DeepDyve eBooks - The practice of clinical psychology.

Porteus, Stanley D.

Pages: 1 –24

The practice of clinical psychology involves the application of experimental principles to individual treatment. After examining the use of the word clinical, the author differentiates between clinical and social psychology and mental and social deviations and defines the use of the term abnormal...

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Survey of clinical problems and methods.

Porteus, Stanley D.

Pages: 25 –54

In this chapter on clinical problems and methods, the author begins by describing programs at psychological clinics generally, before turning to childhood psychology. He argues that the school, the juvenile court, children's institutions, social services, and homes must co-operate to preserve the...

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Biological basis of clinical psychology.

Porteus, Stanley D.

Pages: 55 –86

Before proceeding with any detailed discussion of clinical methods, it is necessary to review briefly some of the general concepts regarding mental functioning that the clinical psychologist may find useful in his thinking and practice. The author reviews terms used in clinical description and...

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The nature of intelligence.

Porteus, Stanley D.

Pages: 87 –110

Another word that must be in every psychologist's vocabulary and which seems to be in need of better definition is intelligence. Whatever definition is advanced should accord with the broad biological view of man's neural development. Many psychologists feel extreme dissatisfaction with the...

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The Binet Scale: Old and new.

Porteus, Stanley D.

Pages: 111 –138

This chapter focuses on the Binet Scale. After discussing the value and limitations of the scale, the author analyzes the Stanford-Binet Scale and describes the classification of tests in the standard revision. To illustrate points on language disabilities and performance on the scale, the author...

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Performance tests as diagnostic measures.

Porteus, Stanley D.

Pages: 139 –163

This chapter endeavors to show that testing in clinical practice examines a far wider range of responses to relevant stimuli than just the Binet test. Other important tests include that of manipulative ability (mechanical ability tests), nonlanguage tests (the Pintner-Paterson Scale), and tests...

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Measures of social capacity and personality.

Porteus, Stanley D.

Pages: 164 –197

This chapter focuses on tests of social capacity and personality. In the ordinary clinical case the extent of the testing is necessarily restricted by the amount of time available. Consequently, the mental examination must be limited to just such tests as will be sufficient to allow the clinician...

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Special supplementary tests.

Porteus, Stanley D.; Hunter, Mary

Pages: 198 –227

This chapter focuses on special supplementary tests during the psychological interview. The choice of supplementary tests will depend largely on the amount of time available for testing, but even more upon the experience of the examiner. These tests include the Maze test, the Leiter Performance...

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The feeble-minded child.

Porteus, Stanley D.

Pages: 228 –255

This chapter focuses on children with mental retardation. After describing older standards of diagnosis, the author examines mental defects as social and hereditary problems. Later views on heredity are also examined, including the Vineland definition of moronity and the IQ definition of mental...

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