The Scientific Study of General Intelligence: Tribute to Arthur Jensen
ISBN: 9780080437934 / Angielski / Twarda / 642 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book celebrates two triumphs in modern psychology: the successful development and application of a solid measure of general intelligence; and the personal courage and skills of the man who made this possible - Arthur R. Jensen from Berkeley University. The volume traces the history of intelligence from the early 19th century approaches, to the most recent analyses of the hierarchical structure of cognitive abilities, and documents the transition from a hopelessly confused concept of intelligence to the development of an objective measure of psychometric g. The contributions...
This book celebrates two triumphs in modern psychology: the successful development and application of a solid measure of general intelligence; and the...
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Wisc-IV Advanced Clinical Interpretation
ISBN: 9780120887637 / Angielski / Twarda / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) For both experienced psychologists and graduate students, WISC-IV Advanced Clinical Interpretation moves quickly through the essentials of WISC-IV interpretation and onto an insightful analysis of the major cognitive domains assessed by WISC-IV. It is the intention of the editors to raise the standard of practice from a simplistic 'test-label-place' model to a clinical model of assessing to understand and intervene. In the first chapter, the reader is presented with a comprehensive array of societal and home environment factors for which there is empirical evidence indicating... For both experienced psychologists and graduate students, WISC-IV Advanced Clinical Interpretation moves quickly through the essentials of W... |
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390,79 zł |
Assessment and Culture: Psychological Tests with Minority Populations
ISBN: 9780122904516 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Assessment and Culture challenges the classical approach to the assessment of minority populations by pointing out the deficiencies in this approach and offers instead a bio-cultural model of assessment. The principle objective of this book is to help mental health professionals to more accurately assess individuals from various ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The culture-fair techniques and strategies of the book tap into a broad range of the abilities and aptitudes of the examinee. Assessment and Culture provides a cultural frame of reference which allows the...
Assessment and Culture challenges the classical approach to the assessment of minority populations by pointing out the deficiencies in this app...
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529,07 zł |
Wisc-III Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives
ISBN: 9780125649308 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The WISC-III is the most frequently used IQ assessment technique in the United States. This book discusses the clinical use of the WISC-III with respect to specific clinical populations, and covers research findings on the validity and reliability of the test. It also includes standardization data from the Psychological Corporation. Many of the contributors participated in the development of the WISC-III and are in a unique position to discuss the clinical uses of this measure.
The book describes the WISC-III from scientist-practitioner perspectives. It provides methods to aid in... The WISC-III is the most frequently used IQ assessment technique in the United States. This book discusses the clinical use of the WISC-III with respe...
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559,14 zł |
Handbook of Hope: Theory, Measures & Applications
ISBN: 9780126540505 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Hope has previously been a construct more of interest to philosophy and religion than in psychology. New research has shown, however, that hope is closely related to optimism, feelings of control, and motivation toward achieving one's goals. The Handbook of Hope presents a comprehensive overview of the psychological inquiry into hope, including its measurement, its development in children, how its loss is associated with specific clinical disorders, and therapeutic approaches that can help instill hope in those who have lost theirs. A final section discusses hope in occupational...
Hope has previously been a construct more of interest to philosophy and religion than in psychology. New research has shown, however, that hope is clo...
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494,61 zł |
Clinical Interpretation of the Wais-III and Wms-III
ISBN: 9780127035703 / Angielski / Twarda / 618 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This guide to the WAIS-III and WMS-III tests is written to help clinical practitioners achieve efficient and accurate interpretations of test results. The only interpretive guide to be based on data obtained while standardizing the tests, this reference source provides new models for interpreting results, as well as practical information on the diagnostic validity, demographically corrected norms, and accuracy of the tests in measuring intelligence and memory. The focus of information is to allow clinicians to reduce variance in the interpretations of scores, indicating how best to... This guide to the WAIS-III and WMS-III tests is written to help clinical practitioners achieve efficient and accurate interpretations of test resul... |
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589,20 zł |
Race and IQ
ISBN: 9780195102215 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who would claim any link between race and intelligence. In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examines the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific discourse. The twenty-four contributors--including such eminent thinkers as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, W.F. Bodmer, and Jerome Kagan--draw on fields that range from biology and genetics to psychology,...
Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating reb...
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104,91 zł |
Measuring Stress: A Guide for Health and Social Scientists
ISBN: 9780195121209 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Measuring Stress is the definitive resource for health and social scientists interested in assessing stress in humans. With contributions from leading experts, this work provides for the first time a unified conceptual overview of the intricate relationship between stress and a variety of disorders. Its interdisciplinary approach to the selection of appropriate environmental, psychological, and biological measures includes comprehensive evaluations and practical advice regarding a wide range of measurement approaches. For environmental stress, techniques such as checklists and...
Measuring Stress is the definitive resource for health and social scientists interested in assessing stress in humans. With contributions fro...
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307,21 zł |
Working Minds: A Practitioner's Guide to Cognitive Task Analysis
ISBN: 9780262532815 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) helps researchers understand how cognitive skills and strategies make it possible for people to act effectively and get things done. CTA can yield information people need -- employers faced with personnel issues, market researchers who want to understand the thought processes of consumers, trainers and others who design instructional systems, health care professionals who want to apply lessons learned from errors and accidents, systems analysts developing user specifications, and many other professionals. CTA can show what makes the workplace work -- and what... Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) helps researchers understand how cognitive skills and strategies make it possible for people to act effectively and g... |
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246,79 zł |
Neuropsychological Interpretation of Objective Psychological Tests
ISBN: 9780306462245 / Angielski / Twarda / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The inter-comparison of specific skills as represented by performance on neu- psychological tests is at the heart of the neuropsychological assessment process. However, there is a tendency to regard the interpretation of single tests as a process that is independent of performance on other tests, with integration of test information representing a summary of these individual test performances. As neuropsychology has become increasingly sophisticated, it has been recognized that many factors influence the performance on any given test. The meaning of the same score may vary considerably from...
The inter-comparison of specific skills as represented by performance on neu- psychological tests is at the heart of the neuropsychological assessment...
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615,43 zł |
Reliability and Validity in Neuropsychological Assessment
ISBN: 9780306463440 / Angielski / Twarda / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) No other book reviews clinical neuropsychological assessment from an empirical psychometric perspective. In this completely revised and updated 2nd edition, the concepts and methods of psychometric neuropsychology are presented as a framework by which to evaluate current instruments. Newer methodologies and statistical techniques are discussed, such as meta analysis, effect size, confirming factor analysis and ecological validity. The explosion of research in this area since the publication of the first edition in 1989, has been incorporated, including a greatly expanded chapter on child...
No other book reviews clinical neuropsychological assessment from an empirical psychometric perspective. In this completely revised and updated 2nd ed...
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384,63 zł |
Practitioner's Guide to Evaluating Change with Neuropsychological Assessment Instruments
ISBN: 9780306463617 / Angielski / Twarda / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The impetus for this volume began with our research in the 1980's involving serial neuropsychological evaluation with various patient populations. At that time, reports on the practice effects associated with routinely utilized clinical neuropsychological instruments were sparse. While test-retest data were available for almost all assessment instruments, this was usually in the form of correlation coefficients and not changes in mean performance between or across assessment periods (see McCaffrey & Westervelt, 1995 for a detailed discussion of these and related issues). Clinical...
The impetus for this volume began with our research in the 1980's involving serial neuropsychological evaluation with various patient populations. At ...
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576,96 zł |
Scientific Foundations of Clinical Assessment
ISBN: 9780815381389 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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Contributions to Mathematical Psychology, Psychometrics, and Methodology
ISBN: 9780387941691 / Angielski / Miękka / 421 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Contributions to Mathematical Psychology, Psycho metrics and Methodology presents the most esteemed research findings of the 22nd European Mathematical Psychology Group meeting in Vienna, Austria, September 1991. The selection of work appearing in this volume contains not only contributions to mathematical psychology in the narrow sense, but also work in psychometrics and methodology, with the common element of all contributions being their attempt to deal with scientific problems in psychology with rigorous mathematics reasoning. The book contains 28 chapters divided into five...
Contributions to Mathematical Psychology, Psycho metrics and Methodology presents the most esteemed research findings of the 22nd Europ...
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Modern Psychometrics
ISBN: 9780415203418 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The edition of this classic text has been completely revised and updated, taking into account recent developments in the field of psychometrics. Part 1 of Modern Psychometrics outlines the background, history and controversies surrounding psychological testing. Part 2 provides a practical guide for developing a psychometric test. Modern Psychometrics forms the ideal companion for those studying for the British Psychological Society's Certificates of Competence in Testing
The edition of this classic text has been completely revised and updated, taking into account recent developments in the field of psychometrics. Part ...
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The New Psychometrics: Science, Psychology and Measurement
ISBN: 9780415228213 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Many psychological factors are little more than statistical descriptions of particular sets of data and have no real significance. Paul Kline uses his knowledge of psychological measurement to argue that truly scientific forms of measurement could be developed to create a new psychometrics. This would transform the basis of psychology from a social science to a pure science.
Many psychological factors are little more than statistical descriptions of particular sets of data and have no real significance. Paul Kline uses his...
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286,34 zł |
Aggression and Depression Assessed Through Art: Using Draw-A-Story to Identify Children and Adolescents at Risk
ISBN: 9780415950152 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A study of more than two hundred children using Rawley Silver's draw a story test showed a strong correlation between aggression or depression and certain types of artistic narratives; meanwhile, unbeknownst to Silver, a pair of Russian therapists were using Silver's assessment tests in a similar fashion with Russian children and achieving similar results. Aggression and Depression Assessed Through Art: Using Draw-A-Story to Identify Children and Adolescents at Risk came about as a result of these studies, but the book's scope goes beyond the numbers to investigate the connections... A study of more than two hundred children using Rawley Silver's draw a story test showed a strong correlation between aggression or depression and ... |
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Computer-Based Testing and the Internet: Issues and Advances
ISBN: 9780470017210 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Internationally there is a growing number of professionals administering psychological tests by computer. Computer Based Testing and The Internet highlights four main themes that define current issues, technical advances and applications: advances in computer based testing, including test designs; operational issues, including security and legal issues; new uses for tests in employment and credentialing; and future of computer based testing. Each contributor addresses issues of control, quality, security and technology within the subject matter of their particular chapters providing an...
Internationally there is a growing number of professionals administering psychological tests by computer. Computer Based Testing and The Internet high...
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Essentials of Interviewing
ISBN: 9780471002376 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Conduct effective diagnostic interviews and enhance client relationship skills
A thorough diagnostic interview is the foundation for informed and comprehensive clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. In addition to basic interviewing techniques, professionals must also possess skills in designing interviews to satisfy the requirements of the accrediting agencies and third-party payers who audit their clients' charts. Now, there is one source that offers expert instruction in both--Essentials of Interviewing. As part of the Essentials of Mental Health Practice... Conduct effective diagnostic interviews and enhance client relationship skills
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Essentials of PAI Assessment
ISBN: 9780471084631 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the PAI
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) provides critical information for psychologists about a client's psychopathology and constructs for effective treatment. To use this test properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret the test. Written by the developer and foremost authority on the PAI, Essentials of PAI Assessment is that source. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of... Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the PAI
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235,41 zł |