Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Psychological Examinations of College Students
The recommendation in 1882 by Galton 1 of the establishment of anthropometric and medico-metric laboratories for the examina tion of individuals represents the first definite recognition of the need of examining individuals in order to give them vocational guidance. Galton saw the importance both to science and to individuals of collecting complete life-histories of people which should include photographs, anthropometric measurements, and medical facts. To meet this need he established his now famous laboratory in the South Kensington Museum, London. There, by payment of a small fee, individuals could go and have certain physical measurements made and undergo tests for keenness of vision and hearing, dynamometer pressure, reaction time, etc.
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