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Title Psychological assessment in South Africa : research and applications / edited by Sumaya Laher and Kate Cockcroft
Published Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, 2013

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Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Contextualising psychological assessment in South Africa -- 2. WAIS-III test performance in the South African context: extension of a prior cross-cultural normative database / S. Laher / K. Cockcroft -- 3. WISC-IV test performance in the South African context: a collation of cross-cultural norms / A.B. Shuttleworth-Edwards / E.K. Gaylard / S.E. Radloff -- 4. The Senior South African Individual Scales -- Revised: a review / A.S. van der Merwe / P. van Tonder / S.E. Radloff / A.B. Shuttleworth-Edwards -- 5. Assessing school readiness using the Junior South African Individual Scales: a pathway to resilience / K. Cockcroft -- 6. School readiness assessment in South Africa / L.C. Theron -- 7. The Kaufman Assessment Battery in South Africa / D. Heafield / Z. Amod -- 8. The Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System / K. Greenop / D. de Sousa / J. Rice -- 9. Dynamic assessment in South Africa / Z. Amod -- 10. The Learning Potential Computerised Adaptive Test in South Africa / J. Seabi / Z. Amod -- 11. APIL and TRAM learning potential assessment instruments / M. de Beer -- 12. The Griffiths Mental Development Scales: an overview and a consideration of their relevance for South Africa / T. Taylor -- 13. Neuropsychological assessment in South Africa / L. Jack/in / K. Cockcroft -- 14. The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire in South Africa / M. Lucas -- 15. Using the Fifteen Factor Questionnaire Plus in South Africa / R. van Eeden / N. Taylor / C.H. Prinsloo -- 16. The Basic Traits Inventory / N. Tredoux -- 17. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® in South Africa / N. Taylor / G.P. de Bruin -- 18. The NEO-PI-R in South Africa / Y. Oosthuizen / F. Bhabha / N. Taylor / K. Knott -- 19. Using the Occupational Personality Profile in South Africa / S. Laher -- 20. The Occupational Personality Questionnaire / N. Tredoux -- 21. The Millon Inventories in South Africa / T. Joubert / N. Venter -- 22. Assessment and monitoring of symptoms in the treatment of psychological problems / R. Patel / S. Laher -- 23. Assessment in routine clinical and counselling settings / D. Edwards / C. Young -- 24. Projective assessment of adults and children in South Africa / C. Young / D. Edwards -- 25. The use of the Children's Apperception Test and Thematic Apperception Test in South Africa / R. Gericke / K. Bain / Z. Amod -- 26. Projective assessment using the Draw-A-Person Test and Kinetic Family Drawing in South Africa / Z. Amod / R. Gericke / K. Bain -- 27. The Rorschach in South Africa / R. Gericke / K. Bain / Z. Amod -- 28. Ethical perspectives in assessment / M. Brink -- 29. Using computerised and internet-based testing in South Africa / N. Coetzee -- 30. The ImPACT neurocognitive screening test: a survey of South African research including current and projected applications / N. Tredoux -- 31. A family consultation model of child assessment / S.E. Radloff / A.B. Shuttleworth-Edwards / V.J. White field-Alexander -- 32. Qualitative career assessment in South Africa / Z. Amod -- 33. Psychological assessment and workplace transformation in South Africa: a review of the research literature / M. Watson / M. McMahon -- 34. Assessment of prior learning: a South African perspective / F. Donald / A. Thatcher / K. Milner -- 35. Large-scale assessment studies in South Africa: trends in reporting results to schools / R. Osman -- 36. Current and future trends in psychological assessment in South Africa: challenges and opportunities / A. Kanjee
Summary This book provides an overview of the research related to psychological assessment across South Africa. The thirty-six chapters provide a combination of psychometric theory and practical assessment applications in order to combine the currently disparate research that has been conducted locally in this field. Existing South African texts on psychological assessment are predominantly academic textbooks that explain psychometric theory and provide brief descriptions of a few testing instruments. Psychological Assessment in South Africa provides in-depth coverage of a range of areas within the broad field of psychological assessment, including research conducted with various psychological instruments. The chapters critically interrogate the current Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field of psychological assessment. The book therefore has the potential to function both as an academic text for graduate students, as well as a specialist resource for professionals, including psychologists, psychometrists, remedial teachers and human resource practitioners
Analysis Psychology
Psychological testing & measurement
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Psychodiagnostics -- South Africa
Psychometrics -- Cross-cultural studies
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Psychodiagnostics
Psychometrics
South Africa
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Laher, Sumaya, editor
Cockcroft, Kate, editor
ISBN 9781868145799
1868145794
9781868149452
1868149455
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9781776143580