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Peer reviewedAiken, Lewis R. – Educational Gerontology, 1980
Testing procedures developed on younger groups are often inadequate when testing the elderly. Special tests and administration techniques that increase the likelihood that elderly examinees will do their best are described. Psychological examiners must receive special training in testing to do a credible job with the elderly. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Examiners, Older Adults
Peer reviewedReid, Juliet – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2000
This article describes controversies over the use of personality tests with adults with visual impairments in applied occupational testing. It reviews studies of personality profiles of sighted individuals and individuals with visual impairments and studies in which the content of items has been adapted for adults who are visually impaired.…
Descriptors: Adults, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Personality Traits
