Mental tests and cultural adaptation / L. J. Cronbach, P. J. D. Drenth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cronbach, L. J., editor.

Drenth, P. J. D., editor.

Series:

Psychological studies ; 7.

Psychological Studies ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence tests.

Ability--Testing.

Ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 495 pages).

Edition:

[Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey on July 19-23, 1971]. Reprint 2018

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

Introduction / Crònbach, Lee J.

Development of psychology and mental testing in Turkey / Tan, Hasan

PART I: Testing in its social framework

1. Laying the groundwork for test application in less-developed countries / Arici, Hüsnü

2. Implications of testing for individual and society / Drenth, Pieter J. D.

3. Industrial application of tests developed for illiterate and semiliterate people / Blake, R. Hilton

4. Adaptability: its measurement and determinants / Biesheuvel, S.

5. Development, application and interpretation of tests for use in French-speaking black Africa and Madagascar / Dague, Pierre

PART II: Crosscultural research strategy

6. Radical cultural relativism and the concept of intelligence / Berry, J. W.

7. A model for the analysis of cultural determinants of between-groups variation in measured intelligence / Sanday, Peggy R.

8. The necessity of a theory for applied crosscultural research / Eckensberger, Lutz H.

PART III: Testing procedure

9. Some principles for adaptation of psychological tests / Ortar, Gina

10. Test construction and standardization in different cultural settings / Kohan, Nuria Cortada De

11. Why certain tasks from mental tests must be adapted whereas operational tasks need not / Semin, Refia

12. Procedure for group test administration in developing countries / Cho, Sam

13. Three handbooks on crosscultural testing / Cronbach, Lee J. / Drenth, Pieter J.D.

14. Attitude to multiple-choice tests in West Africa / Akeju, S.S.A.

15. Instructions as determinants of performance: the effect of information about the task / Gitmez, Ali S.

16. Effects of incentives on the test-taking behavior of Botswana primary-school children / Cook, Paul F. / Molomo, Matlapeng Ray

PART IV: Testing devices

17. Psychological studies of Kalahari Bushmen / Reuning, H.

18. Assessing cognitive capacities of nonliterate New Guinea adults and children / Ord, I. G.

19. Tests of general cognitive ability for use with Maori and European children of New Zealand / George, Ross St.

20. Patterns of reasoning test responses in the South Pacific / Bennett, Mick

21. Remarks on testing in the Pacific / McElwain, D. W.

22. A children's intelligence test for Greece / Georgas, James G. / Georgas, Catherine

23. Application of the D 48 test in Turkey / Kagitçibaçi, Cicdem

24. Application of Progressive Matrices in Iraq / Abul-Hubb, Dhia

25. The Purdue motion-picture tests of visual perception / McDaniel, Ernest

26. A search for tests of practical intelligence / Rimland, Bernard

27. A culture-assimilation measure and its relationship to intellectual performance / Pauker, Jerome D.

28. Self-perceived abilities and on-the-job performance of culturally disadvantaged workers / Wickert, Frederic R.

PART V: Educational intervention and educational influence

29. Cognitive assessment of the socioculturally deprived child and adolescent / Feuerstein, Reuven

30. Consequences of attending elementary school in a second language / Lambert, W.E.

31. Continuities in observational field methods and mental testing / Smith, Louis M.

32. The abilities and problems of immigrants in learning to drive busses / Belbin, Eunice / Belbin, R. Meredith

33. Divergence among school beginners caused by different cultural influences / Kyostio, O.K.

34. Adolescent changes in ability in relation to schooling / Thrane, Vidkunn Coucheron

PART VI: Correlates and determinants of test performance

35. Intergenerational mobility as a function of social origin and mental test results / Levy-Leboyer, Claude

36. Cognitive development of children from selected ethnic, educational and language backgrounds in Malaysia / Harrold-Stroebe, M.S.

37. Age, socioeconomic status and classificatory behavior among Turkish children / Ataman, Isik / Epir, Shirley

38. Genetic and environmental influences on language abilities / Mittler, P.

39. A comparison of African and European students in simple auditory and visual tasks / Poortinga, Ype

40. Social-class differences in the performance o / Bakare, Christopher G. M

41. A normative study of the Goodenough-Harris Drawing test on a Turkish sample / Ucman, Perin

42. Long-range prediction of educability and its determinants in East Africa / Silvey, Jonathan

PART VII: Factor-analytic studies

43. The factor structure of intelligence among teachers in the Congo / Claeys, W.

44. The organization of intellectual abilities of an African ethnic group in cultural transition / Grant, G.V.

45. The influence of maturation and education on the development of mental abilities / Fatouros, Mika

PART VIII: Technical issues and proposals

46. Judging how well a test measures / Cronbach, Lee J.

47. Logic, language and method in construct identification across cultures / Irvine, S.H. / Sanders, J.T.

48. Evaluating environmental influences on test scores / Flier, Henk van der

49. Applicability of the Rasch model in two cultures / Mellenbergh, Gideon J.

50. Cultural influence on the development of Number and Flexibility-of-closure factors / Hürsch, L.

Summary and commentary / Cronbach, Lee J. / Drenth, Pieter J.D.

Roster of Conference Participants

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9783111556482

3111556484

OCLC:

1078917583