Psychological methodology

Designed for practitioners who work with the gifted, this volume is intended to serve as a practical and easy-to-use resource for working with gifted students, their teachers, and their parents and families.

Few books illuminate a domain of clinical inquiry as superbly as Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Rorschach.

Few books illuminate a domain of clinical inquiry as superbly as Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Rorschach.

In Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach, James Kleiger provides a thoroughly up-to-date text that covers the entire range of clinical and diagnostic issues associated with the phenomenon of disordered thinking as revealed on the Rorschach.

In Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach, James Kleiger provides a thoroughly up-to-date text that covers the entire range of clinical and diagnostic issues associated with the phenomenon of disordered thinking as revealed on the Rorschach.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A) and the Rorschach are the two tests used most widely in clinical personality assessment to evaluate personality functioning, current emotional state, and the presence, nature, and severity of psychopathology, as well as to formulate treatment interventions.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A) and the Rorschach are the two tests used most widely in clinical personality assessment to evaluate personality functioning, current emotional state, and the presence, nature, and severity of psychopathology, as well as to formulate treatment interventions.

Educational assessment, at one time a relatively uncontroversial subject, is now riven by a diversity of views.

Educational assessment, at one time a relatively uncontroversial subject, is now riven by a diversity of views.

In this volume prominent scholars from both psychology and education describe how these new rules of measurement work and how they differ from the old rules.

In this volume prominent scholars from both psychology and education describe how these new rules of measurement work and how they differ from the old rules.

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is the fear of anxiety sensations which arises from beliefs that these sensations have harmful somatic, social, or psychological consequences.

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is the fear of anxiety sensations which arises from beliefs that these sensations have harmful somatic, social, or psychological consequences.

Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better with less effort--lies in various learner attributes such as personality traits, motivation, or language aptitude.

Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better with less effort--lies in various learner attributes such as personality traits, motivation, or language aptitude.

Assessments by psychologists, educators, and other human-service professionals too often end with the client being reported in terms of scores, bell-shaped curves, traits, psychodynamic forces, or diagnostic labels.

Assessments by psychologists, educators, and other human-service professionals too often end with the client being reported in terms of scores, bell-shaped curves, traits, psychodynamic forces, or diagnostic labels.

Scaling Methods is written for professionals in the behavioral sciences who analyze data that results from subjective responses.

Scaling Methods is written for professionals in the behavioral sciences who analyze data that results from subjective responses.

This book describes the evolution of the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (SCT), a major measure of ego development, from an intuitive rating scale to an empirically derived reliable and valid personality test.

This book describes the evolution of the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (SCT), a major measure of ego development, from an intuitive rating scale to an empirically derived reliable and valid personality test.

This book provides an alternative method for measuring individual differences in psychological, educational, and other behavioral sciences studies.

This book provides an alternative method for measuring individual differences in psychological, educational, and other behavioral sciences studies.

A comprehensive overview of different approaches to the measurement of situation awareness in experimental and applied setting, this book directly tackles the problem of ensuring that system designs and training programs are effective at promoting situation awareness.

The self psychology of Heinz Kohut has been an important force in contemporary psychoanalytic thought and its ramifications for therapy have been extensively explored.

The self psychology of Heinz Kohut has been an important force in contemporary psychoanalytic thought and its ramifications for therapy have been extensively explored.

In this book Harry Heft examines the historical and theoretical foundations of James J.

In this book Harry Heft examines the historical and theoretical foundations of James J.

The primary purpose of this revision remains identical to that of the first edition--to show how key personality, cognitive/behavioral, and vocational tests/assessment procedures can be used by counselors in their work with clients.

The primary purpose of this revision remains identical to that of the first edition--to show how key personality, cognitive/behavioral, and vocational tests/assessment procedures can be used by counselors in their work with clients.

This book consists of the reports of 13 urban elementary teacher researchers' year-long inquiries around literacy topics--conducted as part of a collaborative school-university action research project.

This book consists of the reports of 13 urban elementary teacher researchers' year-long inquiries around literacy topics--conducted as part of a collaborative school-university action research project.

Integrating a decade-long program of empirical research with current cognitive theory, this book demonstrates that psychological research has profound implications for current debates about what it means to be rational.

Integrating a decade-long program of empirical research with current cognitive theory, this book demonstrates that psychological research has profound implications for current debates about what it means to be rational.

Beginning in the early 1980s and continuing through the middle 1990s, the U.

Beginning in the early 1980s and continuing through the middle 1990s, the U.

This volume introduces the latest popular methods for conducting business research.

This volume introduces the latest popular methods for conducting business research.

Throughout the world as in the United States, psychologists are increasingly being called upon to evaluate clients whose backgrounds differ from their own.

Throughout the world as in the United States, psychologists are increasingly being called upon to evaluate clients whose backgrounds differ from their own.

This book develops an intuitive understanding of IRT principles through the use of graphical displays and analogies to familiar psychological principles.

This book develops an intuitive understanding of IRT principles through the use of graphical displays and analogies to familiar psychological principles.

This book introduces a new methodology for the analysis of test results.

This book introduces a new methodology for the analysis of test results.

Computerized assessment offers many opportunities for innovations in measurement.

Computerized assessment offers many opportunities for innovations in measurement.

This book examines how individuals behave across time and to what degree that behavior changes, fluctuates, or remains stable.

This book examines how individuals behave across time and to what degree that behavior changes, fluctuates, or remains stable.

Interpersonal sensitivity refers to the accuracy and/or appropriateness of perceptions, judgments, and responses we have with respect to one another.

Interpersonal sensitivity refers to the accuracy and/or appropriateness of perceptions, judgments, and responses we have with respect to one another.