Psychological Tests

The Psychological Tests collection contains more than 6,000 three-dimensional and paper-and-pencil tests.The collection includes well-known achievement, aptitude, and personality tests as well as lesser known tests of homemaking ability, spousal compatibility, hostility, and religiosity.

Sample Tests include:

• Army Alpha and Beta intelligence tests, 1918
• Marriage Adjustment Inventory, 1962
• Self-estimate of Happiness, 1930
• Thurstone Employment Tests, 1922

These tests—used to classify military recruits, match individuals with occupations, diagnose health and illness, and create profiles of personality—provide a unique view of psychology and the society in which it developed.