Book Description:
Psychological testing has grown exponentially as techological advances have permitted it to and societal complexities have necessitated it's growth. Psychological testing or Psychological assessment is a field characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to infer generalizations about a given individual. By samples of behavior, one means observations over time of an individual performing tasks that have usually been prescribed beforehand. These responses are often compiled into statistical tables that allow the evaluator to compare the behavior of the individual being tested to the responses of a norm group. The broad catagories of psychological evaluation tests include: Norm-referenced, IQ/achievement tests, Neuropsychological tests, Personality tests, Objective tests (Rating scale), Direct observation tests, Psychological evaluations using data mining. This new book presents the latest research in the field.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Expert Commentaries
Commentary A - Vulnerability;pp. 1
(Beatriz Rueda,Department of Personality Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia,Spain)

Commentary B - The Importance of Multivariate and Multifactor approaches in the Anaylsis of Complex Neuropsychological Phenomena;pp. 3-4
(Nora Silvana Vigliecca, Consejo Nacional de Investigacionces Cientificas y Tecnicas de la Argentina and others)

Chapter 1 - Measuring Attitude toward Capital Punishment and Right-Wing Authoritarianism: Selected Psychometric Properties of Two Short Instruments; pp. 5-90
(Stuart J. McKelvie, Dept. of Psychology, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke,Quebec,Canada)

Chapter 2 - Measure Discriminating Power: Beyond True-Score Variance; pp. 91-117
(Seung Suk Kang, Angus W. MacDonald III, Dept. of Psychology, University of Minnesota,USA)

Chapter 3 - Two Different Operationalisations of Psychological Type: Comparing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter; pp. 119-138
(Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins, Charlotte L. Craig, University of Wales,Bangor,UK)

Chapter 4 - Beyond Relability and Validity: The Role of Metacognition in Psychological Testing; pp. 139-162
(Philip A. Higham, Michelle M. Arnold, University of Southampton, Highfield,Southampton,England,UK)

Chapter 5 - Parent, Teacher and Self-reported Emotional and Behavioral Problems of Greek Students with Learning, Behavioral and Emotional Difficulties; pp. 163-186
(Diamanto N. Filippatou, Eleni Livaniou, Panayiota Dimitropoulou, Dept. of Primary Education, University of Thessaly,Argonafton and Filellinon,Volos, Greece, and others.)

Chapter 6 - Measuring Psychomotor Skills: Developing a scale to measure ball-handling skills using the Rasch Measurement Model;
pp. 187-212
(Ladislav Cepicka, University of West Bohemia,the Czech Republic)

Index