| Description |
ix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Infinite Examination -- Pt. I. Authenticity Tests. 2. Before Science: The Early History of Authenticity Testing. 3. Lie Detection. 4. No Sanctuary. 5. Testing and the War on Drugs. 6. From Drug Control to Mind Control -- Pt. II. Qualifying Tests. 7. The Forest of Pencils. 8. Willing, Ready, and Able: Vocational Testing. 9. "Artificial" Intelligence. 10. Conclusion: Man the Measured --Appendix: Drug Testing Tables |
| Summary |
This book is about how our addiction to testing influences both society and ourselves as socially defined persons. The analysis focuses on tests of people, particularly tests in schools, intelligence tests, vocational interest tests, lie detection, integrity tests, and drug tests. Diagnostic psychiatric tests and medical tests are included only tangentially. --From publisher's description |
| Analysis |
Testing |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p353-374. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-374) and index |
| Notes |
A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program |
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English |
| Subject |
Examinations -- History.
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Examinations -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Examinations -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Self-perception -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Social control.
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| LC no. |
92032639 |
| ISBN |
0520080602 (alk. paper) |
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0520086481 (paperback) |
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