Object Details
- Description
- By 1930, psychologists not only designed paper and pencil tests to measure intelligence and occupational aptitude, but to test personality. This is such a test, designed by the British psychologist Phillip E. Vernon (1905-1897) and Harvard faculty member Gordon W. Allport (1897-1967). The test sought to classify people according to whether they most valued theoretical, economic, aesthetic, social, political, or religious considerations. Revised versions of the examination were prepared at least as late as 2003.
- Compare 1989.0710,10 (1931), 1990.0034.169 (1931), and 1990.0034.069 (1951 edition).
- Reference:
- Piotr K. Oles and H. J.M. Hermans, “Allport-Vernon Study of Values,” Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2010 (online).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- author
- Allport, Gordon W.
- maker
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Vernon, Phillip E.
- Lindzey, Gardner
- date made
- 1951
- Credit Line
- Gift of Samuel Kavruck
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .1 cm x 17 cm x 23 cm; 1/32 in x 6 11/16 in x 9 1/16 in
- Object Name
- Psychological Test
