Böcker av Paul Kline

Leading author Paul Kline describes clearly the theory, methods and findings of the psychometric testing of personality, and discusses the practical applications of tests to occupational, educational and clinical psychology.

Paul Kline examines the evidence for and against psychoanalytic theories and shows that, far from being out of date, they can be supported by modern psychological research.

Originally published in 1972, this second edition, first published in 1981 was fully revised and updated to cover recent developments in the field. It was written to answer many questions and criticisms surrounding psychoanalysis at the time.Much work had been carried out at the time to discover which parts of Freudian theory are verifiable and which insupportable by experiment. In this book Dr Kline surveys this vast body of work. For some of the theories, it will be seen, there is no evidence whatsoever; for others, on the other hand, there is impressive and sometimes incontrovertible experimental support ¿ for example, for the theory of repression.

Paul Kline reveals that the scientific basis of psychological testing is weak. He argues that truly scientific forms of measurement could be developed using measurement theory, to create a new psychometrics.

This Handbook has become the standard text for both organisational and educational psychologists. It offers the only modern and clear account of psychometrics in its field. For this second edition, the Handbook has been extensively revised

Explains factor analysis and the construction of intelligence tests, showing how the resulting factors provide a picture of human abilities. The author shows the value of such tests, answering critics, and assessing work in the cognitive field.

The clearest and most comprehensible introduction to factor analysis for all students of psychology and social sciences. Paul Kline explains the basis of the method, how it can be used and what its problems and difficulties are.