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Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University Unit 32 : Measurement of Attitude, Aptitude, Personality and Intelligence

Unit 32 : Measurement of Attitude, Aptitude, Notes
Personality and Intelligence

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
32.1 Measurement of Attitude
32.2 Measurement of Aptitude
32.3 Measurement of Personality
32.4 Measurement of Intelligence
32.5 Summary
32.6 Keywords
32.7 Review Questions
32.8 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarised as below :
• To discuss about the measurement of attitude
• To explain about the measurement of aptitude
• To describe about the measurement of personality
• To discuss the measurement of intelligence

Introduction

The mental feeling of a person towards an object, person, activity or thought is generally known as
his attitude towards that object, person, activity or thought. Different persons have different attitudes
towards different objects, persons, activities and thoughts. It is because of the fact that these attitudes
among them are developed through their own experiences with those objects, person, activities and
thoughts. With the change of experience regarding an object, person, activity and thought the attitude
towards it is also changed. What a person experiences about an object, person, activity or thought,
he develops similar attitude towards that and he reacts to it accordingly in the future.
The term aptitude is used in connection with the tests that predict future performance or status on
the basis of an individual’s current status, whereas a test of ability measures an individual’s current
status. Even intelligence tests, achievement tests as also the interest inventories may also be considered
as aptitude tests when they are used to predict future behaviour. When factor analysis of abilities is
undertaken, it produces clusters of special abilities that considerest central to performing task or a
job. It is these clusters of special abilities that are called aptitudes.
Developments in the field of intelligence are the result of efforts made in the assessment of intelligence.
Modern mental testing has its roots in the works of a Frenchman, J. Esquirol (1938), on mental
disorders. Sir Galton, known as the father of mental tests, paved the way for developments in the
measurement of intelligence. According to him, simpler, sensory, perceptual and motor responses
were the key aspects of intelligence.

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