Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

Sucimary of
Pragmatic Creativity in Excanlnntion CdnbtructLon
A Paper Delivered by
John Credifotd
us lava1 E?mafaing cancer
Hr. Ctedfford spoke on the pragmatic utilftatfon of purely divergent
thinking of nonprofeseionnl item writers. Because of a change in the
time schedule, his prepared material was suzxnarlzed ~6 follows: After
dcacribing the f-CA aa one of the greatest potential force8 in today’s
teatinS, a ploa was made for the deliberate 1ntroduct:on of opportunltiea
for free-flowing thinking into our tottinS ettuotfon. Several teeto were
.‘aacrlbed that wete the results of placing nonmilitary item vritera in
tne position of creating their ovn teets in a purely permissive environment,
Learning by doing, uohuqered by tho rcntrfctlone of
claeeical precedence, they produced sevaral noteworthy teeta, including
a music test on tape administered tk* :r.zmar school chilfiren, a nilitery
eupervfeory test, a queatlonnalrc used in oeiactlng brig guardo, and a
tast for the selection of nonbissed. s*Jp+rvteory personno ir. indust,y.
In line with the top:c of the dfacuanfon, the grectcet bendfft from the
pepar was in the very fluent discussion Mich followed.
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