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

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