PSYCH 525 History of Psychological Assessment

Select a significant event in the development of psychological testing, examples might be the Chinese use of essay exams for civil service selection, the use of alpha and beta testing in World War I, Wundt’s laboratory, or the development of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper exploring your selected event and its historical roots. In your paper, explain why the event is significant and how it has affected the development of psychological testing in the 21st century.