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psychometric, a. and n. pl.|-ˈmɛtrɪk|
[f. psychometry + -ic.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of psychometry (in either sense).
1854J. R. Buchanan Lect. Neurolog. Syst. Anthropol. 124 Old manuscripts requiring an antiquary to decipher their strange old penmanship, were easily interpreted by the psychometric power. 1878― Psychophysiol. Sc. 73 Physicians who..use their psychometric power for the diagnosis of the condition of patients at a distance. 1879Brain II. 149 (heading) Psychometric experiments. 1906Daily Chron. 22 Mar. 7/7 According to Mr. Brailey, the psychometric influence of relics and charms has been proved. 1943Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry C. 181/2 The various psychometric tests can only touch the surface of this situation. 1970Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. LXXXII. 101 Intelligence measures included two psychometric indices of ‘general intelligence’. 1973R. C. Dennis Sweat of Fear vi. 37, I had to find a way of telling her I had psychometric knowledge of her predicament.
B. n. pl. (const. as sing.). The science of measuring mental capacities and processes; the application of methods of measurement to the various branches of psychology.
1930Proc. & Addr. Amer. Assoc. Stud. Feeble-Minded XXXV. 94 To most persons who know the term at all, psychometrics is fairly synonymous with the use of intelligence tests. 1934J. O'Connor (title) Psychometrics: a study of psychological measurement. Ibid. p. xiv, Every measuring instrument has two major aspects. In the field of psychometrics these are called reliability and validity. 1958Times 27 May 2/2 (Advt.), Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Education with special interests in psychometrics, statistics and educational psychology. 1972Guardian 24 Feb. 13/8 Psychometrics is unable to investigate the nature of intelligence. 1973Nature 23 Mar. 279/2 Professor Meredith delivers a blistering attack on traditional psychometrics (i.e., the alleged ‘measurement’ of IQs, reading ages, and so on).
So psychoˈmetrical a. = sense A above; psychoˈmetrically adv., according to psychometry, in the manner of a psychometer; psyˈchometrize v. trans., to practise psychometry upon; to deal with psychometrically.
1868Dixon Spir. Wives II. 253 She was a medium possessed of *psychometrical powers. 1922E. Wallace Crimson Circle ii. 14 The police might sneer at Yale's psychometrical powers.
1863Denton Nature's Secrets 130 A lady who, on examining a specimen *psychometrically, not only goes to the spot from which the specimen was obtained, but has the sensation of travelling while doing so. 1903Nature 3 Sept. 409/1 It appears doubtful if any other community, European or Polynesian, has been psychometrically investigated under more favourable conditions as regards both absence of disturbing factors and simplification of method. 1977Lancet 1 Jan. 7/2 These children have been re-examined medically and psychometrically.
1863Denton Nature's Secrets 99 The complete identification at times of the Psychometer with the thing *psychometrized..is one of the remarkable facts developed by our experiments. 1894P. Tyner in Boston Arena June 44 Through the sense of physical touch..one is first brought, on ‘psychometrizing’ an object, into a vivid perception of an aura or atmosphere surrounding it. 1950P. Tabori Harry Price ix. 183 He proposed..to have the box psychometrized first by the best mental mediums he could obtain. 1975Weekend Mag. (Montreal) 18 Oct. 20/1 Learning of McMullen's psychic abilities, he asked him to psychometrize some artifacts. |