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... > social science subjects > psychology > applied psychology > industrial and organizational psychology > history of industrial and organizational psychology > Army Alpha and Army Beta

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Army Alpha and Army Beta  

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  • The United States entered World War I late in the conflict and faced the problem of turning large numbers of often poorly educated draftees into an effective army in a short period of time. The American Psychological Association volunteered its services to the war effort, and a committee, headed by Robert Yerkes and including psychologists such as Arthur Otis and Lewis Terman, was assigned the task of developing a practical method of measuring the intellectual level of individuals in large groups. [Source: Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Army Alpha/Army Beta]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T021GQ0D-3

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