Psychological Test Manual, Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

Object Details

author

Edwards, A. L.

Psychological Corporation

Description

Allen Louis Edwards (1914-1994) received his undergraduate degree from Central YMCA College in 1937 and then did graduate work at Northwestern University, receiving his PhD. in 1940. He taught briefly at the University of Akron before working for the U.S. military during World War II. After a short stay at the University of Maryland, he moved to the University of Washington, where he finished his career. Edwards was the author of several successful textbooks. In 1953, he published the first version of his Personal Preference Schedule with The Psychological Corporation. This appears to be a manual for the test copyrighted in 1959, by then known as the Edwards Personality Preference Schedule. It was published by the Psychological Corporation of New York.

The test itself consists of 125 pairs of statements. The examinee selects which of the statements best applies to him or her by circling the A or B item in each pair. Combining scores, Edwards believed he could make statements about the personality of the test taker in the fifteen areas of achievement, deference, order, exhibition, autonomy, affiliation, intraception, succorance, dominance, abasement, nuturance, change, endurance, heterosexuality, and aggression.

References:

American Psychological Association, 1962 Directory, ed. James Q. Holsopple, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1962, p. 190.

Edwards, David A., “Measurement Pioneer Allen L. Edwards (1914-1994),” APS Observer, 7 #5, September, 1994, p. 30, 32.

Allen, Robert M. “An Analysis of Edwards Personal Preference Schedule Intercorrelations for a Local College Population.” The Journal of Educational Research, 1958, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 591–597.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Samuel Kavruck

1959

ID Number

1990.0034.061

accession number

1990.0034

catalog number

1990.0034.061

Object Name

Psychological Test

psychological test manual

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .1 cm x 21.5 cm x 28 cm; 1/32 in x 8 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in

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