Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications

by Robert J. Gregory

Establishes a solid foundation of knowledge about psychological testing

 

Psychological testing impacts virtually every corner of modern life, from education to vocation to remediation. Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications, 7/e, covers all variations of testing and explores social issues testing raises. This program provides readers extensive knowledge about the characteristics, objectives, and wide-ranging effects of psychological testing.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Science, Nonfiction, Counselling

720 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2013

Reviews

[mansi]

A perfect complement to Anastasi's book, and provides updates and contemporary literature on current state of psychological testing

[Harjum]

the best book for Psychologist

[Michelli]

If I could give this book no stars, I would. After reading this book for a college course, it honestly seems like it was originally written in a different language, and then copied and pasted into Google Translate. There is colloquial language mixed with formal terminology. It is not user friendly; there are no chapter summaries, and very few visuals. The topics are also very poorly organized, and don't flow well. In my opinion, this textbook promotes frustration instead of learning.

[Görkem Saylam]

Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications (7e) | Robert J. Gregory
Scoring Rubric
1: baseline
2: creative contextualization bcs of covering almost all principles and applications in psychological testing
1: routine conceptualization bcs of no new holistic comprehension on psychological testing
4: total points by 5

[Zaïra]

read in part

[Carly]

Oh my.

This book was a BEAST to read. The only reason it is receiving 2, and not 1 star is that the last chapters were actually somewhat interesting, discussing the legal ramifications of testing (including a blurb about how the Texas Education Agency was sued in 2000 over the TAAS. Lucky residents of Texas now have the new and improved TAKS--note the sarcasm).

I also, despite my hatred of this book, liked the discussion of career, interest and personality tests. (All 1.5 chapters devoted to it.) Since I believe these to be the tests that I will actually find myself using as a school counselor.

I now have a research-based hardened look at all the standardized tests I have ever taken or administered. My conclusion: tests suck.

[Raja Yasir]

good book

[Aldani Putri]

Its a must book for all psychologist

[Linda]

Informative, but incredibly dull.