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6 - Attitudes, Values, and Interests

from PART TWO - DIMENSIONS OF TESTING

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

George Domino  and
Marla L. Domino
George Domino
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
Marla L. Domino
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina
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AIM This chapter looks at the measurement of attitudes, values, and interests. These three areas share much in common from a psychometric as well as a theoretical point of view; in fact, some psychologists argue that the three areas, and especially attitudes and values, are not so different from each other. Some authors regard them as subsets of personality, while others point out that it is difficult, if not impossible, to define these three areas so that they are mutually exclusive.

The measurement of attitudes has been a central topic in social psychology, but has found relatively little application in the assessment of the individual client. Interest measurement on the other hand, particularly the assessment of career interests, probably represents one of the most successful applications of psychological testing to the individual client. The assessment of values has had somewhat of a mixed success, with such assessment often seen as part of personality and/or social psychology, and with some individual practitioners believing that values are an important facet of a client's assessment.

In the area of attitudes we look at some general issues, some classical ways of developing attitude scales, and some other examples to illustrate various aspects. In the area of values, we look at two of the more popular measures that have been developed, the Study of Values and the Rokeach Value Survey.

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Psychological Testing
An Introduction
 , pp. 127 - 160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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