Behavior-based Assessment in Psychology ― Going Beyond Self-report in the Personality, Affective, Motivation, and Social Domains in the Series Psychological Assessment, Science, and Practice

The 13 chapters in this volume detail behavior-based assessments in psychology that are alternatives to self-reporting. Psychologists and other specialists from Europe and the US provide researcher and developer perspectives on specific modes of assessment, including the Implicit Association Test, narrative content coding, performance-based assessment using the Rorschach Inkblot Method, and a model of moderated convergence between direct, indirect, and behavioral measures of personality traits; specific measures, including the measurement of implicit motives using the Picture Story Exercise and the Operant Motive Test, the assessment of affect and attitudes, and objective personality tests; and applications to health psychology, forensics, consumer psychology, and behavior observation. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)