WITH A CHAPTER ON
THE VOCATIONAL APTITUDES OF WOMEN
By LETA STETTER HOLLINGWORTH, Ph.D.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, BELLEVUE HOSPITAL,
NEW YORK CITY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1922
Copyright, 1916, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
TO
THADDEUS L. BOLTON
FRIEND AND VOCATIONAL
COUNSELLOR OF YOUTH
It is our business to make both a science and an art of human nature. Asin the physical world we select first the material suited to our purpose,then turn the iron into steel and temper the steel for the knife, so in theworld of human action we must learn to select the right man, to educate himand to fit him for his exact task. This indeed we try to do in all oursocial institutions, religions, commerce, systems of education andgovernment. But we work by the rule of thumb—blind, deaf and wasteful. Thenineteenth century witnessed an extraordinary increase in our knowledge ofthe material world and in our power to make it subservient to our ends; thetwentieth century will probably witness a corresponding increase in ourknowledge of human nature and in our power to use it for our welfare.—J.McKeen Cattell, "Homo Scientificus Americanus," Science, April 10, 1903.[Pg ix]
This book has developed from the material presented in a course on"Psychological Tests in Vocational Guidance and Selection" which the writerwas invited to conduct in Teachers' College, Columbia University. Thewidespread interest in vocational psychology which has grown up in recentyears, the eagerness with which even the most superficial and absurdsystems of "character analysis" are being adopted and tried out, andespecially the lack of references, offering conservative evaluation, towhich inquirers may be directed, have made it seem advisable to publish thematerial in systematic form. The book is essentially a presentation of theproblems and methods of that branch of applied psychology which deals withindividual differences in mental constitution. In the present instance onlythose differences are considered which may seem to be significant indetermining the individual's choice of a vocation, or in influencing theselection of workers from among a group of applicants or candidates. It isthe writer's hope that the book may be suggestive to the individual whoseeks to know himself better, helpful to the student and parent who maydesire to avoid the wiles of the charlatan, encouraging to the investigatoror counsellor who is engaged in carrying forward the solution of vocationalproblems, and useful to the practical man who may be mainly interested insurrounding himself with competent associates and employees. To all thosewhose published works are referred to in the bibliography, as well as to[Pg x]many not therein mentioned, the writer is under heavy obligations. He isespecially indebted to Professor F. G. Bonser, of Teachers' College, forthe original invitation to formulate the material, and to Professor JosephJastrow, editor of the "Conduct of Mind" series, for most patient andhelpful editorial criticism and suggestion.
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