Introduction to Psychological Assessment in the South African Context

Chery Foxcroft, Fatima Roodt Abrahams, Johannes B. Wolfaardt, Deon De Bruin, Anil Kanjee (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2009 | 3rd edition
Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Verlag)
978-0-19-598836-9 (ISBN)

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Introduction to Psychological Assessment in the South African context third edition is an introductory text on measuring and assessing human behaviour within a complex multi-cultural environment. It offers a practical guide to the development of culturally appropriate measures and the application of assessment measures, as well as the interpretation and reporting of results. The book provides advice with regard to assessing young children and disabled individuals and also discusses the various contexts in which psychological measures are used, including education, counselling, the psycholegal domain, and research.

C. Foxcroft, G. Roodt

1. An overview of assessment: Definition and scope; 2. Psychological assessment: A brief retrospective overview; 3. Basic measurement and scaling concepts; 4. Reliability: Basic concepts and measures; 5. Validity: Basic concepts and measures; 6. Developing a measure; 7. Cross cultural test adaptation and translation; 8. The practice of psychological assessment: controlling the use of measures, competing values, and ethical practice standards; 9. Administering psychological assessment measures; 10. Assessment of cognitive functioning; 11. Measures of affective behaviour, adjustment and well-being; 12. Personality assessment; 13. Career counselling assessment; 14. Computer-based and Internet-delivered assessment; 15. The use of assessment measures in various applied contexts; 16. Interpreting and reporting assessment results; 17. Factors affecting assessment results; 18. What the future holds for ps ychological assessment

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.2009
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Goodwood
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	514 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-19-598836-1 / 0195988361
ISBN-13	978-0-19-598836-9 / 9780195988369
Zustand	Neuware