The Structural Approach in Psychological Testing

Pergamon General Psychology Series

Marvin L. Kaplan, Nick J. Colarelli, Ruth Brill Gross, Arnold P. Goldstein, Leonard Krasner

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780080068671
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483184289
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Developmental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

The Structural Approach in Psychological Testing covers the basic concepts for various types of personality or for the specific relationships of treatment possibilities to personality disturbances. The book describes the structural approach in psychological evaluation and its relation to developments in psychology in general and clinical psychology; the psychoanalytic foundations of the structural theory; and structural concepts in test analysis and personality description. The text also discusses the structural concepts to schizophrenia in developing the theoretical framework of schizophrenia as faulty ego synthesis, as well as the structural approach using case materials. The vacillation between reality and psychosis and the system of warding off confusion are also encompassed.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• The Structural Approach in Psychological Testing
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I. The Place and Importance of the Structural Approach in Psychological Evaluation
• CHAPTER II. Psychoanalytic Foundations of the Structural Theory
• CHAPTER III. Structural Concepts in Test Analysis and Personality Description
• CHAPTER IV. Schizophrenia: Faulty Ego Synthesis
• CHAPTER V. Mr. B: Mechanical Man
• CHAPTER VI. Mrs. K: Kaleidoscopic Experience
• CHAPTER VII. Mr. D: Vacillation Between Reality and Psychosis
• CHAPTER VIII. Mr. P: A System of Warding Off Confusion
• APPENDIX A: Supplementary Manual for the Sorting Test
• REFERENCES