Advances in Psychological Assessment in South Africa
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Advances in Psychological Assessment in South Africa
This book explores progress in South Africaβs assessment landscape, covering methodologies, local tests, and technology-driven innovations across cognitive, personality, vocational, and neuropsychological domains. A key resource for scholars, practitioners and students, it addresses practical, cultural and ethical challenges.
Explores South Africaβs assessment landscape, covering methodologies, tests, and tech-driven innovations across cognitive, personality, vocational, and neuropsychological domains, while addressing practical, cultural, and ethical challenges.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781776149964
Publisher: Wits University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 April 2026
Country: South Africa
Imprint: Wits University Press
Illustration: 17 Illustrations, black and white
Contributors:
- Edited by Sumaya Laher
- Edited by Kate Cockcroft
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 350
About the Author
Sumaya Laher (Editor)
Sumaya Laher is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Kate Cockcroft (Editor)
Kate Cockcroft is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Zaytoon Amod (Editor)
Zaytoon Amod is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Justin August (Editor)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology of Education at the University of South Africa
Katherine Bain (Editor)
Katherine Bain is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Nabeelah Bemath (Editor)
Research psychologist and a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Sahba Besharati (Editor)
Neuropsychologist and social-affective neuroscientist. She is the co-founder and joint director of the University of the Witwatersrand's Neuroscience Research Laboratory (Wits NeuRL).
Pieter Bronkhorst (Editor)
Registered I/O Psychologist and Adjunct Professor at the University of the Western Cape. He is the author of The Architecture of High-Performance Companies (2010).
Amanda Cromhout (Editor)
Post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty for Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape.
Irma Eloff (Editor)
Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria and an educational psychologist.
Kevin Distiller (Editor)
Registered industrial psychologist and is Managing Director of Odyssey Talent Management.
Aline Ferreira-Correia (Editor)
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Tharina Guse (Editor)
Counselling psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Pretoria.
Tasneem Hassem (Editor)
Research psychologist and a lecturer in the Psychology Department in the School of Human and Community Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Carin Hill (Editor)
Industrial psychologist and Professor in the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg.
Nicky Israel (Editor)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Anwynne Kern (Editor)
Educational psychologist and a lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Thalia Kritharis (Editor)
Completing her Master of Arts in Social and Psychological Research at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Kobus Maree (Editor)
Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria.
Simangele Mayisela (Editor)
Educational psychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Ahmed Riaz Mohamed (Editor)
Lecturer and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria.
Kgabe Molepo (Editor)
Clinical psychologist and Associate Lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Brandon Morgan (Editor)
Head of Science at JVR Psychometrics and a Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg.
Nadia Morton (Editor)
Industrial psychologist and a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg.
Erica Munnik (Editor)
Clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Western Cape.
Jan Alewyn Nel (Editor)
Professor in the Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the University of Pretoria.
Petrus Nel (Editor)
Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at Nelson Mandela University.
Rabia Ruby Patel (Editor)
Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Rhodes University.
Shazly Savahl (Editor)
Professor of Psychology based at the University of the Western Cape and Utrecht University.
Pieter Schaap (Editor)
Industrial psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Human Resources Management at the University of Pretoria.
Lusilda Schutte (Editor)
Associate Professor at the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR), North-West University and Honorary Associate Professor at the MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Ann B Shuttleworth-Edwards (Editor)
Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Rhodes University.
Linda Theron (Editor)
Educational psychologist and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria.
Sharon Truter (Editor)
Neuropsychologist and counselling psychologist as well as Honorary Research Associate at Rhodes University.
Adri Vorster (Editor)
Educational psychologist.
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