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Psychological and Physiological Influences on Multicultural and Nonverbal Assessment

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This chapter describes some salient physiological and psychological influences on multicultural and nonverbal assessment. Obviously, examinees who require nonverbal assessment, those from culturally diverse settings and those with emotional problems and/or language deficits, may behave in ways that are different from mainstream examinees and those who present no language-related problems. Examiners who are sensitive to these differences, to the psychological impact of the testing environment, and the impact of biology on test behavior will be more successful in reducing construct-irrelevant variance in test scores and in obtaining more accurate estimates of intellectual, educational, and emotional functioning. In particular, examiners should determine whether the examinee’s physiological condition is optimal for testing; one particularly salient consideration is the extent to which medications have been administered to examinees before testing, and the dosage level; this information should be included in the psychoeducational report. In addition, if an examiner suspects that an examinee is under the influence of illicit drugs the session should be terminated until the examinee is drug free. Examiners who are aware of the conditions under which tests are administered, who can relate the impact of these influences to the success or failure of the child in the testing session, and who can extrapolate the impact of these influences to the school and home will be more successful in accurately describing performance levels and potential of the examinee, and ultimately in helping teachers and parents help children.

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McCallum, R.E., McCallum, R.S. (2017). Psychological and Physiological Influences on Multicultural and Nonverbal Assessment. In: McCallum, R. (eds) Handbook of Nonverbal Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50604-3_6

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