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Neuropsychological Testing in a Rural African School-Age Population: Evaluating Contributions to Variability in Test Performance
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Kitsao-Wekulo, Patricia K.; Holding, Penny A.; Taylor, H. Gerry; Abubakar, Amina; Connolly, Kevin – Assessment, 2013
This study investigated the psychometric properties of a number of neuropsychological tests adapted for use in sub-Saharan Africa. A total of 308 school-age children in a predominantly rural community completed the tests. These tests were developed to assess skills similar to those measured by assessments of cognitive development published for use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neuropsychology, Psychological Testing, Rural Population
Cognitive Components of Social Anxiety.
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Hartman, Lorne M. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Describes the development of a self-report questionnaire to measure self-relevant cognitions accompanying social distress. Responses of 100 students were factor analyzed. Results suggested the new measure may provide a means of identifying cognitive targets for treatment planning as well as an instrument for assessing cognitive change associated…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Foreign Countries
Structure of a Psychodiagnostic Test Battery for Children.
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Zagar, Robert; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Compared principal component anlaysis with hierarchical cluster analysis of a psychodiagnostic test battery for children. Results are discussed within a multidimensional framework of cognitive abilities. The structure of the battery of tests included general intelligence, auditory and visual learning, academic achievement, and auditory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Abstraction, Associative Focusing, and Similarities Tests: Towards More Clinically Sensitive and Better Understood Tests
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Willner, Allen E. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Measurement Instruments
The Sage of Butch and Slim
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Ward, J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
Butch and Slim was written as a response to a need for a rather specialised group of items in the Reasoning sub-scale of the British Intelligence Scale. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Intelligence Tests, Item Analysis
Development of the Rational Behavior Inventory: Initial Validity and Reliability
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Shorkey, Clayton T.; Whiteman, Victor L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
The results of initial validity and reliability studies on the Rational Behavior Inventory are presented. The instrument was developed to be used for assessment, treatment planning, and evaluation of clients by counselors who use Rational Emotive Therapy. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Psychological Evaluation
A Construction and Validation of Formal Operational Reasoning Instruments.
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Bart, William M. – 1970
In Piaget's developmental psychology the fourth and highest stage of human cognitive development is that of formal operations. The research on formal thought instruments is outlined. This study was designed to construct and validate paper-and-pencil instruments which could be used to select students capable of abstract conceptualization,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Cognitive Measurement