An overview of assessment : definition and scope -- Psychological assessment : a brief retrospective overview -- Basic measurement and statistical concepts -- Reliability : basic concepts and measures -- Validity : basic concepts and measures -- Developing a psychological measure -- Cross cultural test adaptation, translation and tests in multiple languages -- The practice of psychological assessment : controlling the use of measures, competing values, and ethical practice standards -- Administering psychological assessment measures -- Assessment of cognitive functioning -- Measures of well-being -- Personality assessment -- Career-counselling assessment -- Technology-based assessment -- The use of assessment measures in various applied contexts -- Interpreting and reporting assessment results -- Factors affecting assessment results -- On the road to culturally meaningful psychological assessment in South Africa.