ROLE PLAYING AS A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE IN THE SELECTION OF LEADERS

Abstract

In the assessment program of the Office of Strategic Services a role playing test with the title "Improvisations" was used for diagnostic purposes.1 This test was derived from Moreno's "Psychodrama"? which, although originally a therapeutic procedure, has more recently been shown to have excellent diagnostic value in sizing up a man's tendencies 'to take a dominant or subordinate role in a social situation, as well as his tact, resourcefulness, forcefulness, ability to take criticism and other important personal and social characteristic.