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Robert Yerkes
As president of the American Psychological Association (APA) during World War I, Robert Yerkes played a key role in applying psychology to military efforts. He organized and led a group under the Surgeon General's Office that was responsible for developing methods to screen enlisted men, leading to the creation of the Army Alpha and Army Beta intelligence tests.
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Screening of Enlisted Men in WWI
During the early 20th century, psychologists were tasked with developing a method to rapidly assess the cognitive abilities of a large, diverse population of military recruits. They created two distinct versions of an intelligence test: one that required reading and writing, and another that primarily used pictures and symbols. What is the most logical reason for this two-test approach?
During World War I, the U.S. military faced the challenge of rapidly processing and assigning roles to a massive influx of diverse recruits. Given this historical context, which statement best analyzes the fundamental problem that Robert Yerkes and his team of psychologists were tasked with solving?