Assessment and culture psychological tests with minority populations

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 a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gopaul-McNicol, Sharon-Ann (-)
Otros Autores: Armour-Thomas, Eleanor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press 2002.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Practical resources for the mental health professional.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The challenge of non-discriminatory assessment in a culturally diverse society
  • Ethical and legal issues in cross-cultural assessment
  • Toward a bio-cultural perspective of assessment
  • Assessing the intellectual functioning of children from culturally diverse backgrounds
  • Assessing the linguistic proficiency of children from culturally diverse backgrounds
  • Assessing the academic performance of children from culturally diverse backgrounds
  • Assessing the visual-motor and neuropsychological functioning of culturally diverse children
  • Personality assessment and culturally diverse children
  • Cultural issues in vocational/guidance assessment
  • A bio-cultural approach to report writing
  • Training school and university personnel to work with cross-cultural ethnic minority populations
  • Implications for cross-cultural research in assessment
  • Policy implications in cross-cultural assessment.