The Test For Critique Frank Parsons - 1873 Words

Test for Critique Frank Parsons opened the first career guidance center in Boston in 1908, he began by asking prospective clients â€Å"116 rigorous questions about their ambitions, strengths, and weaknesses†( Myer 25 ). But then he did something more unusual: He measured their skulls. Parsons was a committed believer in phrenology. If you had a large forehead, he might recommend you become a lawyer or engineer. But if your skull was more developed behind the ears, you were of the â€Å"animal type†(Myer 45) and best suited to manual work. Career advice has, thankfully, come a long way since then. But now, instead of measuring the outside of people’s heads, it has become common to measure the inside using psychometric tests. In standard†¦show more content†¦It was Carl Jung s book, Psychological Type that in interested her in type theory. Sharing her her mother s interest in type theory Isabel Myers began to create the MBTI in the early l940s as a test to be used for pe rsonnel selection ( Myer 24). It was because of her belief in different occupations favored different personality orientations, and that Jung s theory provided a theoretical link between personality and job performance. the MBTI for research purposes, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) began to distribute in 1957(Kroger) . ETS spent considerable time and resources in deciding whether the MBTI should be a part of its vast library of proprietary tests. After an internal review of the test, ETS chose not to pursue the further development and ended its relationship with Myers ( Myer 45). In 1975, Consulting Psychologists Press acquired the right to sell the MBTI. Since then, the test has been successfully marketed to an extremely wide audience. Intended Benefit Many professional organizations that support the study of type. The test available to â€Å"licensed counselors and psychologists, to college instructors and personnel who have had graduate training in the theory of testing, and to individuals who have completed short courses on the administration and interpretation of the MBTI† ( Myer). The Journal of Psychological Type is a scholarly periodical that publishes original research and reviews of research on type theory (Kroger).