Assessment Of Intellectual Functioning

by Aiken, Lewis R.

• ISBN13: 9780306484315
• ISBN10: 0306484315
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-30
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This fully updated, comprehensive text examines the assessment of intellectual abilities in children and adults. Chapters emphasize the rationale and techniques for measuring intellectual function in educational, clinical, and other organizational settings. The author includes detailed descriptions of the most widely used procedures for administering, scoring, and interpreting individual and group intelligence tests. This second edition features additional material on testing the handicapped, individual and group differences in mental abilities, theories and issues in the assessment of mental abilities, and new tests for measuring intelligence and related abilities.

Table of Contents

1 Foundations and Definitions	1	(28)
Historical Antecedents of Intelligence Testing	2	(8)
Binet and His Successors	10	(9)
Definitions and Tests	19	(2)
Overview of the Book	21	(3)
Summary	24	(1)
Questions and Activities	25	(1)
Suggested Readings	26	(3)
2 Measurement Concepts and Methods	29	(26)
Item Analysis and Test Standardization	29	(3)
Descriptive Statistics	32	(3)
Test Norms	35	(4)
Reliability and Validity	39	(7)
Factor Analysis	46	(3)
Summary	49	(2)
Questions and Activities	51	(2)
Suggested Readings	53	(2)
3 Test Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation	55	(28)
Standards for Standardized Tests	55	(1)
Test Administration	56	(10)
Test Scoring	66	(2)
Test Interpretation and Reporting	68	(9)
Summary	77	(2)
Questions and Activities	79	(2)
Suggested Readings	81	(2)
4 Individual Testing of School-Age Children I: SB-N and WISC-III	83	(34)
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale	84	(11)
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children	95	(16)
System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment	111	(3)
Summary	114	(1)
Questions and Activities	115	(1)
Suggested Readings	116	(1)
5 Individual Testing of School-Age Children II: KABC, DTLA, and DAS	117	(24)
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children	118	(12)
Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude	130	(4)
Differential Ability Scales	134	(2)
Summary	136	(2)
Questions and Activities	138	(1)
Suggested Readings	139	(2)
6 Individual Testing of Adolescents and Adults: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale	141	(26)
Background and Early Tests	142	(4)
Content, Administration, and Scoring of the WAIS-R	146	(6)
Psychometric Characteristics of the WAIS-R	152	(4)
Psychodiagnostic Applications of the WAIS-R and Associated Tests	156	(6)
Summary	162	(2)
Questions and Activities	164	(1)
Suggested Readings	165	(2)
7 Individual Testing of Preschool Children and Infants	167	(24)
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised	170	(4)
McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and Other Preschool Test Batteries	174	(3)
Brief Screening Tests	177	(2)
Infant Intelligence Testing: Early Developments	179	(3)
Infant Intelligence Testing: Later Developments	182	(5)
Summary	187	(2)
Questions and Activities	189	(1)
Suggested Readings	189	(2)
8 Individual Testing of the Handicapped	191	(30)
Testing Visually Impaired Persons	195	(4)
Testing Hearing-Impaired and Other Language-Handicapped Persons	199	(5)
Pictorial Tests and the Orthopedically Handicapped	204	(2)
Neuropsychological Testing	206	(7)
Adaptive Behavior and Mental Retardation	213	(3)
Summary	216	(1)
Questions and Activities	217	(1)
Suggested Readings	218	(3)
9 Group Tests of Intelligence	221	(26)
Characteristics of Group Tests	223	(4)
Multilevel Group Tests	227	(6)
Academic Ability and Selection Tests	233	(5)
Nonverbal Group Intelligence Tests	238	(4)
Summary	242	(2)
Questions and Activities	244	(1)
Suggested Readings	245	(2)
10 Testing in Other Countries and Cultures	247	(28)
Using American Intelligence Tests in Other Countries and Cultures	249	(2)
Tests Indigenous to Other Countries	251	(12)
Cultural, Nationality, and Ethnic Group Differences in Mental Abilities	263	(9)
Summary	272	(1)
Questions and Activities	273	(1)
Suggested Readings	274	(1)
11 Individual and Group Differences in Mental Abilities	275	(30)
Distribution and Classification of Intelligence	276	(7)
Age-Related Changes in Intelligence	283	(7)
Other Demographic Variables	290	(7)
Biological Factors and Mental Abilities	297	(4)
Summary	301	(2)
Questions and Activities	303	(1)
Suggested Readings	304	(1)
12 Theories and Issues in the Assessment of Mental Abilities	305	(30)
Theories of Intelligence	306	(14)
Issues and Controversies in Intelligence Testing	320	(9)
Summary	329	(2)
Questions and Activities	331	(2)
Suggested Readings	333	(2)
13 Looking Forward	335	(10)
Technology and Methodology	336	(1)
Physiological Substrates of Intelligence	337	(2)
Test Development and Theories	339	(2)
Other Issues and Developments	341	(2)
Questions and Activities	343	(1)
Suggested Readings	343	(2)
Glossary	345	(16)
Appendix A: Standardized American Individual Intelligence Tests	361	(4)
Appendix B: American Suppliers of Intelligence Tests and Related Materials	365	(2)
References	367	(28)
Author Index	395	(8)
Subject Index	403	(4)
Tests and Instruments Index	407