Human Assessment: Cognition and Motivation

List of contents

1. Approaches to the Assessment of Cognition, Motivation and Personality. Lecture Summaries.- Section 1. Psychometric Approaches to the Assessment of Cognitive Abilities.- Section 2. Information Processing Approaches.- Section 3. Cross-Cultural Perspectives.- Section 4. Non-Standard Approaches to Assessment.- Section 5. Personality.- Section 6. Aptitudes and Learning.- 2. Assessment: Practical Implications for Education and Other Fields.- Section 1. Cognitive Abilities.- Section 2. Personality, Cognitive Style and Concentration.- Section 3. Environmental and Social Factors.- 3. Approaches to Assessment: Seminar Abstracts.- Section 1. Computerised Assessment.- Section 2. Psychometric and Clinical Assessment.- Section 3. Testing and Item Bias.- Section 4. Educational Implications.- Section 5. Cognition and Skill.- Section 6. Development, Social and Cross-Cultural Factors.- References.

Product details

• Assisted by: P. L. Dann (Editor), P.L. Dann (Editor), H Irvine (Editor), S H Irvine (Editor), S. H Irvine (Editor), S.H Irvine (Editor), P L Dann (Editor), S. K. Newstead (Editor), S.K. Newstead (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9789024733316
• ISBN: 978-90-247-3331-6
• No. of pages: 495
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 953 g
• Illustrations: XXIX, 495 p.
• Series: NATO Science Series D: (closed), Volume 27; NATO ASI Series D: Behavioural and Social Sciences; Nato Science Series D: NATO ASI Series D: Behavioural and Social Sciences
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology