Assessment and Culture : Psychological Tests with Minority Populations
Sharon-ann. Gopaul McNicol
Bok Engelsk 2001 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Burlington : : Elsevier Science, , 2001.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (223 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Assessment and Culture: Psychological Tests with Minority Populations; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Socio-Political and Ethical Issues in Cross-Cultural Assessment; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Challenge of Non-discriminatory Assessment in a Culturally Diverse Society; Chapter 3. Ethical and Legal Issues in Cross-Cultural Assessment; Chapter 4. Toward a Bio-Cultural Perspective of Assessment; Part II: Practical Issues in Cross-Cultural Assessment. - Chapter 5. Assessing the Intellectual Functioning of Children from Culturally Diverse BackgroundsChapter 6. Assessing the Linguistic Proficiency of Children from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds; Chapter 7. Assessing the Academic Performance of Children from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds; Chapter 8. Assessing the Visual-Motor and Neuropsychological Functioning of Culturally Diverse Children; Chapter 9. Personality Assessment and Culturally Diverse Children; Chapter 10. Cultural Issues in Vocational/Guidance Assessment; Chapter 11. A Bio-Cultural Approach to Report Writing. - Part III: Implications for Cross-Cultural Training, Research, and PolicyChapter 12. Training School and University Personnel to Work with Cross-Cultural Ethnic Minority Populations; Chapter 13. Implications for Cross-Cultural Research in Assessment; Chapter 14. Policy Implications in Cross-Cultural Assessment; References; Biosketch of Authors; Index. - Assessment and Culture challenges the classical approach to the assessment of minority populations by pointing out the deficiencies in this approach and offers instead a bio-cultural model of assessment. The principle objective of this book is to help mental health professionals to more accurately assess individuals from various ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The culture-fair techniques and strategies of the book tap into a broad range of the abilities and aptitudes of the examinee. Assessment and Culture provides a cultural frame of reference which allows the exami
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| Emner | Psychiatry, Transcultural
Psychological tests Age Groups Anthropology Vis mer... Anthropology, Cultural
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Behavioral Disciplines and Activities Behavioral Sciences Child Cultural Diversity Culture Education Educational Measurement Ethnopsychology Mental Disorders Minority Groups Named Groups Personality Assessment Persons Psychiatry and Psychology Psychology Social Sciences Sociology Minorities. Health & Biological Sciences Psychiatry - General Psychiatry multikulturelle tverrkulturelle krysskulturell psykologiske tester psykologi minoriteter |
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| ISBN | 0122904516
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