The Definition of a Profession : the Authority of Metaphor in the History of Intelligence Testing, 1890-1930.

In the early twentieth century, a small group of psychologists built a profession upon the new social technology of intelligence testing. They imagined the human mind as quantifiable, defining their new enterprise through analogies to the better established scientific professions of medicine and eng...

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Main Author:	Brown, JoAnne
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Subjects:	Intelligence tests > United States > History. Psychology > United States > Language > History. English language > Social aspects > United States > History. Professions > United States > Psychological aspects > History. Medicine and psychology > United States > History. Engineering > United States > Language > History. Progressivism (United States politics) Communication. History. Social sciences. Linguistics. Ability > Testing. Humanities. Human behavior. Psychological tests. Psychology. Engineering. Language and languages. Medicine > History. Politics, Practical. Semantics. Intelligence tests. Misinformation. Communication Behavioral Sciences History Social Sciences Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Linguistics Aptitude Tests Humanities Information Science Technology, Industry, Agriculture Behavioral Disciplines and Activities Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Behavior Psychological Tests Psychiatry and Psychology Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Psychology Engineering Language History of Medicine Politics Semantics Intelligence Tests behavioral sciences. history (discipline) social sciences. linguistics. humanities. human behavior. psychology. engineering. history of medicine. politics. semantics.
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