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    IASP
    MEMORANDUM FOR: LTC Murray B. Watt
    SUBJECT: Psychological Evaluations
    9 January 1981
    1. Eleven (11) subjects participated in Phase I of the testing
    process. Testing began 25 February 1980 and was completed 10
    June 1980. Each subject was assigned a number so that the ident-
    ity of the participants was unknown. A blind analysis of the
    test results was made by the Command Psychologist. The detailed
    results for each individual are on file with the Command Psychol-
    ogist. Two of the subjects tested were known to be administrators
    of the program. The remaining nine were considered to be active
    participants. One participant (55) refused to complete the EPPS
    stating that it was not relevant to him and that he couldn't make
    choices between silly irrelevant statements. This was the only
    deviation in the testing.
    2. The primary questions of concern were:
         a. What are the unique characteristics of this particular
    group?
         b. Do these characteristics compare with the original list
    used in the initial selection process?
         c. Are there any individuals in the group who may have
    unusual psychological profiles, i.e., are group members
    "normal"?
    3. The tests administered were:
    a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
    b. Gordon Personal Profile Inventory
         C. Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation -
    Behavior (FIRO-B)
    d. California Psychological Inventory
    e. Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
    f. Personal Orientation Inventory
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       IASP 9 January 1981
       SUBJECT: Psychological Evaluations
       4. Attached are copies of the group profiles for each test used.
       Those factors which characterise the group by test are given in
       attached enclosure.
            For the most part the group presented as emotionally stable
       with no marked trends. There does appear to be an interesting
       similarity in defensive style, a tendency toward artistic,
       aesthetic, culturil interests, and an introversive style of
       emotional expression. The capacity to stand back from one's
       feelings, observe them, analyse them, even to savor them is common
       among artists and writers.
            Interestingly the group demonstrated a similarity to the six
       subjects who took a battery of psychological tests at SRI in the
       following ways. Both groups demonstrated a certain defensive
       about psychological testing and defensive styles in general.
       Second, both groups scored high on the masculine-feminine scales
       of the MMPI indicating a preference for aesthetic, cultural,
       artistic interests.
            There existed a striking similarity to the original character-
       istics used to select the group members, not to be unexpected.
       Four additional characteristics merged to be added to this list:
       Independent thinking; dominance, intellectually curious, prefer-
       ence for aloneness.
            Follow-up testing should Include a measuring of intellectual
       functioning and a measure of spatial relationships and right
       hemisphere functioning. Several studies support the concept that
       RV is primarily a function of the right hemisphere. Relationships
       between left and right hemispheres can be examined through the
       administration of the Halstead-Reitan Battery.
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       RICHARD E. HARTZELL
       LTC MSC
       Command Psychologist
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