Understanding psychological assessment: a primer on the global assessment of the client's behavior in educational and organizational setting/
Jan J.F. ter Laak, Meenakshi Gokhale, Devasena Desai
- Los Angeles: Sage, 2013.
- 564 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
What is assessment? Testing, test scoring, and test theory. What is psychological assessment? -- Test theory and assessment -- History of psychological assessment -- Clinical versus statistical prediction : a controversy of the past -- Assessment process, and the diagnostic concepts of realiability and validity. Assessment in the fields of psychology -- Assessment, reliability, and validity -- Assessment and analysis of the client's personality, intelligence, cognition, and social context. The client's personality -- The client's intelligence, cognition, aptitude, and achievement -- Assessment of the physical and social context of the client -- Judging the quality of assessment. Quality of psychological assessment of the client. What is assessment? Testing, test scoring, and test theory. What is psychological assessment? -- Test theory and assessment -- History of psychological assessment -- Clinical versus statistical prediction : a controversy of the past -- Assessment process, and the diagnostic concepts of realiability and validity. Assessment in the fields of psychology -- Assessment, reliability, and validity -- Assessment and analysis of the client's personality, intelligence, cognition, and social context. The client's personality -- The client's intelligence, cognition, aptitude, and achievement -- Assessment of the physical and social context of the client -- Judging the quality of assessment. Quality of psychological assessment of the client.