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NW we rhould recognize that what Cattell is measuring here a8 a
“drive rtrength” is actually mO8t accurately rtferred to ae an ergic
ten8iOn 1eVel. That i8 to 8ay, it i8 not 8omc donstituticnnl strength
of that drive, but the end result, in actual motivational 8trcngth of
four or more influencer. There are: (1) con8titutional endowment, (2)
early experience8 (imprinting, reprerzioc), (3) current degree of environmental
8timulation, and (4) current reduction of tcnzion by satisfactions
and degree8 of recurrent need gratification existing in the prerent
environment. Theae vary with time.
The Motivational Analysis Test is etill an experimental tert.
Hwevtr, a8 more rerearch i8 conducted on it, it8 theoretical predictive
ability and ��� � cutal predictive ability a8 derived fran preliminary
reraarch rerulta will increase.
In predicting what an adult will do, it 18 evidently quite a8
important to knw the motivetion available frop these acquired rentimentr
a8 from hi8 basic ergs. For urimple, the evaluation of a man’8 potential
In a career will need to include mea8ure8 of the rtrength of hi8 intertrt
in a career a8 8uch, 8180 of hi8 degree of concern about hi8 general
reputation and self-concept, and ezp&ially of the level of basic dependability,
implied by his level of superego development.
The 8tati8ticalpredictionzwhich rezearch has 80 far obtained
against life criteria have borne out these poychological interpretations
of 8core8. Rerearch ha8 shown that dynamic structure trait rtrengthe
add to the prediction of scholaetic achievement over and above what ir
predictable from ability and general perronality traits. John Butcher,
one of Cattell’s a88ociate8, found that other variable8 being controlled.
those students who are high in ruperego ��� � ��� high � chiever8, there
who are low on radi8m are high � chiever8, those that are high on
arrertivene8s are high � chiever8: but he found no relationrhip with
8elf rentimcnt. Aleo, he found that the career sentiment mU8t be modifiedI
for the particular setting.
Mr. Claude Bridge8 talked with Dr. Arthur Swency a few week8 ago.
Dr. Swenay, who ie an � 88ociate of Cattell, 8aid that the preliminary
reoearch rhwr that general motivational factorz could contribute a
great deal a8 predictor8 of achievement in 8ptCifiC occupational rpecialities.
He raid that it would probably be neceroary for u8 to develop
rpecific inrtrumentr for group8 of occupational rpecialitier. (fii8 got8
in with another te8t that Cattell has developed called the Vocational
Interrt Heawre, which ir built on exactly the came principle8 a8 the
Motivation81 Analysis Test only it iz geared toward predicting in 8pecifi.c
occupational groupinga. The Vocational lnttrt8t Hearure ir being validated
againzt the Kuder Preference Record.)
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