Psychological Testing: An Introduction

This book is an introductory text to the field of psychological testing primarily suitable for undergraduate students in psychology, education, business, and related fields. This book will also be of interest to graduate students who have not had a prior exposure to psychological testing and to professionals such as lawyers who need to consult a useful source. Psychological Testing is clearly written, well-organized, comprehensive, and replete with illustrative materials. In addition to the basic topics, the text covers in detail topics that are often neglected by other texts such as cross-cultural testing, the issue of faking tests, the impact of computers and the use of tests to assess positive behaviors such as creativity.

Table of Contents:
Preface; Part I. Basic Issues: 1. The nature of tests; 2. Test construction, administration, and Interpretation; 3. Reliability and validity; Part II. Dimensions of Testing: 4. Personality; 5. Cognition; 6. Attitudes, values, and interests; 7. Psychopathology; 8. Normal positive functioning; Part III. Applications of Testing: 9. Special children; 10. Older persons; 11. Testing in a cross-cultural context; 12. Disability and rehabilitation; Part IV. The Settings: 13. Testing in the schools; 14. Occupational settings; 15. Clinical and forensic settings; Part V. Challenges to Testing: 16. The issue of faking; 17. The role of computers; 18. Testing behavior and environments; 19. The history of psychological testing; Appendix. Table to translate difficulty level of a test item into a z score; References; Test index; Index of acronyms; Subject index.

About the Author :
George Domino is the Former Director of Clinical Psychology and Professor of Psychology at University of Arizona. He was also the former director of the Counseling Center and Professor of Psychology at Fordham University. Marla Domino has a BA in Psychology, an MA in Criminal Law and a PhD in Clinical Psychology specializing in Psychology and Law. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Clinical-Forensic Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Law and Psychiatry Program. She is currently the Chief Psychologist in the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's Forensic Evaluation Service and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of South Carolina. She was recently awarded Outstanding Employee of the Year in Forensics (2004). by the South Carolina Department of Mental Health.

Review :
"...Overall, the content of the book is useful and well laid out. Each section is introduced clearly, followed by graded content and then concluded with both suggested readings and discussion questions. The flow of chapters in the book is excellent. Each new chapter follows from previous discussions and is introduced with the chapter’s aims. The language used is pitched at a level which is suitable for undergraduate students. In fact, the introductory text is simple enough for a reader with no previous knowledge in this area, making it ideal for undergraduate teaching." --Shanya Pillay, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, South African Journal of Industrial Psychology