Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods

by Harry L. Hollingworth; Leta Stetter Hollingworth

Psychophysical Norms

Physical

Trait	Year
	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Height (cm) Boys	111	116	121	126	131	135	140	146	152	158	164	168	171
Height (cm)Girls	110	115	120	125	130	135	141	148	154	157	158	159	159
Weight (kg) Boys	20	22	24	26	29	31	34	38	43	48	53	57	61
Weight (kg) Girls	19	21	23	25	28	31	34	39	44	48	51	52	53
Skull L. (mm)Boys	177	179	180	181	182	183	183	184	187	188	191	191	192
Skull L. (mm)Girls	172	174	175	176	177	180	180	181	183	184	184	185	186
Skull W (mm) Boys	142	142	143	144	144	145	145	147	147	148	149	150	151
Skull W (mm) Girls	139	140	140	141	142	142	143	144	145	146	146	146	147
Vital Capacity (cc) Boys	1023	1168	1316	1469	1603	1732	1883	2108	2395	2697	3120	3483	3655
Vital Capacity (cc) Girls	950	1061	1165	1286	1409	1526	1664	1827	2014	2168	2266	2319	2343
Tapping (Right Hand) (30 sec.) B	...	...	147	151	161	169	170	184	184	191	196	196	197
Tapping (Right Hand) (30 sec.) G	...	...	146	149	157	169	169	178	181	181	184	188	193
Grip (kg) Right, Boys	9	11	12	14	17	19	21	24	28	33	39	45	49
Grip (kg) Right, Girls	8	10	11	13	15	17	19	22	25	27	29	30	30
Pain Limen (kg) Boys	1.3	1.4	1.7	1.7	1.7	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.4	2.7	2.8	2.9
Pain Limen (kg) Girls	1.2	0.9	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.8

Mental Tests

Trait	Year
	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
School Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	#
Form Board (sec.)	27	23	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	12	#	#	#
Knox Cube (lines)	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	#	#
Memory, Span. Aud. Dig.	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Memory, Concrete Words	#	#	31	32	36	37	38	39	42	42	43	43	50
Memory, Abstract Words	#	#	22	25	29	31	32	34	37	37	40	40	40
Pictures	5.3	6.1	6.0	7.3	7.5	7.5	8.4	9.2	10.0	#	#	#	#
Logical Memory (Items of 67) Boys	#	#	24	29	30	33	35	37	36	37	34	35	37
Logical Memory (Items of 67) Girls	#	#	29	31	34	36	38	39	39	39	37	37	38
Visual Range, under special conditions	...	...	4	...	...	13	...	...	18	...	...	27
Cancellation (A) (In 2 minutes)	18	21	25	33	35	41	41	#	#	#	#	#	#
Size-Weight Suggestion (gr)	42	45	48	50	44	40	40	38	35	35	34	27	#
Association, Percent Common	55	62	68	75	73	82	84	81	84	79	86	#	#
Word Building (5 min.) a-e-i-r-l-p	#	#	7	8	9	11	12	14	14	16	16	17	18
Substitution	#	#	12	15	17	18	21	23	24	26	26	27	28
Words in 3min.	#	#	23	29	31	35	35	36	36	40	41	42	48
Part-Whole 1 min.)	#	#	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	14	16	16	19
Opposites (1 min.)	#	#	8	8	9	11	13	15	16	17	19	19	23
Fable Interpretation	#	#	#	38	45	53	55	70	73	#	#	#	#
Vocabulary, Per cent of 18000	12	14	18	23	26	30	36	42	#	#	54	#	72

Spelling Ability	Special Scales, Ayres, Buckingham.
Arithmetic Ability	Special Norms, Courtis, Woody, Starch.
Language Ability	Special Graded Scales, Trabue.
Composition Ability	Special Scale, Hillegas.
Handwriting Ability	Special Scales, Thorndike, Ayres, Starch.
General Mental Age	Standardized Intelligence Scales, Binet, Yerkes, etc.

GRADED SCALES

A Roughly Graded Test for Children Who Are Less Than Three Years Old

Normal Course of Development