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Tables of Contents for Personality Assessment Methods and Practices
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
3
122
Chapter 1: History and Theories
3
36
Historical Foundations
4
13
Theories of Personality
17
14
Summary
31
2
Questions and Activities
33
3
Suggested Readings
36
3
Chapter 2: Psychometrics I: Measurement, Statistics, and Test Design
39
26
Measurement and Statistics
39
15
Constructing and Item-Analyzing Assessment Instruments
54
4
Sources and Standards for Personality Assessment Instruments
58
3
Summary
61
1
Questions and Activities
62
2
Sources of Information on Personality Tests
64
1
Chapter 3: Psychometrics II: Standardization, Reliability, and Validity
65
26
Standardizing and Equating Tests
65
6
Reliability
71
11
Validity
82
5
Summary
87
1
Questions and Activities
88
1
Suggested Readings
89
2
Chapter 4: Administration, Interpretation, and Reporting
91
34
Assessment Settings, Goals, and Models
91
3
Instrument Selection, Administration, and Scoring
94
9
Interpreting Assessment Results
103
6
Psychological Assessment Reports
109
9
Summary
118
2
Questions and Activities
120
2
Suggested Readings
122
3
PART II: OBSERVING, INTERVIEWING, AND RATING
125
66
Chapter 5: Observations and Interviews
125
34
Observations
126
13
Interviews
139
12
Application Blanks and Biographical Inventories
151
2
Summary
153
2
Questions and Activities
155
1
Suggested Readings
156
3
Chapter 6: Checklists and Rating Scales
159
32
Checklists
160
9
Rating Scales
169
13
Summary
182
2
Questions and Activities
184
3
Suggested Readings
187
4
PART III: PERSONALITY INVENTORIES
191
110
Chapter 7: Rational-Theoretical and Factor-Analyzed Inventories
191
36
Construction Strategies
195
2
Response Sets and Psychometric Characteristics
197
5
Early Personality Inventories
202
2
Contemporary Rational-Theoretical Inventories
204
13
Factor Analysis and the Five-Factor Model
217
3
Summary
220
2
Questions and Activities
222
3
Suggested Readings
225
2
Chapter 8: Criterion-Keyed Inventories
227
32
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
228
5
MMPI-2
233
7
The CPI and Other MMPI-Related Inventories
240
6
The MCMI and Other Million Inventories
246
5
Inventories Based on Combined Strategies
251
4
Summary
255
1
Questions and Activities
256
2
Suggested Readings
258
1
Chapter 9: Interests, Values, and Attitudes
259
42
Development of Interests
260
1
Interests and Personality
261
12
Criterion-and Content-Validated Interest Inventories
273
6
Other General Interest and Special Purpose Interest Inventories
279
5
Values
284
4
Personal Orientations and Attitudes
288
3
Summary
291
3
Questions and Activities
294
4
Suggested Readings
298
3
PART IV: PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES
301
102
Chapter 10: Associations, Completions, and Drawings
301
32
Concepts and Examples
302
5
Association Techniques
307
5
Completion Techniques
312
9
Projective Drawings
321
7
Summary
328
2
Questions and Activities
330
2
Suggested Readings
332
1
Chapter 11: The Rorschach Inkblot Technique
333
32
Format and Foundations
334
4
Five Major Systems and Content Analysis
338
3
Exner's Comprehensive System
341
11
Computer-Based Scoring and Interpretation
352
3
Psychometric Issues and Future Prospects
355
4
Holtzman Inkblot Technique
359
1
Summary
360
1
Questions and Activities
361
1
Suggested Readings
362
3
Chapter 12: The TAT and Other Apperception Techniques
365
38
Administering the TAT
368
4
An Illustration: Testing Juvenile Delinquents
372
4
Scoring and Interpreting TAT Stories
376
6
Psychometric Issues and Research
382
3
TAT Modifications and Other Apperception Tests
385
9
Summary
394
1
Questions and Activities
395
4
Suggested Readings
399
4
PART V: PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT TODAY AND TOMORROW
403
30
Chapter 13: Other Measures, Applications, and Issues
403
30
Physiological, Perceptual, and Cognitive Measures
404
6
Applications of Personality Assessment
410
9
Issues in Personality Assessment
419
7
Prospects for Personality Assessment
426
2
Summary
428
2
Questions and Activities
430
1
Suggested Readings
431
2
Glossary
433
22
Commercial Suppliers of Psychological Assessment Materials
455
4
References
459
40
Author Index
499
14
Assessment Instrument Index
513
6
Subject Index
519