How to Measure Mind: A Historical and Epistemological Approach to Psychological Assessment - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0889375879 ISBN 13 : 9780889375871

Editeur : Hogrefe Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

Get to grips with the debate around the historical epistemological origins of psychometric assessment * Written by leading experts * Explores modern and historical aspects * Full of illustrations While there have been significant developments in the technical aspects of assessing mental functioning, there is still much to be debated about the motivations and meanings of measuring the mind. How can mental faculties be objectified and what influence does subjectivity have on the object being measured and the mind measuring it? What are the consequences of quantifying complex and interdependent functions and scaling these measurements for psychometric instruments? The contributors of this edited volume explore these questions by adopting a historical and epistemological approach to consider how psychometric assessment was born and developed within the affirmation of psychology as an empirical science. Chapters explore the birth of the scientific approach, as well as different assessment methods of cognitive abilities and personality traits, and the development of new technologies that support psychological evaluation and its applications in educational and rehabilitative fields. This book is of interest to researchers of human behavior as well as practicing psychologists and psychiatrists who want to deepen their understanding of the historical and epistemological roots of psychological assessment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Santo Di Nuovo, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Catania, Italy, where he was Dean of the Department of Education. President of the Italian Association of Psychology. His research activity focuses on methodology and psychometrics applied to different areas of psychology: cognitive, personality, normal and pathological, legal, clinical, and rehabilitation. Maria Sinatra, PhD, Professor of Psychology at the University of Bari and at the Institute of Design of Matera, Italy. She has been president of Second Level Degrees, of the Discipline Board, and a Rector's Delegate for Counselling. Her research interests are the historical reconstruction of psychology as well as the psychological aspects of mass-media communication and new addictions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hogrefe Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0889375879
• ISBN 13: 9780889375871
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Éditeur: Di Nuovo Santo, Sinatra Maria
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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