Psychological testing : an introduction

Abstract

Part one. Basic issues -- 1. The nature of tests -- 2. Test Construction, Administration, and Interpretation -- 3. Reliability and validity -- Part two. Dimensions of testing -- 4. Personality -- 5. Cognition -- 6. Attitudes, values, and interests -- 7. Psychopathology -- 8. Normal positive functioning -- Part three. Applications of testing -- 9. Special children -- 10. Older persons -- 11.Testing in a cross-cultural context -- 12. Disability and rehabilitation -- Part four. The settings -- 13. Testing in the schools -- 14. Occupational settings -- 15. Clinical and forensic settings -- Part five. Challenges to testing -- 16. The Issue of faking -- 17. The role of computers -- 18. Testing behavior and environments -- 19. The history of psychological testing -- Appendix: table to translate difficulty level of a test ítem into a z score.