Psychology Report: Kinsey Institute, Standardized Testing, and History

This report provides a detailed examination of two significant developments in the field of psychology: the establishment of the Kinsey Institute and the evolution of standardized testing. The report begins by discussing the founding of the Kinsey Institute in 1947, highlighting Alfred Kinsey's research on human sexual behavior and the controversies surrounding his work. It then explores the origins of standardized testing, focusing on the development of the SAT and its impact on higher education. The report covers the role of the Educational Testing Service (ETS), and the influence of the College Board. The report also highlights the impact of these institutions on academia and society, and the evolution of these institutions over time, using references from the provided sources.

Psychology

April 2, 1943: Formulation of National Standardized Testing
A test was administered by Army Navy College which provided multiple choice tests which can
be given to large number of people. The assessment comprised of members 40 times any other
test for standardized test. Navy and army contracted Harvey Chauncey’s for conducting
Educational Testing Service for 300,000 recruits with help of selection officer in World War 2.
After political maneuvering the College Board funded the ETS and gave rights to the
administrators and in return college received a cut from every time ETS was administered. More
and more colleges wanted to utilize the test for the admissions but wanted to know the
usefulness. Test was valid and it assessed what it was supposed to assess. University of
California become the largest and profitable client of ETS. This test have changed the ways of
academia and society.
April 8, 1947: The Kinsey Institute
The Kinsey Institute, also known as Institute for Sex Research was founded on 8th April, 1947.
He arrived at Indiana University in 1920 and used to teach courses related to family and marriage
to the seniors students and married students. Viewing this as an opportunity, Kinsey gave an
application for receiving research grant from National Research Council’s Committee (NRCC),
for doing research in problems pertaining sex. He received the grant and more to come he started
collecting data for the research and also assigned research assistants. But he was not content with
the results and thus asked the research staff to experiment sexually with one another. He was
persistent in his research and released Sexual behavior in Human Females. University survived
the lawsuit and the publications of Kinsey’s regarding human sexual behavior exist in the Kinsey
Institute for research.

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