Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Army Alpha

Index Army Alpha

The Army Alpha is a group-administered test developed by Robert Yerkes and six others in order to evaluate the many U.S. military recruits during World War I. [1]

27 relations: Alertness, Alfred Binet, Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Army Beta, Army General Classification Test, Civilian Conservation Corps, Demography, General Electric, Henry H. Goddard, Human reliability, Intelligence quotient, Journal of Applied Psychology, Leadership, Lewis Terman, Mental age, Military recruitment, Mimeograph, Obedience (human behavior), Officer (armed forces), Psychologist, Robert Yerkes, Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales, Temperament, United States Army, Walter V. Bingham, World War I, YMCA.

Alertness

Alertness is the state of active attention by high sensory awareness such as being watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency, or being quick to perceive and act.

New!!: Army Alpha and Alertness · See more »

Alfred Binet

Alfred Binet (July 8, 1857 – October 18, 1911) was a French psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test, the Binet–Simon test.

New!!: Army Alpha and Alfred Binet · See more »

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a multiple choice test, administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing Command, used to determine qualification for enlistment in the United States Armed Forces.

New!!: Army Alpha and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery · See more »

Army Beta

The Army Beta1917 is the non-verbal complement of the Army Alpha—a group-administered test that was developed by Robert Yerkes and six other committee members to evaluate some 1.5 million military recruits in the United States during World War I.

New!!: Army Alpha and Army Beta · See more »

Army General Classification Test

The Army General Classification Test (AGCT) has a long history that runs parallel with research and means for attempting the assessment of intelligence or other abilities.

New!!: Army Alpha and Army General Classification Test · See more »

Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men.

New!!: Army Alpha and Civilian Conservation Corps · See more »

Demography

Demography (from prefix demo- from Ancient Greek δῆμος dēmos meaning "the people", and -graphy from γράφω graphō, implies "writing, description or measurement") is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings.

New!!: Army Alpha and Demography · See more »

General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

New!!: Army Alpha and General Electric · See more »

Henry H. Goddard

Henry Herbert Goddard (August 14, 1866 – June 18, 1957) was a prominent American psychologist and eugenicist during the early 20th century.

New!!: Army Alpha and Henry H. Goddard · See more »

Human reliability

Human reliability (also known as human performance or HU) is related to the field of human factors and ergonomics, and refers to the reliability of humans in fields including manufacturing, medicine and nuclear power.

New!!: Army Alpha and Human reliability · See more »

Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from several standardized tests designed to assess human intelligence.

New!!: Army Alpha and Intelligence quotient · See more »

Journal of Applied Psychology

The Journal of Applied Psychology is a monthly, peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association.

New!!: Army Alpha and Journal of Applied Psychology · See more »

Leadership

Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.

New!!: Army Alpha and Leadership · See more »

Lewis Terman

Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist and author.

New!!: Army Alpha and Lewis Terman · See more »

Mental age

Mental age is a concept related to intelligence.

New!!: Army Alpha and Mental age · See more »

Military recruitment

Military recruitment refers to the activity of attracting people to, and selecting them for, military training and employment.

New!!: Army Alpha and Military recruitment · See more »

Mimeograph

The stencil duplicator or mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo) is a low-cost duplicating machine that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper.

New!!: Army Alpha and Mimeograph · See more »

Obedience (human behavior)

Obedience, in human behavior, is a form of "social influence in which a person yields to explicit instructions or orders from an authority figure".

New!!: Army Alpha and Obedience (human behavior) · See more »

Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.

New!!: Army Alpha and Officer (armed forces) · See more »

Psychologist

A psychologist studies normal and abnormal mental states from cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how individuals relate to one another and to their environments.

New!!: Army Alpha and Psychologist · See more »

Robert Yerkes

Robert Mearns Yerkes (May 26, 1876 – February 3, 1956) was an American psychologist, ethologist, eugenicist and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology.

New!!: Army Alpha and Robert Yerkes · See more »

Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales

The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales (or more commonly the Stanford–Binet) is an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet–Simon Scale by Lewis M. Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University.

New!!: Army Alpha and Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales · See more »

Temperament

In psychology, temperament broadly refers to consistent individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.

New!!: Army Alpha and Temperament · See more »

United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

New!!: Army Alpha and United States Army · See more »

Walter V. Bingham

Walter Van Dyke Bingham (1880–1952) was an applied and industrial psychologist who made significant contributions to intelligence testing.

New!!: Army Alpha and Walter V. Bingham · See more »

World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

New!!: Army Alpha and World War I · See more »

YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), often simply called the Y, is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 58 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.

New!!: Army Alpha and YMCA · See more »

Redirects here:

Army alpha.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Alpha

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »