This third edition represents an effort to give the reader an overview of the many new developments in assessment while still maintaining material on basic psychometric concepts in order for it to continue to serve as a comprehensive handbook for the student and professional. Handbook of psychological assessment 3rd ed with wais iii supplement first published in 1984 subjects evaluation tests psychologiques personality assessment handbooks textbooks psychology textbooks humanities textbooks psychological tests guides manuels personnalite psychologische tests psychodiagnostiek . Handbook of psychological assessment 3rd ed with wais iii supplement by gary groth marnat 1984 van nostrand reinhold edition in english. The first edition of the handbook of psychological assessment was published with michel hersen in 1984 followed by the second edition in 1990 and a third edition in 1999 the historical material presented in the third edition is reproduced in this chapter and updated with developments that have occurred in the almost 20 years since publication of that edition in the first edition we indicated that a test is a systematic procedure for comparing the behavior of two or more persons