Psychological Assessment in South Africa : Research and Applications.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 1. Contextualising psychological assessment in South Africa -- Section One: Cognitive tests: conceptual and practical applications -- 2. WAIS-III test performance in the South African context: extension of a prior cross-cultural normative database -- 3. WISC-IV test performance in the South African context: a collation of cross-cultural norms -- 4. The Senior South African Individual Scales - Revised: a review -- 5. Assessing school readiness using the Junior South African Individual Scales: a pathway to resilience -- 6. School readiness assessment in South Africa -- 7. The Kaufman Assessment Battery in South Africa -- 8. The Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System -- 9. Dynamic assessment in South Africa -- 10. The Learning Potential Computerised Adaptive Test in South Africa -- 11. APIL and TRAM learning potential assessment instruments -- 12. The Griffiths Mental Development Scales: an overview and a consideration of their relevance for South Africa -- 13. Neuropsychological assessment in South Africa -- Section Two: Personality and projective tests: conceptual and practical applications -- 14. The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire in South Africa -- 15. Using the Fifteen Factor Questionnaire Plus in South Africa -- 16. The Basic Traits Inventory -- 17. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® in South Africa -- 18. The NEO-PI-R in South Africa -- 19. Using the Occupational Personality Profile in South Africa -- 20. The Occupational Personality Questionnaire -- 21. The Millon Inventories in South Africa -- 22. Assessment and monitoring of symptoms in the treatment of psychological problems -- 23. Assessment in routine clinical and counselling settings -- 24. Projective assessment of adults and children in South Africa.

25. The use of the Children's Apperception Test and Thematic Apperception Test in South Africa -- 26. Projective assessment using the Draw-A-Person Test and Kinetic Family Drawing in South Africa -- 27. The Rorschach in South Africa -- Section Three: Assessment approaches and methodologies -- 28. Ethical perspectives in assessment -- 29. Using computerised and internet-based testing in South Africa -- 30. The ImPACT neurocognitive screening test: a survey of South African research including current and projected applications -- 31. A family consultation model of child assessment -- 32. Qualitative career assessment in South Africa -- 33. Psychological assessment and workplace transformation in South Africa: a review of the research literature -- 34. Assessment of prior learning: a South African perspective -- 35. Large-scale assessment studies in South Africa: trends in reporting results to schools -- 36. Current and future trends in psychological assessment in South Africa: challenges and opportunities -- Contributors -- Index.

In-depth coverage of a range of areas within the broad field of psychological assessment which critically interrogate the current Eurocentric and Western cultural hegemonic practices that dominate the field of psychological assessment.

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