no. i.] PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. 137 



Test L, disarranged sentences. 



Materials.— Dissected sentences given below. 



Directions. — (a) Examiner shows subject set (a) of series selected for use (covering the others), and says, "I am 

 going to show you some words. You will have one minute to put these words in their proper order so that they will 

 make a good sentence; make good sense. Use all the words, but no others." 



If the subject does not give a logical arrangement of the first sentence within one minute, read the sentence off 

 correctly for him, pointing to each word as it is spoken. 



Scoring. — Record the time. Write the first letter of each word as given by subject, and mark the response + or — . 



Series 1. 

 (a) warm winter in we clothes wear 

 (6) trees roots have their ground the in 

 (c) skillful makes much careful become practice one 



Series 2. 



(a) feet wear to are shoes the on 



(b) does angry not to it get pay 



(e) summer makes in warm grow sunshine plants 

 Series 3. 



(a) hard high to are mountains climb 



(b) get grow they as children taller older 



(c) plants becomes the when wither dry ground 



Series 4- 

 (a) honey flowers gather bees the from 

 (6) horse elephant is smaller a than an 

 (c) steam it into when changes boils water 



Series 5. 

 (a) times mistakes make men all at 

 (6) a than is automobile an slower horse 

 (c) snow change into cold often winds rain 

 Test M, absurdities. 



Directions. — Examiner says to subject, "I am going to read something which has something foolish or funny in 

 it, some nonsense. Listen and toll me what is foolish about it." Then examiner reads in order, somewhat slowly 

 and in a matter of fact voice, the 10 absurdities of one of the five series. After each of the first three or four examiner 

 says: "What was foolish about that?" If subject is silent for 15 seconds, examiner repeats, "What was foolish about 

 that?" Then if there is no response in 15 seconds more, examiner goes to next. If subject fails on the first, that one 

 is read again. The others are not to be read a second time unless examiner requests it. 



If it is not clear from the response whether the absurdity has been detected, examiner says, "What do you mean?" 

 Only this general form of question may be employed. Questioning which might suggest the right answer must be 

 carefully avoided. 



Scoring. — Each of the 10 items is scored + or — ; no half credits. Plus means that the essential point in the 

 absurdity has been detected. 



Series 1. 



(a) The poor sick man lay fiat on his back, entirely speechless, and all his cry was, "Water! Water!" 

 (6) A man said, "I know a road from my house to the city which is down hill all the way to the city and down 

 hill all the way back home." 



(c) The fireman hurried to the burning house, got his fire hose ready, and after smoking a mild cigar put out the 

 fire. 



(d) The commissioners have decided to build a new jail out of the materials of the old jail, but they are going to 

 keep the prisoners in the old jail until the new one is finished. 



(«) I saw a nicely dressed gentleman on the street. He had his hands in his pockets and was swinging a cane. 

 (/) In an old graveyard in Virginia they have discovered a small skull which is believed to have been that of 

 George Washington when he was about ten years old. 



(g) A tramp found ten dollars. He went to a store and bought a hat for eight dollars and an overcoat for two dollars. 

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