Psychological Testing : Principles, Applications, and Issues

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 752 pages

Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc

Imprint:Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc

Edition:9 ed

ISBN:9781337098137

Published:6 Jan 2017

Classifications:Psychological testing & measurement

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:1298g

Dimensions:233 x 195 x 32 (mm)

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書籍簡介

《心理學測試：理論、應用和話題 第9版》解釋了心理測試的基礎知識、它們的重要應用，以及這些應用在臨牀、教育、工業、醫療和法律環境中出現的爭議。Kaplan和Saccuzzo的這本引人入勝的教科書展示了在專業環境和日常生活中，心理測試是如何構建和使用的。它解釋了影響所有測試評估的核心概念，心理測試的主要類型，以及當前影響測試的問題，如定型威脅、偏見、法律和道德。各個章節都很獨立，允許教師安排他們的課程以實現課程目標。測試簡介和樣本項目説明了心理測試是如何使用和報告的。案例研究展示了心理測試的使用和誤用，而技術實例則幫助學生掌握了複雜的統計概念。

本版的新內容

在其他重要的更新中，第九版解決了與完成心理測試中的刻板印象威脅有關的重要問題，幷包括對使用測試中的偏見的更詳細討論。

擴大的覆蓋面澄清了測量策略在各種應用領域的使用，如法律和醫學。

第九版的第一部分認識到使用 "大數據 "和自動數據收集的新測量方法的重要性。

特點

作者對學校、專業培訓項目、企業、行業、公務員、軍隊和臨牀環境中最廣泛使用的心理測試進行了*分析，幫助學生了解這些測試如何在其職業生涯中發揮作用。

有關心理測試問題的章節以當今社會正義、法律和道德的新發展為特色。

各章之間相互獨立，使教授們可以根據自己的課程目標來安排課堂。

本書以測試簡介和樣本項目為特色，幫助學生了解心理測試是如何使用和報告的，此外還提供了真實的案例研究，展示了測試在當今社會的使用和誤用。

非正式的討論和現實生活中的例子*限度地提高了學生的興趣，使材料與個人相關。

除了提供心理測試和測量基礎知識的清晰概述外，該文本還介紹了心理測試在各種應用領域的應用。

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING: PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS, AND ISSUES, Ninth Edition explains the fundamentals of psychological testing, their important applications, and the controversies that emerge from those applications in clinical, education, industrial, medical, and legal settings. Kaplan and Saccuzzo's engaging and thorough text demonstrates how psychological tests are constructed and used, both in a professional setting and in everyday lives. It explains core concepts that affect the evaluation of all tests, major types of psychological tests, and current issues affecting testing such as stereotype threat, bias, laws, and ethics. Chapters are independent enough to allow instructors to structure their class to achieve course objectives. Test profiles and sample items illustrate how psychological testing is used and reported. Case studies demonstrate the uses and misuses of psychological testing, while technical examples assist students in grasping complex statistical concepts.

New to this edition

mong other significant updates, the ninth edition addresses the important questions associated with stereotype threat in the completion of psychological tests and includes more detailed discussions of bias in the use of tests.

Expanded coverage clarifies the use of measurement strategies in a variety of applied fields such as law and medicine.

The first sections of the ninth edition recognize the importance of new approaches to measurement that use "big data" and automated data collection.

Features

The authors provide a current analysis of the most widely used psychological tests in schools, professional training programs, businesses, industry, civil service, the military, and clinical settings, helping students understand how these tests can make a difference in their careers.

Chapters on issues in psychological testing feature new developments in present-day social justice, law, and ethics.

Chapters are independent from each other, allowing professors to structure their class to meet their own course objectives.

The text features test profiles and sample items to help students see how psychological testing is used and reported, in addition to offering real-life case studies that demonstrate the uses and misuses of testing in today's society.

Informal discussions and real-life examples maximize student interest and make the material personally relevant.

In addition to offering a clear overview of psychological testing and measurement basics, the text presents psychological testing applications in a variety of applied fields.

目錄

Part I: PRINCIPLES.

1. Introduction.

2. Norms and Basic Statistics for Testing.

3. Correlation and Regression.

4. Reliability.

5. Validity.

6. Writing and Evaluating Test Items.

7. Test Administration.

Part II: APPLICATIONS.

8. Interviewing Techniques.

9. Theories of Intelligence and the Binet Scales.

10. The Wechsler Intelligence Scales: WAIS-IV, WISC-IV, and WPPSI-III.

11. Testing in Education: Tests of Ability in Education and Special Education.

12. Standardized Tests in Education, Civil Service, and the Military.

13. Applications in Clinical and Counseling Settings.

14. Projective Personality Tests.

15. Computers and Basic Psychological Science in Testing.

16. Testing in Counseling Psychology.

17. Testing in Health Psychology and Health Care.

18. Testing in Industrial and Business Settings.

Part III: ISSUES.

19. Test Bias.

20. Testing and the Law.

21. The Future of Psychological Testing.

作者簡介

羅伯特·M·卡普蘭是斯坦福大學醫學院的客座教授，在那裏他與臨牀卓越研究中心和行為科學高級研究中心一起工作。他也是普渡大學的Regenstrief傑出研究員。

Robert M. Kaplan is a visiting professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he works with the Clinical Excellence Research Center and the Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He is also Regenstrief Distinguished Fellow at the Purdue University. He was the Chief Science Officer in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) from 2014-2016. Dr. Kaplan served as the National Institutes of Health Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences and Director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR). Previously, he was a Distinguished Professor of Health Services and department Chair at UCLA, Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego. He is a past president of several organizations, including the American Psychological Association Division of Health Psychology and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. Dr. Kaplan is a former Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology and the Annals of Behavioral Medicine and author, co-author, or editor of more than 20 books and over 500 articles or chapters. His work has been cited in nearly 30,000 papers; the ISI recognizes him as one of the most cited authors in his field. In 2005 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences (now the National Academy of Medicine). Dr. Kaplan has received numerous honors, most recently American Sociological Association Policy Scientist of the Year (2012), and a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association.

丹尼斯·P·薩庫佐是聖地亞哥州立大學心理學的名譽教授。他作為心理測試的學者和實踐者已超過40年，在該領域有許多同行評議的出版物和專業報告。

Dennis P. Saccuzzo is an Emeritus professor of psychology at San Diego State University. He has been a scholar and practitioner of psychological testing for over 40 years and has numerous peer-reviewed publications and professional presentations in the field. Dr. Saccuzzo's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the Scottish Rite Foundation, and the U.S. armed services. He is also a California licensed psychologist and a California licensed attorney. He is board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). In addition, he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Assessment Psychology (ABAP) and the American Board of Forensic Medicine. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, and Western Psychological Association for outstanding and unusual contributions to the field of psychology. Dr. Saccuzzo is the author or co-author of over 300 peer-reviewed papers and publications, including eight textbooks and 20 law manuals. He is the president and co-founder of Applications of Psychology to Law, Inc., an educational institution that applies psychological science to legal issues and the study of law.