An Information Test of Interests 1Read at the annual meeting of the National Vocational Guidance Association, Atlantic City, February 20-22, 1930.

ance directors have sought to tap interests, but few have determined accurately the degree to which any fundamental interest is possessed. They have not, with any degree of satisfaction, been able to tap accurately the interests of those who are not conscious, in the sense of being fully aware, of a vocational interest. The major proportion of college undergraduates are without vocational information and do not have marked vocational interests, but are anxious to know how their general and special interests can be directed to vocational choice. If we possessed full knowledge of the degree of existing interests in any individual, we could the nturn to a more intelligent study of the individual's abilities and pertinent vocational pursuits as related to his interests. We have sufficient evidence to prove that if any individual pursues an activity in which he is wholeheartedly interested, he will put forth his greatest effort, insuring greater success within the limits of his ability. The evidence can be found in a review of studies of interests.2 The most convincing is that of E. L. Thorndike, who" in the elaboration of the Bridges' data, found the following:3-4