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- catalog abstract "In the early twentieth century, a small group of psychologists built a profession upon the new social technology of intelligence testing. They imagined the human mind as quantifiable, defining their new enterprise through analogies to the better established scientific professions of medicine and engineering. Offering a fresh interpretation of this controversial movement, JoAnne Brown reveals how this group created their professional sphere by semantically linking it to historical systems of cultural authority. She maintains that at the same time psychologists participated in a form of progressivism, which she defines as a political culture founded on the technical exploitation of human intelligence as a "new" natural resource. This book addresses the early days of the mental testing enterprise, including its introduction into the educational system. Moreover, it examines the processes of social change that construct, and are constructed by, shared and contested cultural vocabularies. Brown argues that language is an integral part of social and political experience, and its forms and uses can be specified historically. The historical and theoretical implications will interest scholars in the fields of history, politics, psychology, sociology of knowledge, history and philosophy of social science, and sociolinguistics.".
- catalog contributor b3789346.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "In the early twentieth century, a small group of psychologists built a profession upon the new social technology of intelligence testing. They imagined the human mind as quantifiable, defining their new enterprise through analogies to the better established scientific professions of medicine and engineering. Offering a fresh interpretation of this controversial movement, JoAnne Brown reveals how this group created their professional sphere by semantically linking it to historical systems of cultural authority. She maintains that at the same time psychologists participated in a form of progressivism, which she defines as a political culture founded on the technical exploitation of human intelligence as a "new" natural resource. This book addresses the early days of the mental testing enterprise, including its introduction into the educational system. Moreover, it examines the processes of social change that construct, and are constructed by, shared and contested cultural vocabularies. Brown argues that language is an integral part of social and political experience, and its forms and uses can be specified historically. The historical and theoretical implications will interest scholars in the fields of history, politics, psychology, sociology of knowledge, history and philosophy of social science, and sociolinguistics.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-204) and index.".
- catalog description "The semantics of profession: a theory -- Psychology as a science -- Education as a profession -- The biographical referents of metaphor -- Historical meanings of medical language -- Human engineering -- The great war -- The Lingua Franca of Progressivism.".
- catalog extent "x, 214 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "069108632X (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "153.9/3/0973 20".
- catalog subject "BF 431.5.U6 B878d 1992".
- catalog subject "BF431.5.U6 B76 1992".
- catalog subject "Engineering United States History.".
- catalog subject "Engineering United States Language History.".
- catalog subject "English language Social aspects United States History.".
- catalog subject "History of Medicine United States.".
- catalog subject "Intelligence Tests United States History.".
- catalog subject "Intelligence tests United States History.".
- catalog subject "Language United States.".
- catalog subject "Medicine and psychology United States History.".
- catalog subject "Politics United States.".
- catalog subject "Professions United States Psychological aspects History.".
- catalog subject "Progressivism (United States politics)".
- catalog subject "Psychology United States History.".
- catalog subject "Psychology United States Language History.".
- catalog subject "Semantics United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The semantics of profession: a theory -- Psychology as a science -- Education as a profession -- The biographical referents of metaphor -- Historical meanings of medical language -- Human engineering -- The great war -- The Lingua Franca of Progressivism.".
- catalog title "The definition of a profession : the authority of metaphor in the history of intelligence testing, 1890-1930 / JoAnne Brown.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".