A non-verbal will-temperament test

Abstract

A preliminary report on an attempt to produce a non-verbal will-temperament test for studying racial differences. There are 13 parts to the test; it seeks to measure speed of decision and movement, ability to speed up and to hold back, eye-hand coordination, interest in detail, persistence, expansiveness, drive, self-confidence, reaction to suggestion, and permanence of decisions. The test and the method of administering it are described in detail. Self-correlations on the test for 90 junior high school boys were + 0.6976 ± 0.036. The verbal and non-verbal forms of the will-temperament test were found not to measure the same traits. Correlations between the test items and the National Intelligence Test scores were low. A few of the forms show promise of high reliability and need further investigation. "The tests may have validity in school and industrial situations." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)