Cognitive Assessment (Guilford Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Series)

"There is clearly a ground swell of interest in cognitive assessment and as the reader of this volume will discover, exciting work is being done."—Donald Meichenbaum and Roy Cameron "An important step toward the development of more sophisticated means of assessing the role of cognition in psychopathology and the process of psychotherapeutic change."—James C. CoyneContemporary Psychology "An absolutely splendid effort [that] should become a major sourcebook for those concerned with cognitive processes and cognitive treatment methods."—E. Thomas DowdThe Behavioral Therapist This volume represents a significant step in the development of a methodology for cognitive assessment and intervention. Providing sound techniques for mapping cognitive profiles and evaluating the progress of treatment, Cognitive Assessment features contributions by such experts as personality theorist Walter Mischel, Nobel Prize-winner Herbert Simon, and Norman Sundberg, noted for his work in personality assessment. Current interest in cognitive processes makes the procedures and techniques presented here invaluable to clinicians and researchers from a wide variety of orientations. Broadly interdisciplinary and unusually comprehensive, Cognitive Assessment is must reading for the professional.