Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications

by Gregory of Nazianzus

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

592 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2013

About the author

Gregory of Nazianzus (Greek: Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανζηνός Grēgorios ho Nazianzēnos; c. 329–25 January 390), also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople, and theologian. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age. As a classically trained orator and philosopher he infused Hellenism into the early church, establishing the paradigm of Byzantine theologians and church officials.

Gregory made a significant impact on the shape of Trinitarian theology among both Greek- and Latin-speaking theologians, and he is remembered as the "Trinitarian Theologian". Much of his theological work continues to influence modern theologians, especially in regard to the relationship among the three Persons of the Trinity. Along with the brothers Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, he is known as one of the Cappadocian Fathers.

Gregory is a saint in both Eastern and Western Christianity. In the Roman Catholic Church he is numbered among the Doctors of the Church; in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches he is revered as one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, along with Basil the Great and John Chrysostom.

He is also one of only three men in the life of the Orthodox Church who have been officially designated "Theologian" by epithet, the other two being St. John the Theologian (the Evangelist), and St. Symeon the New Theologian.

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.