TY - BOOK AU - Misra, Girishwar. TI - Psychological perspectives on stress and health SN - 8170227852 U1 - 150 PY - 1999/// CY - New Delhi PB - Concept KW - Stress (Psychology) KW - Health--Psychological aspects N1 - Nature and Use of Psychological Tests Uses and Varieties of Psychological Tests What Is a Psychological Test? Why Control the Use of Psychological Tests? Test Administration Examiner and Situational Variables A View from the Test-Taker's Perspective Effects of Training on Test Performance Sources of Information about Tests Historical Antecedents of Modern Testing Early Interest in Classification and Training of Mentally Retarded Persons The First Experimental Psychologists Contributions of Francis Galton Cattell and the Early "Mental Tests" Binet and the Rise of Intelligence Tests Group Testing Aptitude Testing Standardized Achievement Tests Assessment of Personality Norms and the Meaning of Test Scores Statistical Concepts Developmental Norms Within-Group Norms Relativity of Norms Computers and the Interpretation of Test Scores Domain-Referenced Test Interpretation Minimum Qualifications and Cutoff Scores The Correlation Coefficient Types of Reliability Reliability of Speeded Tests Dependence of Reliability Coefficients on the Sample Tested Standard Error of Measurement Reliability Applied to Mastery Testing and Cutoff Scores Validity: Basic Concepts Evolving Concepts of Test Validity Content-Description Procedures Criterion-Prediction Procedures Construct-ldentification Procedures Overview and Integration Validity: Measurement and Interpretation Validity Coefficient and Error of Estimate Test Validity and Decision Theory Combining Information from Different Tests Use of Tests for Classification Decisions Statistical Analyses of Test Bias Item Analysis Item Difficulty Item Discrimination Item Response Theory Item Analysis of Speeded Tests Cross-Validation Differential Item Functioning Explorations in Item Development 8 Individual Tests Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale The Wechsler Scales The Kaufman Scales Differential Ability Scales Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System 9 Tests for Special Populations Infant and Preschool Testing Comprehensive Assessment of Mentally Retarded Persons Testing Persons with Physical Disabilities Multicultural Testing 10 Group Testing Group Tests versus Individual Tests Adaptive Testing and Computer-Based Administration Multilevel Batteries Measuring Multiple Aptitudes 11 Nature of Intelligence Meaning of an IQ Heritability and Modifiability Motivation and Intelligence Factor Analysis of Intelligence Theories of Trait Organization Nature and Development of Traits 12 Psychological Issues in Ability Testing Longitudinal Studies of Children's Intelligence Intelligence In Early Childhood Problems in the Testing of Adult Intelligence Population Changes in Intelligence Test Performance Cultural Diversity 13 Self-Report Personality Inventories Content-Related Procedures Empirical Criterion Keying Factor Analysis in Test Development Personality Theory in Test Development Test-Taking Attitudes and Response Biases Traits, States, Persons, and Situations Current Status of Personality Inventories 14 Measuring Interests and Attitudes Interest Inventories: Current Setting The Strong Interest Inventory (Sll) Interest Inventories: Overview and Some Highlights Some Significant Trends Opinion Surveys and Attitude Scales Locus of Control 15 Projective Techniques Nature of Projective Techniques Inkblot Techniques Pictorial Techniques Verbal Techniques Autobiographical Memories Performance Techniques Evaluation of Projective Techniques 16 Other Assessment Techniques Measures of Styles and Types Situational Tests Self-Concepts and Personal Constructs Observer Reports Biodata 17 Major Contexts of Current Test Use Educational Testing Occupational Testing Test Use in Clinical and Counseling Psychology 18 Ethical and Social Considerations in Testing Ethical Issues in Psychological Testing and Assessment User Qualifications and Professional Competence Responsibilities of Test Publishers Protection of Privacy Confidentiality Communicating Test Results Testing Diverse Populations ER -