Behavior-Based Assessment in Psychology: Going Beyond Self-Report in the Personality, Affective, Motivation, and Social Domains

Author:   Tuulia M. Ortner ,  Fons J. R. van de Vijver
Publisher:   Hogrefe Publishing
Volume:   1
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9780889374379


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   25 August 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Traditional self-report tests can be an unreliable source of information about personality,attitudes, affect, and motivation. What are the alternatives? This firstvolume in the authoritative series Psychological Assessment - Science and Practicediscusses the most influential, state-of-the-art forms of assessment that can takeus beyond self-report. Leading scholars from various countries describe the theoreticalbackground and psychometric properties of alternatives to self-report,including behavior-based assessment, observational methods, innovative computerizedprocedures, indirect assessments, projective techniques, and narrativereports. They also look at the validity and practical application of such forms ofassessment in domains as diverse as health, forensic, clinical, and consumerpsychology.Each volume in the series Psychological Assessment - Science and Practice presents the state-ofthe-art of assessment in a particular domain of psychology, with regard to theory, research, andpractical applications. Editors and contributors are leading authorities in their respective fields.Each volume discusses, in a reader-friendly manner, critical issues and developments in assessment,as well as well-known and novel assessment tools. The series is an ideal educational resource forresearchers, teachers, and students of assessment, as well as practitioners.Psychological Assessment - Science and Practice is edited with the support of the European Associationof Psychological Assessment (EAPA).

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Author:   Tuulia M. Ortner ,  Fons J. R. van de Vijver
Publisher:   Hogrefe Publishing
Imprint:   Hogrefe Publishing
Volume:   1
ISBN:  

9780889374379


ISBN 10:   0889374376
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   25 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Part I: IntroductionChapter 1: Assessment Beyond Self-ReportsTuulia M. Ortner and Fons J. R. van de VijverPart II: Modes and Theoretical FoundationsChapter 2: Implicit Association Tests, Then and NowMarco Perugini, Giulio Costantini, Juliette Richetin, and Cristina ZogmaisterChapter 3: A Model of Moderated Convergence Between Direct, Indirect, and Behavioral Measures ofPersonality TraitsManfred Schmitt, Wilhelm Hofmann, Tobias Gschwendner, Friederike Gerstenberg, and Axel ZinkernagelChapter 4: Narrative Content CodingMichael BenderChapter 5: Beyond Projection: Performance-Based AssessmentRobert F. BornsteinPart III: MeasuresChapter 6: Measuring Implicit MotivesAthanasios ChasiotisChapter 7: Measures of AffectMartina Kaufmann and Nicola BaumannChapter 8: Implicit Measures of AttitudesColin Tucker Smith and Kate A. RatliffChapter 9: Objective Personality TestsTuulia M. Ortner and Rene T. ProyerPart IV: Domains of ApplicationChapter 10: Indirect Measures in the Domain of Health PsychologyReinout W. Wiers, Katrijn Houben, Wilhelm Hofmann, and Alan W. StacyChapter 11: Indirect Measures in Forensic ContextsAlexander F. Schmidt, Rainer Banse, and Roland ImhoffChapter 12: Implicit Measures in Consumer PsychologyMalte Friese and Andrew PerkinsChapter 13: Observation of Intra- and Interpersonal ProcessesAxel Scholmerich and Julia JakelAbout the AuthorsSubject Index

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Tuulia M. Ortner, PhD, has been head of the Department ofPsychological Assessment at the University of Salzburg (Austria)since 2012. She started working on objective personality testsmore than 15 years ago at the University of Vienna (Austria), andcontinued her research at the Free University of Berlin(Germany). She is a member of the Executive Committee of theEuropean Association of Psychological Assessment. Her currentresearch includes examining the validity of behavior-based testsand their convergence with other measures.Fons J.R. van de Vijver, PhD, is Professor of Cross-culturalPsychology at Tilburg University (The Netherlands) and holdshonorary positions at North-West University (South Africa) andthe University of Queensland (Australia). He has publishedwidely on assessment issues, notably in the area of cross-culturalpsychology, and also serves on the Executive Committeeof the European Association of Psychological Assessment.

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