Psychological practice in geriatric problems
- 1 September 1962
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in Journal of Mental Science
- Vol. 108 (456) , 669-674
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.108.456.669
Abstract
The argument to be put forward in this paper is that the way in which psychometric tests are often employed in geriatric problems may be less useful and, indeed, less sensible than is generally supposed. This applies to straightforward “intelligence testing” as well as to so-called “diagnostic testing”. It is recommended that the principles and practices of experimental psychology should be applied to these problems instead.Keywords
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