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The most effective (and easy) way to learn statistics
For a while, I was looking for a good book on statistics, and finally, I found it! This book is excellent for those who are going to start learning statistics (every thing is explained very well from very beginning!) as well as for those (like me) who look for more advanced books. It is almost perfect! It has precise and clear explanations, simple brief examples, thoughtfully chosen questions and tasks at the end of each chapter, good overall organization. Every word (well, sentence) contributes to understanding of concepts, no unnecessary information, no waste of time. Every new concept is built on the previous ones, no gaps in explanation, no unanswered questions. It feels as if the author follows a reader's mind, if some questions arise they get answered in the next paragraphs. Pure pleasure! Ultimate book on statistics! Highly recommend. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. General    3. Mathematical Psychology    4. Mathematical models    5. Mathematics    6. Psychology    7. Psychometrics    8. Statistics    9. Study and teaching (Higher)    10. Philosophy & theory of psychology    11. Probability & statistics    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Statistics    13. Social research & statistics   

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The Truth About This Book
I have researched this book so intensely that it would take far too much room here to express my opinion. While I do not wish to be too negative, I found that the book did not present a balanced view of the study of the mind and human behaviour, and certainly did not back up its claims, nor show the complete truth about several things. To get a more extensive review, you are welcome to go here: http://wisdomfromtheword.blogspot.com/
Excellent!
The book was a better deal and in better condition than the books that were offered at my campus bookstore! I am very pleased :-D

Won't put you to sleep!
I was assigned this text for a college General Psychology course, and upon reading it cover to cover, I found that it was quiet interesting! The book uses simple terms so it is easy to understand what really matters, rather than trying to memorize countless definitions, and it has a story at the beginning of each chapter to help put each concept in perspective. In comparison to other dry, and complicated psychology books which I have had in the past, I highly suggest this book to anyone wishing, or forced to, study psychology. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. General    3. Psychology    4. Textbooks    5. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Interviewing for Solutions
Great strengths based approach to working with families and young people from vulnerable communities.

Great Book for All
"Interviewing for Solutions" is wonderful. I would encourage anyone interested in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) to read this book. "Interviewing for Solutions" supplies the reader with a overview of SFBT, as well as demonstrating SFBT in action via examples of interviews with various clients. Regardless of the counseling orientation one takes when assisting clients, the book provides valuable tools for all! In addition to this book, I would highly suggest obtaining a few of the lecture tapes of Berg, de Shazer and etc from the Brief Family Therapy Center.

Excellent Book on Interviewing--Period!
Although solution focused-brief therapy is considered a paradigm, this book could very well be used in any introductory, microskills class, and it should. Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Psychology    3. Social Work    4. Sociology    5. Counselling    6. Social Science / Social Work   

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Good clinician's tool
I am using this book for a graduate class, and I can only say that it has been invaluable. This book is a must-have for any aspiring clinician that plans to use the MMPI-2 for assessment. It has everything you need and more, and breaks down the scales in a comprehensible manner. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Personality    3. Psychology    4. Reference    5. Psychological testing & measurement    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement   

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Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes (
I�m from Argentina, and I was wondering if you could send me the abstract of chapter 12 from this book, because here is imposible to get it. Thanks anyway. A must-have for researchers in SWB
Although the book tackled a lot of material pertinent to Attitude and Personality Measurement, I find it really useful in my research-interest in Subjective Well-Being (SWB). A chapter was dedicated to SWB, it's theories, tests and development. It is a really must-have book for those interested in SWB.

Recommend
If you are teaching research courses this book you want to havein your test library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Attitude    2. Attitude (Psychology)    3. Mental Health    4. Personality    5. Personality assessment    6. Psychology    7. Social Psychology    8. Social interaction    9. Testing    10. Psychological testing & measurement    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology    12. Social, group or collective psychology   

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Thank Goodness for This Book
If it weren't for this book, and for James Webb, I might have believed the teachers and psychologists who told me that something was really wrong with my daughter. After reading this book, I realized that several things were really right with her, but that we weren't handling her in the ways most likely to help her adapt and succeed.
where to start?
I have so many problems with this book that there is no way one review can include them all.I'm going to list some of the major ones here.
Vital information at an appropriate time!
After having read this book, I can't help but wonder how many lives have been damaged by the ignorance of those involved in the Mental Health occupations.I hope when parents (or even non-parents) read this book, they learn how important it is to be self-informed (at least to some degree) before they go trusting "professional" help, especially when professionals these days are so sure of themselves and have so much power over others' lives.It's a fine line between playing God and being an appropriate therapist when it comes to understanding human behavior. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Children with Special Needs    3. Developmental - Child    4. Diagnosis    5. Family & Relationships    6. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    7. Family/Marriage    8. General    9. Gifted children    10. Gifted persons    11. Mental health   

Subjects:  1. Aptitude Testing    2. Educational Tests And Measurements    3. SAT & PSAT    4. SAT (Educational test)    5. Study Aids    6. Study Guides    7. Test Prep    8. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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If you're in testing you need this book
This is a quick, easy to understand guide to understanding neuropsychological assessment. It is a great companion to any of the common neuropsychological tests (i.e Luria-nebraska) as a reference. It also provides a comparison among the more common assessment tools. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Clinical neuropsychology    3. Evaluation    4. Mental Health    5. Neuropsychological tests    6. Neuropsychology    7. Psychology    8. Physiological & neuro-psychology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Neuropsychology   

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must-read
This is a masterful work -- getting a little out of date now, but still well worth a read for the section on the history of IQ testing alone.

outstanding expansive work
A must-read for all people in school psychology, intelligence testing, or education. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Intelligence testing    3. Intelligence tests    4. Psychology    5. Statistics    6. Teenagers    7. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale    8. Intelligence    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement   

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Dust cover missing when bought brand new
The book was sent without the depicted dust jacket cover.

The only Rorschach interpretation book you'll ever need.
This book is, without question, the best book on Rorschach interpretation I have ever seen.Highly recommended.Weiner uses Exner's structural summary as the foundation, then incorporates Schafer's psychoanalytic approach for the interpretation of thematic imagery and idiosyncratic contents.Excellent integration of structural summary, thematic imagery, test behavior, and sequential analysis approaches.In addition to translating Exner's often stilted language into much more clinically useful language, the chapter on sequential analysis is worth the price of the book on its own.Excellent case presentations integrating the interpretive principles presented earlier close out the book.A must-have book for anyone who wants to make better sense of all the data provided by the Rorschach method.

Excellent source for anyone interested in the Rorschach
This book conveys in a clear language the complexities of the Rorschachinterpretation.The case examples provide a very good practice forgrasping what is essential.I would recommend this book to anyone involvedwith the Rorschach interpretation.Will never be without it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Interpretation    4. Personality    5. Psychology    6. Rorschach Test    7. Psychological testing & measurement    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement    9. The self, ego, identity, personality   

Subjects:  1. Abuse - General    2. Abuse - Sexual    3. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    4. Psychological testing    5. Psychology    6. Sexually abused children    7. Sexually abused teenagers    8. Family & Relationships-Abuse - General    9. Paediatric medicine    10. Psychiatry    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Interpersonal Relations    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement    13. Self-Abuse - Sexual    14. Sociology, Social Studies   

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Great counseling resource!
This book offered good instructions for conducting family therapy, but it was not written for Christian counselors.This was strictly a "techniques" manual.Although the book was theologically limited because of its focus on secular counseling methods, helpful concepts were found.The strategic questions Dr. Worden asked were very insightful.However, an inexperienced therapist would have difficulty recalling questions during specific points of the session.One would have to compile these questions into notes and then refer to it during family counseling, which may inadvertently hamper the therapeutic process since the counselor is distracted with asking the "right" questions instead of understanding the family's presenting problem.Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Family psychotherapy    3. Family therapy    4. Psychology    5. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    6. Psychotherapy    7. Psychotherapy - Counseling    8. Psychotherapy - Couples & Family    9. Counselling    10. Psychiatry    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Counseling   

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Good concept but...
Encouraging/building a sense of hope and agency is important for cases of depression. Unfortunately, the book has a noticeable slant toward political correctness and left-wing politics that seem to overemphasize the"mascot" groups and hot topics of the Left at the expense of the rest.Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Child Psychology    3. Developmental - Child    4. Emotions    5. Hope    6. Psychology    7. Reference    8. Physiological & neuro-psychology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement    11. Psychology-Developmental - Child    12. Psychology-Reference   

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Fine
The book was as promised, and it arrived in the promised window of time.I'm satisfied.

Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D., Columbia University
This is an excellent book. It provides 'state of the art and science' information about past and emerging work in emotioanl intelligence and competencies. I highly recommend it.

If you are serious about learning the background to E.I.
The Handbook of Emotional Intelligence is a must read for anyone who is serious about emotional intelligence.Through this book, Bar-On and Parker have brought together a world-class collection of academics, psychologists and researchers.Before the Handbook was written, researchers and practitioners who wanted to get to the bottom of emotional intelligence needed to look up thousands of sources to even start their research.Bar-On and Parker have completed a sterling effort - the chapters include hundreds of research studies and the links are made between many different strands of research on intelligence and emotion and they are brought together in a 'tome' of useful information.This book is not a light piece of bedtime reading.It is a text book which should be on the shelf of anyone who wants to hear direct from the key researchers who have helped to create the field of Emotional Intelligence, so well popularised by Daniel Goleman in his book 'Emotional Intelligence'. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Emotional intelligence    3. Emotional intelligence tests    4. Emotions    5. Intelligence Testing    6. Mental Health    7. Psychology    8. Child & developmental psychology    9. Personnel & human resources management    10. Physiological & neuro-psychology    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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A fine textbook..if you can understand clinical case studies
I found this book to be of value. As a special education major with an emphasis on children with severe disabiities I found there was a lot of information in this book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - General    2. Children with Special Needs    3. Children with disabilities    4. Curricula    5. Education    6. Education / Teaching    7. Functional assessment    8. People with disabilities    9. Special Education - Learning Disabled    10. United States    11. Curriculum planning & development    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement    13. Teaching of those with special educational needs    14. Special Education   

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Psychiatry - General    4. Test Preparation & Review    5. Medical / Psychiatry    6. Psychiatry    7. Psychological testing & measurement   

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Social Science    5. Social Work    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - General    8. Counselling    9. Social Science / Social Work   

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Personality    3. Personality Assessment And Testing    4. Psychology    5. Sixteen Personality Factor Que    6. Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire    7. Psychological testing & measurement    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement    9. The self, ego, identity, personality   

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Cognitive Psychology    4. Educational Psychology    5. Neuropsychology    6. Psychological Testing    7. Psychology    8. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Sc    9. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale    10. Wechsler Memory Scale    11. Intelligence    12. Psychological testing & measurement    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology