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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWith 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 of science, and public and population health researchers to a wide general readership. Richardson focuses on a long-forgotten forbear and a pioneering test protocol, which often goes unnoticed in many standard psychology and behavioral medicine textbooks. His book is an original contribution. -- Frank W. Stahnisch, University of Calgary, Alberta John Richardson's work does much to bring us a new look at our past. His book tells of an important chapter in American history and psychology and provides new insights into our ongoing struggles to understand the expression of our cognitive abilities and limitations. -- David B. Baker, The University of Akron and the Center for the History of Psychology Howard Andrew Knox is comprehensive and compelling. John Richardson has created a very original work and his examination of a previously unknown contributor to the science of intelligence testing is insightful and original. -- Eric Turkheimer, University of Virginia what makes it such an intriguing read, is the complex interrelationship that existed between the emerging science of psychology and the organizational, political, and cultural context inwhich both the idea and the specific techniques of intelligence testing took hold in Americansociety. -- Steven Ward PsycCritiques An important account of the role that one man played during a fertile and important period in the history of American immigration and intelligence testing. -- Kaitlin Bell Barnett Psych Central This book is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in intelligence testing and the historical events that contributed to their adoption by modern psychology -- Sherry Ginn Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Table of ContentsIllustrations Tables Foreword by Robert J. Sternberg Preface Chronology Key People in the Text Introduction Part I: Before Ellis Island 1. Early Years 2. Army Days Part II: The Context 3. Immigration, Intelligence, and the Public Health Service 4. The Measurement of Intelligence 5. At Ellis Island Part III: Developing the Ellis Island Tests 6. The Ellis Island Tests 7. Popularizing the Work at Ellis Island 8. Practical Issues in Intelligence Testing 9. After Ellis Island Part IV: The Legacy 10. Developing Performance Scales 11. Borrowing the Ellis Island Tests 12. What Do Performance Tests Measure? 13. An Appraisal References Index
