Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade ReviewCognitive tests: Conceptual and practical applications. Personality and projective tests: conceptual and practical applications. Assessment approaches and methodologies.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Contextualising psychological assessment in South Africa - S Laher and K Cockcroft
Section One: Cognitive tests: conceptual and practical applications
Chapter 2 WAIS-III test performance in the South African context: extension of a prior cross-cultural normative database - AB Shuttleworth-Edwards, E Gaylard and SE Radloff
Chapter 3 WISC-IV test performance in the South African context: a collation of cross-cultural norms - AB Shuttleworth-Edwards, AS van der Merwe, P van Tonder and SE Radloff
Chapter 4 The Senior South African Individual Scales – Revised: a review - K Cockcroft
Chapter 5 Assessing school readiness using the Junior South African Individual Scales: a pathway to resilience - LC Theron
Chapter 6 School readiness assessment in South Africa - Z Amod and D Heafield
Chapter 7 The Kaufman Assessment Battery in South Africa - K Greenop, J Rice and D de Sousa
Chapter 8 The Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System - Z Amod
Chapter 9 Dynamic assessment in South Africa - Z. Amod and J Seabi
Chapter 10 The Learning Potential Computerised Adaptive Test in South Africa - M de Beer
Chapter 11 APIL and TRAM learning potential assessment instruments - T Taylor
Chapter 12 The Griffiths Mental Development Scales: an overview and a consideration of their relevance for South Africa - L Jacklin and K Cockcroft
Chapter 13 Neuropsychological assessment in South Africa - M Lucas
Section Two: Personality and projective tests: conceptual and practical applications
Chapter 14 The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire in South Africa - R van Eeden, N Taylor and CH Prinsloo
Chapter 15 Using the Fifteen Factor Questionnaire Plus in South Africa - N Tredoux
Chapter 16 The Basic Traits Inventory - N Taylor and G P de Bruin
Chapter 17 The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® in South Africa - K Knott, N Taylor, Y Oosthuizen and F Bhabha
Chapter 18 The NEO-PI-R in South Africa - S Laher
Chapter 19 Using the Occupational Personality Profile in South Africa - N Tredoux
Chapter 20 The Occupational Personality Questionnaire - T Joubert and N Venter
Chapter 21 The Millon Inventories in South Africa - R Patel and S Laher
Chapter 22 Assessment and monitoring of symptoms in the treatment of psychological problems - C Young and D Edwards
Chapter 23 Assessment in routine clinical and counselling settings - D Edwards and C Young
Chapter 24 Projective assessment of adults and children in South Africa - K Bain, Z Amod and R Gericke
Chapter 25 The use of the Children’s Apperception Test and Thematic Apperception Test in South Africa - R Gericke, K Bain and Z Amod
Chapter 26 Projective assessment using the Draw-A-Person Test and Kinetic Family Drawing in South Africa - Z Amod, R Gericke and K Bain
Chapter 27 The Rorschach in South Africa - M Brink
Section Three: Assessment approaches and methodologies
Chapter 28 Ethical perspectives in assessment - N Coetzee
Chapter 29 Using computerised and internet-based testing in South Africa - N Tredoux
Chapter 30 The ImPACT neurocognitive screening test: a survey of South African research including current and projected applications - AB Shuttleworth-Edwards, VJ Whitefield-Alexander and SE Radloff
Chapter 31 A family consultation model of child assessment - Z Amod
Chapter 32 Qualitative career assessment in South Africa - M Watson and M McMahon
Chapter 33 Psychological assessment and workplace transformation in South Africa: a review of the research literature - K Milner, F Donald and A Thatcher
Chapter 34 Assessment of prior learning: a South African perspective - R Osman
Chapter 35 Large-scale assessment studies in South Africa: trends in reporting results to schools - A Kanjee
Chapter 36 Current and future trends in psychological assessment in South Africa: challenges and opportunities - S Laher and K Cockcroft
