Reaction-time can be made to furnish a clue to the adaptability of the individual for any business, profession or vocation.
To determine the character, accuracy
and rapidity of the mental reactions of different individuals under different conditions, various scientific methods have been evolved and cunning devices invented.
Mapping the Mentality
There are decisive reaction-time tests by which you may readily map out your own mentality or that of any other person, including, for instance, those who may seek employment under you.
Have you been harboring the delusion that "quick as thought" is a phrase expressive of flash-like quickness? Have you had the idea that thought is instantaneous? If so, you must alter your conceptions.
The fact is that your merely automatic reactions from sense-impressions can be measured in tenths of a second,
while a really intellectual operation of the simplest character requires from one to several seconds.
An important thing for you to know in this connection is that no two people are alike in this respect. Some think quickly along certain lines; some along other lines.
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