Human Assessment: Cognition and Motivation

by S.K. Newstead (Editor), S.H Irvine (Editor), P.L. Dann (Editor)

Overview

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Athens, Greece, December 10-20, 1984

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789401084604
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	01/04/2012
Series:	NATO Science Series D: , #27
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Pages:	495
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table 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.