Soviet psychology and its view of cognition and assessment have been influenced by political and ideological currents. Assessment practices in the Soviet Union reveal three trends. The so-called pedology movement was replaced in the 1930s by an anti-testing policy, followed more recently by a reassessment of psychodiagnostic practices. Late 1970s and the beginning of 1980s reveal strong interests in psychodiagnosis, as indicated by symposia organized in 1975 and 1980.
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