Editing Psychological testing (section)

=== Attitude scales ===

An attitude scale assesses an individual's disposition regarding an event (e.g., a Supreme Court decision), person (e.g., a governor), concept (e.g., wearing face masks during a pandemic), organization (e.g., the Boy Scouts), or object (e.g., nuclear weapons) on a unidimensional favorable-unfavorable attitude continuum. Attitude scales are used in marketing to determine individuals' preferences for brands. Historically social psychologists have developed attitude scales to assess individuals' attitudes toward the United Nations and race relations.<ref>Brown, R. (1965). ''Social psychology''. New York: The Free Press.</ref> Typically [[Likert scale]]s are used in attitude research. Historically, the [[Thurstone scale]] was used prior to the development of the Likert scale. The Likert scale has largely supplanted the Thurstone scale.<ref name=":1"/>