Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Assessment, Testing & Measurement

Using formal assessment instruments in counseling and psychotherapy is an efficient and systematic way to obtain information about clients and to subsequently tailor a counseling approach most likely to serve clients optimally. The more information a counselor obtains during the initial interview and first sessions, the more likely the client will be deeply understood by the counselor, which in turn increases the likelihood that an appropriate course of counseling will be taken, and ultimately leading to a more successful outcome. The Integral Intake is an idiographic, biographical,...

Ziel dieser Studie ist die sowohl theoretische als auch empirische Erforschung des Konstrukts Achtsamkeit. Hierzu dient die aus der buddhistischen Theravada-Tradition stammende Vipassana-Meditation. Im theoretischen Teil der Arbeit wird Achtsamkeit einerseits in den Gesamtkontext der Lehre des Buddha eingeordnet; andererseits wird ein Bezug zur westlichen psychologischen Forschung und Psychotherapie hergestellt. Im empirischen Teil wird das Konstrukt Achtsamkeit mittels Faktorenanalyse uberpruft und ein Messinstrument entwickelt. Der -Freiburger Fragebogen zur Achtsamkeit- (FFA) stellt in...

Autism spectrum disorder has received increasing research in recent years, with more information on assessment and treatment than can be readily assimilated from primary literature by clinicians. Clinical Assessment and Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders summarizes evidence-based assessments and intervention for Autism across the life-span, providing clinicians with a practical overview of how best to assess and treat this disorder. The book begins with a discussion of what warrants a determination of being "evidence based" and a description of the disorder from a life span...

This book provides users of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV) with information on applying the WAIS-IV, including additional indexes and information regarding use in special populations for advanced clinical use and interpretation. The book offers sophisticated users of the WAIS-IV and Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-IV) guidelines on how to enhance the clinical applicability of these tests.

The first section of the book provides an overview of the WAIS-IV, WMS-IV, and new Advanced Clinical Solutions for Use with the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV (ACS). In this section, examiners will...

This comprehensive textbook discusses how trainees and busy practitioners can best respond therapeutically to clients' mental health problems. Grounded in the latest research, it is rich with case material and analytical commentary and highlights key decisions regarding assessment and referral.

This book provides students with a step-by-step guide to the simplest non-parametric tests through to more complex analysis of variance designs. There are clear summaries in progress boxes and questions for the student to answer in order to be sure that they have understood what they have read.

Are you about to attend an interview or assessment centre for a new job, or are you being considered for promotion or training? If that means the daunting prospect of sitting psychometric tests then this book contains plenty of preparation exercises to hone your skills and build your confidence before you face those tests This book covers a vital area of psychometric testing, one which is widely used throughout industry and in the public sector. With hundreds of practice questions, Numerical Reasoning Advanced Level shows that numerical reasoning is an easily improvable skill and gives you...

Are you about to attend an interview or assessment centre for a new job, or are you being considered for promotion or training? If that means the daunting prospect of sitting psychometric tests then this book contains plenty of preparation exercises to hone your skills and build your confidence before you face those tests This book covers a vital area of psychometric testing, one which is widely used throughout industry and in the public sector. With hundreds of practice questions, Diagrammatic and Abstract Reasoning shows that these are easily improvable skills and give you the opportunity...

Managing Fear examines the growing use of risk assessment as it relates to preventive detention and supervision schemes for offenders perceived to be at a high risk of re-offending, individuals with severe mental illness, and suspected terrorists. It outlines a number of legislative regimes in common law countries that have broadened 'civil' (as opposed to criminal) powers of detention and supervision. Drawing on the disciplines of criminology and social psychology, it explores how and why such schemes reflect a move towards curtailing liberty before harm results rather than after a crime has...

Comprised of five unique and extended case studies, this book examines contemporary clinical problems that are familiar to clinicians, but have not been explored extensively in the personality assessment field.

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the MBTI

In order to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) appropriately and effectively, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret this test. Written by Naomi Quenk--who coauthored the 1998 revision of the MBTI Manual and the MBTI Step II Manual--Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment, Second Edition is that source.

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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to effectively conduct a comprehensive temperament assessment

Understanding temperament has the potential to better inform treatment and intervention choices as well as promote awareness for qualities that are somewhat malleable. Essentials of Temperament Assessment presents balanced coverage of those instruments that directly measure temperament qualities in adults and children. This guide enables mental health professionals to select the method that best fits the situations, groups of people, and programs that are involved.

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Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need toconfidently administer, score, and interpret the MMPI(R)-2

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI(R)-2) is the most widely used test in the world for personality assessment. To use it properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret this test. Now thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research and literature on this test, Essentials of MMPI(R)-2 Assessment, Second Edition is that source.

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This test is sold on the understanding that the plates are not to be publicly displayed and may be purchased only by authorized persons.

Many organizations use psychometric testing to uncover candidates' abilities and assess their potential. The Aptitude Test Workbook will help readers prepare for these tests and give them an awareness of their strengths. A companion to Test Your Own Aptitude, it contains 16 tests with over 400 questions -- verbal, numerical, perceptual, and spatial. With two new tests -- Word Skills and Number Skills -- based on "real life" assessments, this revised edition will help readers improve key skills and find their career direction.

IQ and Aptitude Tests contains 400 practice questions along with answers, explanations, and a guide to assessing performance. The questions are organized into four IQ tests together with verbal, spatial, and numerical aptitude tests. These include tests of word meanings, grammar and comprehension, advanced verbal aptitude, logical analysis, mental arithmetic, numerical sequences, and number problems. This book will help those who are faced with an aptitude or IQ test, as well as anyone who wants to improve their verbal and numerical reasoning skills.

IQ and psychometric tests are increasingly used in recruitment and selection procedures by companies who want to ensure they employ workers of the highest caliber. With hundreds of questions on verbal, numerical and spatial ability, memory, creativity, and personality, IQ and Psychometric Tests will help job candidates weigh their strengths and weaknesses and improve their scores. It also includes two completely new, full length IQ tests. Although written with job candidates in mind, IQ and Psychometric Tests will also appeal to anyone who enjoys stretching their mind and...

In today's competitive workplace more and more companies are using emotional intelligence tests to vet job applicants and assess staff as they increasingly recognize that positive behaviors are just as important as technical expertise.

Test your Emotional Intelligence will help readers think about various aspects of their personality and identify their strengths and weaknesses. Each test covers a different personality trait followed by an analysis and assessment that will help to develop potential, build on strengths and improve on areas of weakness. It will help readers think...

This title from IQ expert Philip Carter is a companion volume to 'IQ & Psychometric Tests', and includes not only hundreds more new practice questions, but also answers with explanations. The broader format allows space for writing answers and making notes.