MKUltra Subproject 114

MKUltra Subproject 114 developed behavioral rating categories for indirect assessment processes related to Wechsler concepts. The project began in April 1960. A contractor (name redacted) received $7,200 for the current year, with a six-month obligation of $3,600 approved April 18, 1961. The project involved work on alcohol and personality theories and developing rating categories after rejecting previous attempts. A memorandum from April 8, 1960 showed the work was being restructured. The contractor conducted studies on personality dimensions, background experience with alcohol, and social attitudes to predict drinking behavior in social situations. Work included identifying personality types that predict reactions to alcohol, analyzing variation in individual alcohol responses during repeated social drinking, and studying prediction data on 28 subjects. The project also aimed to develop a conceptual framework for observing, analyzing, and predicting drinking behavior, with focus on reliability of trait rating scales and the ability of psychiatrically untrained people to evaluate intoxication.