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Howard Andrew Knox: Pioneer of Intelligence Testing at Ellis Island
John Richardson
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Description for Howard Andrew Knox: Pioneer of Intelligence Testing at Ellis Island
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illus.; 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBT; JMBT; JMRN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Howard Andrew Knox (1885-1949) served as assistant surgeon at Ellis Island during the 1910s, administering a range of verbal and nonverbal tests to determine the mental capacity of potential immigrants. An early proponent of nonverbal intelligence testing (largely through the use of formboards and picture puzzles), Knox developed an evaluative approach that today informs the techniques of practitioners and researchers. Whether adapted to measure intelligence and performance in children, military recruits, neurological and psychiatric patients, or the average job applicant, Knox's pioneering methods are part of contemporary psychological practice and deserve in-depth investigation. Completing the first biography of this ... Read more
Howard Andrew Knox (1885-1949) served as assistant surgeon at Ellis Island during the 1910s, administering a range of verbal and nonverbal tests to determine the mental capacity of potential immigrants. An early proponent of nonverbal intelligence testing (largely through the use of formboards and picture puzzles), Knox developed an evaluative approach that today informs the techniques of practitioners and researchers. Whether adapted to measure intelligence and performance in children, military recruits, neurological and psychiatric patients, or the average job applicant, Knox's pioneering methods are part of contemporary psychological practice and deserve in-depth investigation. Completing the first biography of this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231141680
SKU
V9780231141680
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About John Richardson
John T. E. Richardson is the professor of student learning and assessment at The Open University in the United Kingdom and a former professor of psychology and head of the Department of Human Sciences at Brunel University. He is an academician of the U.K. Academy of Social Sciences, a fellow of the British Psychological Society, and a fellow of the ... Read more
Reviews for Howard Andrew Knox: Pioneer of Intelligence Testing at Ellis Island
With respect to the centrality of psychological testing on a truly global scale today (not to mention human resource recruitment, personality assessment, and terrorism defense), John Richardson's book will acquire a wide readership extending far beyond the community of psychologists and historians of psychology and immigration. In fact, the audience for this book ranges from scholars in American history, historians ... Read more