PART I: AN OVERVIEW

CHAPTER 1: PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND ASSESSMENT

TESTING AND ASSESSMENT

THE TOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW, AND WHERE?

CHAPTER 2: HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, AND LEGAL/ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

CULTURE AND ASSESSMENT

LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

PART II: THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

CHAPTER 3: A STATISTICS REFRESHER

SCALES OF MEASUREMENT

DESCRIBING DATA

THE NORMAL CURVE

STANDARD SCORES

CHAPTER 4: OF TESTS AND TESTING

SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND ASSESSMENT

WHAT'S A "GOOD TEST"?

NORMS

CORRELATION AND INFERENCE

INFERENCE FROM MEASUREMENT

CHAPTER 5: RELIABILITY

THE CONCEPT OF RELIABILITY

RELIABILITY ESTIMATES

USING AND INTERPRETING A COEFFICIENT OF RELIABILITY

RELIABILITY AND INDIVIDUAL SCORES

CHAPTER 6: VALIDITY

THE CONCEPT OF VALIDITY

CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITY

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY

VALIDITY, BIAS, AND FAIRNESS

CHAPTER 7: UTILITY

WHAT IS UTILITY?

UTILITY ANALYSIS

METHODS FOR SETTINGS CUT SCORES

CHAPTER 8: Test Development

TEST CONCEPTUALIZATION

TEST CONSTRUCTION

TEST TRYOUT

ITEM ANALYSIS

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND ASSESSMENT

TEST REVISION

PART III: THE ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

CHAPTER 9: INTELLIGENCE AND ITS MEASUREMENT

WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?

MEASURING INTELLIGENCE

INTELLIGENCE: SOME ISSUES

CHAPTER 10: TESTS OF INTELLIGENCE

THE STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALES

THE WECHSLER TESTS

OTHER MEASURES OF INTELLIGENCE

CHAPTER 11: PRESCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

PRESCHOOL ASSESSMENT

ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

APTITUDE TESTS

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL TEST BATTERIES

OTHER TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS

PART IV: THE ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY

CHAPTER 12: PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT: AN OVERVIEW

PERSONALITY AND PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT DEFINED

PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT: SOME BASIC QUESTIONS

DEVELOPING INSTRUMENTS TO ASSESS PERSONALITY

PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT AND CULTURE

CHAPTER 13: PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT METHODS

OBJECTIVE METHODS

PROJECTIVE METHODS

A PERSPECTIVE

PART V: TESTING AND ASSESSMENT IN ACTION

CHAPTER 14: CLINICAL AND COUNSELING ASSESSMENT

AN OVERVIEW

CULTURALLY INFORMED PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

SPECIAL APPLICATIONS OF CLINICAL MEASURES

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORT

CHAPTER 15: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND BEHAVIOR

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND ASSESSMENT

THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST BATTERIES

CHAPTER 16: ASSESSMENT, CAREERS, and BUSINESS

CAREER CHOICE AND CAREER TRANSITION

SCREENING, SELECTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND PLACEMENT

PRODUCTIVITY, MOTIVATION, ATTITUDE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

OTHER APPLICATIONS OF TOOLS OF ASSESSMENT

APPENDIX

GLOSSARY / INDEX