International Histories of Psychological Assessment

Sumaya Laher is Professor of Psychology and the Head of Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She serves as founding Editor of the African Journal of Psychological Assessment, and Associate Editor of the South African Journal of Psychology and editorial board member for the International Journal of Testing.

• 1. Histories of psychological assessment: an introduction Sumaya Laher, Yiqun Gan, Kurt Geisinger, Dragos Iliescu, Peter Macqueen and Pia A Zeinoun; 2. The history of psychological assessment in Southern Africa Sumaya Laher, Robert Serpell, Kay Ntinda and Regis Chireshe; 3. Psychological testing and inclusive schooling: issues and prospects in Central Africa Therese M. S. Tchombe, Asangha N. Muki, Melem L Fangwi, Lambert S. Wirdze and Ndzetar E. Wirmum; 4. Psychological assessment in West Africa Seth Oppong, Kwaku Asante Oppong and Adote Anum; 5. The history of psychological assessment in the Levant Karma Al Hassan and Pia A Zeinoun; 6. The history of assessment in the Nordic countries Sverre Nielsen and Dave Bartram; 7. Key episodes in the history of testing in Central Western Europe Jonas W. B. Lang and Jan Corstjens; 8. The beginnings of psychological assessment in Spain and Portugal Jamie Perena Brand; 9. Histories of psychological assessments: the United Kingdom Dave Bartram; 10. The early history of psychological testing in Eastern Europe and Russia Dragos Iliescu, Andre Ion and Krunoslav Matesic; 11. Hearing the untold: a review of Central Asia's contribution to the expansion of psychological assessment Mostafa Zarean and Fatemeh S Tarighat; 12. History of psychological assessment in Southern Asia Suresh Sundaram, Suresh Arumugam and Asoke K. Saha; 13. History of psychological assessment in East Asia Fei Huang and Mingjie Zhou; 14. Psychological assessment and testing in Malaysia and Singapore Ivan M. H. Lee and Nor S. Zulkefly; 15. History of testing in Oceania John O'Gorman, Ross St George and Peter Macqueen; 16. Psychological assessment in South America: perspectives from Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Peru Solange M. Wechsler, Marion K. Schulmeyer, Eugenia V. Vinet and Jose Livia; 17. Historical development of psychological assessment in the Caribbean Janelle Robinson and Michael C. Lambert; 18. The history of psychological assessment in North America Janet F. Carlson and Kurt Geisinger; 19. Looking back, moving forward: assessment futures in the global village S. Laher.

'This momentous book on the history of psychological assessment is the first endeavor to discuss this history across many countries from no fewer than six continents. Contrary to the traditional view of testing as a European-North American undertaking, the authors bring a genuine cross-cultural perspective to the domain of testing.' Marise Born, Professor of Personnel Psychology, Erasmus University, and Endowed Professor of Work and Personnel Psychology, VU University, the Netherlands