PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 1998
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• Publication Date: January 9, 1981
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR : LTC Murray B. Watt
SUBJECT: Psychological Evaluations
9 January 1981
1. Eleven (11) subjects participated in Phase I of the testing
process. Testing began 25 February 1980 and was completed 10
June 1980. Each subject was assigned a number so that the ident-
ity of the participants was unknown. A blind analysis of the
test results was made by the Command Psychologist. The detailed
results for each individual are on file with the Command Psychol-
ogist. Two of the subjects tested were known to be administrators
of the program. The remaining nine were considered to be active
participants. One participant (55) refused to complete the EPPS
stating that it was not relevant to him and that he couldn't make
choices between silly irrelevant statements. This was the only
deviation in the testing.
2. The primary questions of concern were:
a. What are the unique characteristics of this particular
group?
b. Do these characteristics compare with the original list
used in the initial selection process?
c. Are there any individuals in the group who may have
unusual psychological profiles, i.e., are group members
"normal"?
3. The tests administered were:
a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
b. Gordon Personal Profile Inventory
c. Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation -
Behavior (FIRO-B)
d. California Psychological Inventory
e. Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
f. Personal Orientation Inventory
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IASP 9 January 1981
SUBJECT: Psychological Evaluations
4. Attached are copies of the group profiles for each test used.
Those factors which characterise the group by test are given in
attached enclosure.
For the most part the group presented as emotionally stable
with no marked trends. There does appear to be an interesting
similarity in defensive style, a tendency toward artistic,
aesthetic, cultural interests, and an introversive style of
emotional expression. The capacity to stand back from one's
feelings, observe them, analyse them, even to savor them is common
among artists and writers.
Interestingly the group demonstrated a similarity to the six
subjects who took a battery of psychological tests at SRI in the
following ways. Both groups demonstrated a certain defensive
about psychological testing and defensive styles in general.
Second, both groups scored high on the masculine-feminine scales
of the MMPI indicating a preference for aesthetic, cultural,
artistic interests.
There existed a striking similarity to the original character-
istics used to select the group members, not to be unexpected.
Four additional characteristics merged to be added to this list:
Independent thinking; dominance, intellectually curious, prefer-
ence for aloneness.
Follow-up testing should Include a measuring of intellectual
functioning and a measure of spatial relationships and right
hemisphere functioning. Several studies support the concept that
RV is primarily a function of the right hemisphere. Relationships
between left and right hemispheres can be examined through the
administration of the Halstead-Reitan Battery.
Incl RICHARD E. HARTZELL
as LTC MSC
NO INCL.
Command Psychologist
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