This is the updated edition of the successful guide to measuring and assessing human behaviour within a complex multi-cultural environment. It explains the main concepts of assessment, explains the types of measures that are used to assess human behaviour and examines how such measures are to be used. It investigates how measures are developed and adapted so that they are culturally appropriate and free of bias. This book remains the only good South African text on the topic, which explains the fact that it has become entrenched in Psychology departments across the country.

1. An overview of assessment: definition and scope 2. Psychological assessment: a brief retrospective overview 3. Basic concepts 4. Developing a measure 5. Cross-cultural test adaptation and translation 6. The practice of psychological assessment: controlling the use of measures 7. Computer-based assessment 8. Administering psychological assessment measures 9. Assessment of young children, physically disabled, and mentally handicapped individuals 10. Assessment of cognitive functioning 11. Measure of affective behaviour, adjustment, and well-being 12. Personality assessment 13. Career counselling assessment 14. The use of assessment measures in various applied contexts 15. Interpreting and reporting assessment results 16. Factors affecting assessment results 17. What the future holds for psychological assessment