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Army General Classification Test
About: Army General Classification Test is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 18 publications have been published within this topic receiving 465 citations.
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TL;DR: The data presented in this study offer no proof, but are inclined to interpret them as indicating that the present population is superior in mental test performance to the population of a generation ago, and that a large proportion of this superiority is a consequence of more and better education for more people.
Abstract: On the basis of the Army General Classification test a representative sample of 768 World War II white enlisted men was chosen. These men were administered the Wells Revision (form 5) of Army Alpha examination. The scores of these men are compared with World War I norms. The World War II men have significantly higher scores. While the data presented in this study offer no proof, the writer is inclined to interpret them as indicating that the present population is superior in mental test performance to the population of a generation ago, and that a large proportion of this superiority is a consequence of more and better education for more people. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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TL;DR: Results supported the prediction of closer correspondence of intelligence and creativity scores in a low intelligence range than in a high intelligence range and Guilford's triagular scatterplot conceptualization of intelligence-creativity relationship seemed most congruent with the present and earlier data.
Abstract: Summary G. T. scores on the Army General Classification Test (AGCT) as indicants of intelligence were correlated with scores on the Creative Imagination Test (CIT) for two groups of men differing on intelligence. Results supported the prediction of closer correspondence of intelligence and creativity scores in a low intelligence range (r = .437, p < .01) than in a high intelligence range. Intelligence was unrelated statistically to creativity (r = .10) when only the high intelligence range above 111 was considered. Guilford's triagular scatterplot conceptualization of intelligence-creativity relationship seemed most congruent with the present and earlier data. Intelligence was described as allowing the development of creativity, but not insuring such development. Personality and environmental factors may be important in creativity expression especially at upper intelligence ranges.
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TL;DR: The Army General Classification Test (AGCT) as discussed by the authors was used by more than 12,000,000 soldiers and marines to help the Army classify them for specialty and officer training during World War II.
Abstract: The United States military services desperately needed appropriate classification procedures when World War II started. The Army General Classification Test (AGCT), a mental ability test, was taken by more than 12,000,000 soldiers and marines to help the Army classify them for specialty and officer training. In 1940, prior to Pearl Harbor, the Personnel Research Section of the Adjutant General's Office in the War Department developed the AGCT. This article describes the efforts to produce the AGCT as well as interview procedures, trade tests, and aptitude tests for mechanical and clerical work
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| 2012 | 1 |
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| 2007 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
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