Mental tests and cultural adaptation

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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