A NEW SYMBOL APPROACH TO PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

THEODORE C. KAHN and PAUL D. MURPHYAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 114, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.8.741

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Psychologists have overlooked the possibility of first going to the culture and then to the individual in obtaining ideas for the construction of psychological instruments. A test of symbol arrangement has been developed in which this procedure has been reversed. Objects with established cultural validity were used to study and to classify human behavior. A number of studies were cited to show the wide applicability of this cross-disciplinary approach to psychological testing.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 114 • Number 8 • February 1958

Pages: 741 - 743

PubMed: 13498193

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Published in print: February 1958

Published online: 1 April 2006

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THEODORE C. KAHN

USAF Hospital and Mental Hygiene Clinic, Wright-Patterson A.F.B., Ohio.

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PAUL D. MURPHY

USAF Hospital and Mental Hygiene Clinic, Wright-Patterson A.F.B., Ohio.

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A NEW SYMBOL APPROACH TO PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

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