In an effort to improve the credibility of psychological testing and establish psychology as a true scientific movement, who promoted the use of mental testing during World War I?

A. Sigmund Freud
B. Thomas Thorndike
C. Walter Lippman
D. Robert Yerkes


Ans: D

Psychology

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