular occupation, subject of study, etc. According to Hull's* defini­tion : "an aptitude test is a test designed to discover what poten­tiality a given person has for learning some particular vocation or acquiring some particular skill."
            The psychologist gives the subject a written test or places him in a concrete situation. On the basis of his present per­formance he infers his future performance in similar other and broader tasks.
            Varieties of Aptitude Tests: The first aptitude tests were developed by Seashore. He investigated the basic abilities re­quired in singing and in playing musical instruments.
            Numerous aptitude tests have by now been devised and used. Some of the more prominent ones are as follows: —
(a)        The Artistic Aptitude Tests which measure aptitude for artistic work.
(b)        The Clerical Aptitude Tests, measuring aptitude for clerical and secretarial work.
(c)        The Mechanical Aptitude Tests purporting to measure aptitude for mechanical, engineering, etc., works.
(d)        The Medical Aptitude Tests which aim at measuring aptitude for medical training and medical profession.
(e)        The Athletic Aptitude Tests which measure athletic and sporting aptitude.
            Educational Significance of Aptitude Test: Aptitude tests have proved extremely helpful in many ways. They have proved particularly helpful in general and vocational guidance of young people. A knowledge of students, aptitudes can enable the teacher to provide for them adequate vocational training at school and to help them prepare for suitable careers in later life.
            Aptitude testing, however is relatively much more difficult than intelligence testing for the obvious reason that predicting future human achievement is not as easy as measuring present and actual achievement.  

 Personality Tests     
Personality tests are designed to measure important factors of personal and social adjustment. Such tests aim at making comparisons between various individuals with regard to their personality traits, e.g., sociability, cooperativeness, honesty, courage, adaptability, etc.
            Kinds of Personality Tests: Numerous tests of personality are available. The interview is the oldest known method of judging the personality of an individual. Case study or a com­prehensive life account of the individual is yet another device.
            A more refined, precise and quantitative method of measur­ing personality is that which employs some standardized personality test. Some of the prominent personality tests of this category are as follows:—
            (a) Rating scales.
            (b) Questionnaires.
            (c) Situation tests.
            (d) Projective tests.
  (a) The Rating Scale: This is a graphic device for measur­ing the personality traits of an individual. In order, for instance, to test the cooperativeness of an individual one could employ a rating scale of the fallowing type:
Rating Scale to Measure the Degree of Cooperativeness
            In rating an individual place him at the extreme right if he shows a high amount of co-operative behavior, at the extreme left if he is seldom co-operative. If he is just the average rate him at the middle and so on.
            Similar rating scales for other personality traits, e.g., hon­esty, truthfulness, punctuality, etc., could be used to form a compact picture of the whole of an individual's personality.
            Extreme care is needed to make adequate use of the rating scales. The two main errors usually committed in the use of rating scales are as follows:—
            (i) The Generosity Error, and
            (ii) The Halo Effect.
            The Generosity Error: This consists in being generous to one's acquaintance by placing him on the more desirable side on a rating scale without ascertaining whether or not the indivi­dual actually deserved such an assessment.
            The Halo Effect: If the subject gains favorable rating in one scale, the tester is apt to form a 'halo' round him. He may then rate him high in all other traits as well without mak­ing the necessary scrutiny, etc., about it.
            These pitfalls can be avoided by maintaining an objective stand throughout the test. Moreover, others could also be asked to rate the same subject independently. One could then compare the others' findings with one's own in order to achieve a higher standard of objectivity.
            Self-Rating: An individual can also rate himself indepen­dently on a given rating scale. The self aggrandizing tendency, however, is liable to make an objective self-rating rather difficult.
            (b) The Questionnaire: A questionnaire is a list of psycho­logical questions which are put to the subject. He is asked to answer them by ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or by putting a mark against each. The questions on a questionnaire are carefully constructed and are meant to unravel certain specific traits of an individual's personality. They are usually designed to measure such per­sonality traits as the following:—
            (i)  The trouble-finding tendency,
            (ii) Introversion-extroversion.
            (iii Sociability.
            (iv) Cooperativeness.
            (v) Interest.
            (vi) Attitudes, etc.
            To give just an example, in order to measure the amount of an individual's trouble-finding tendency, a questionnaire con­taining the following types of questions could be used:—
            Do you enjoy good health?
            Do you enjoy good appetite?
            Do you get good amount of sleep?
            Do you enjoy your work?
            Are you satisfied with your present status?
            Do you have many friends?
            Are you friendly with your neighbors?
            Do you think people have a good impression of yourself?
The subject's answers provide a measure of the nature and extent of his trouble finding tendencies.
            It may, however, be remembered that a lot of cheating and deceiving is possible in this test. The subject may give wrong and hypocritical answers deliberately. Mainly because of this drawback the questionnaire is not a very objective and reliable measure of personality traits.
            (c) The Situation Teats: This test places the subject in a pre-arranged situation of an actual and concrete type. The situation is so arranged as to bring out the personality traits of the individual. The following two types of situation tests, de­signed by Hartshorne and May* are very illustrative. They can be adopted and used in our schools to test children's honesty, etc.:—
            (i) The Spelling Test,
            (ii) The Overstatement Test.
            The Spelling Test: Children are given lists of rightly and wrongly spelled words. They are instructed to underline in pencil each miss-spelled word. The word lists are then collected. The teacher prepares copies of the children's marks on the words list without telling them. He hands the lists over to them again along with a key containing all the miss-spelled words lists with the help of the key. In order to cheat, a child has simply to erase his pencil mark underneath a word and put it underneath a different word. This simple camouflaged test thus measures their honesty.
            The Overstatement Test: This is another camouflaged test of honesty. Children are given lists of words or books. They are asked to mark those words they know and the books they have read. The list contains a number of fictitious words and titles of books. Some children have a tendency to over­state and mark even fictitious words and titles as know to them. Such a tendency is sufficiently indicative of the level of their honesty.
            Situation tests purporting to make an objective measure of the following traits are also available: persistence, aggres­siveness, recklessness, suggestibility, etc. It has been found that situation tests are a better measure of personality than those varieties of personality tests which involve the use of paper and pencil.
            Situation tests are also being used as performance tests to measure intelligence.
            (d) The Projective Tests: A projective test is designed to reveal basic personality traits through the presentation of ambi­guous stimuli which evoke imaginative responses. These tests bring out a deeper expression of the personality than that re­vealed by conventionalized verbal or performance tests. That is why they are also known as depth techniques.
            The main kinds of the projective tests are as follow:
(i)                            The Free Association Test or the Word Association.
(ii)                          The Rorschach test or the Ink-blot Interpretation.
(iii)                        The Thematic Apperception Test or the Picture Inter­pretation Test.
            All of these three varieties of the projective techniques have been discussed in earlier chapters. A detailed study may be found in the chapter on Individual Differences.

Educational Implications of Personality Tests
            Personality tests have proved helpful for teachers in promoting their pupils' health and efficiency. An adequate know­ledge of the various personality traits of the students enables the teacher to understand them and to help them minimize their actual or possible maladjustments, etc. The value of these tests in promoting the mental health of a school population, therefore, cannot be exaggerated.
 Scholastic Tests
            Scholastic or educational achievement tests are those psy­chological tests that measure students' knowledge and skill in various school subjects and the allied scholastic abilities.
Kinds of Scholastic Tests: Scholastic tests of nearly all school subjects are now available. Thus there are tests to measure children's scholastic standing in language, history, geography, pure sciences, mathematics, social sciences, etc. Tests have also been constructed to measure the spelling or reading ability of the students.
The Essay Type versus the New Type Test: The two main types of the scholastic tests are as follows: —
(a) The Essay Type Examination.
(b) The New Type or the Objective Test.
The Essay Type Examination: In our schools the essay type examination is in vogue. Thus in order to judge the students' proficiency in various school subjects they are asked to write lengthy answers of the essay type, etc., on various aspects of the subject. Such a system of scholastic testing
testing obviously puts premium on learning by rote, unintelligent reading and speedy vomitting out of the crammed material in the examination. The educational institutions in progressive coun­tries are now discarding this defective method of testing the scholastic ability of the students.
The New Type Text: Most of the educationally advanced countries of the world are now replacing essay type tests by the new type tests. These tests contain a series of graded questions with a number of alternative answers mentioned against each one. The student is asked to underline or check or put a mark against the correct answer.
Such a system of testing has proved to be an accurate and objective measure of scholastic ability. It examines the scholastic level of the students in various school subjects with­out subjecting them to the emotional strain and stress typical of the essay type tests. On the other hand, it achieves more desirable results than the former. The next chapter discusses in detail the merits and demerits of both these type of scholastic tests.
Value of the Scholastic Tests: Utmost care is needed in the construction of scholastic tests. Various test items should be so spread over the whole field of the school subject to be tested as to cover nearly all essential aspects of it. If properly con­structed, carefully administered and thoughtfully interpreted, scholastic tests prove very helpful for a teacher.
            Such tests enable the teacher to spot out the precise abilities and disabilities of his students in various school subjects. On the basis of the test results the teacher can improve his teaching techniques. He can provide better scholastic guidance to the students especially to those who need help in making up their deficiencies in particular subjects.

Uses and Misuses of Psychological Tests
            The various tests that have been described in this chapter serve an extremely useful purpose both for the teacher and the taught. Intelligence tests enable the teacher to understand the level of the mental capacity of the individual students in his class. Aptitude tests help him to get an insight into the suitability of a particular school subject or vocation for particular students. Personality tests aid him to diagnose some of the actual or potential maladjustments in the life of the pupils. The value of scholastic tests lies in the fact that they indicate specific abilities or abilities of pupils in various school subjects.
Great Help for the Teacher
            Equipped with such helpful and enlightening data regarding his pupils a teacher can better educate and guide them. He can extend them differential treatment according to the level of their intelligence. He can provide them proper opportunities to get training for vocations which are most suited to their in­dividual aptitudes. He feels competent to administer guidance in the light of the knowledge he has obtained of their personality traits. He can help them to overcome their scholastic problems and perplexities.
Useful for the Students
            Such a scientific and all-round guidance obviously proves very helpful for the students. Psychological tests give them a picture of their present standing and provide them with incentives to make further progress in various fields. Most of them are thus saved from developing academic or non-academic maladjustments.
Tests, therefore, prove beneficial both for the teacher and the taught.
The Misuses of the Tests
            These very tests, however, might prove not only useless and ineffective but positively harmful in many cases, e.g., in the following situations:
(i)                            When their construction, standardization, adminis­tration and interpretation is carried out thoughtlessly and unmethodically.
(ii)                          When teachers and students come to regard these tests to be ends in themselves and never as a means towards a higher end, i.e., better education and guidance.
            The teacher should realize that a test score is just an indi­cation of some specific or general ability or disability in a pupil. By itself the tests have no value unless their results are interpreted and the needed steps taken to effect further improvement in those areas of the pupils' lives which the tests examine and measure.


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