Handbook of Psychology, Assessment Psychology

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.

Handbook of Psychology Preface xiii Irving B. Weiner Volume Preface xv John R. Graham and Jack A. Naglieri Contributors xvii I Assessment Issues 1 1 The Assessment Process 3 Irving B. Weiner 2 Clinical Versus Mechanical Prediction 26 Paul M. Spengler 3 Fundamental Psychometric Considerations in Assessment 50 John D. Wasserman and Bruce A. Bracken 4 Bias in Psychological Assessment: An Empirical Review and Recommendations 82 Cecil R. Reynolds and Lisa A. Suzuki 5 Testing and Assessment in Cross-Cultural Psychology 114 Kurt F. Geisinger and Carina Mccormick 6 Psychological Assessment in Treatment 140 Mark E. Maruish 7 Computerized Personality Assessment 165 James N. Butcher 8 Ethical Issues in Psychological Assessment 192 Celiane Rey-Casserly and Gerald P. Koocher 9 Education and Training in Psychological Assessment 211 Leonard Handler and Justin D. Smith II Assessment Settings 239 10 Psychological Assessment in Adult Mental Health Settings 241 Martin Sellbom, Brandee E. Marion, and R. Michael Bagby 11 Psychological Assessment in Child Mental Health Settings 261 Nancy Howells Wrobel and David Lachar 12 Psychological Assessment in School Settings 291 Jeffery P. Braden 13 Psychological Assessment in Medical Settings 315 Jerry J. Sweet, Steven M. Tovian, Leslie M. Guidotti Breting, and Yana Suchy 14 Psychological Assessment in industrial/Organizational Settings 347 Richard J. Klimoski and Torrey R. Wilkinson 15 Forensic Psychological Assessments 373 James R. P. Ogloff and Kevin S. Douglas 16 Psychological Assessment in Correctional Settings 394 Edwin I. Megargee 17 Assessment in Geriatric Settings 425 Barry A. Edelstein, Ronald R. Martin, and Lindsay A. Gerolimatos III Assessment Methods 449 18 Assessment Of intellectual Functioning 451 John D. Wasserman 19 Assessment of Neuropsychological Functioning 502 Tulio M. Otero, Kenneth Podell, Philip Defina, and Elkhonon Goldberg 20 Conceptualization and Assessment Of interests 534 Rodney L. Lowman and andrew D. Carson 21 Assessing Personality and Psychopathology With interviews 558 Robert J. Craig 22 Assessment of Psychopathology: Behavioral Approaches 583 William H. O’brien and Kathleen M. Young 23 Performance Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology 600 Donald J. Viglione and Bridget Rivera 24 Self-Report inventories: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology 622 Yossef S. Ben-Porath 25 Current Status and Future Directions of Assessment Psychology 645 Jack A. Naglieri and John R. Graham Author index 659 Subject index 691