{"id":28,"date":"2019-11-19T23:29:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T23:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colincooper.org\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:00:08","slug":"colin-cooper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Cooper PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author, editor and psychometric consultant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CC-photo-for-BPS-2019-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Cooper's photograph\" class=\"wp-image-29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CC-photo-for-BPS-2019-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CC-photo-for-BPS-2019-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CC-photo-for-BPS-2019-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CC-photo-for-BPS-2019-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/colincooper.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/CC-photo-for-BPS-2019-2048x1331.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a psychologist by background, and my consultancy focuses on the design, development and\/or evaluation of psychological scales and tests &#8211; mainly those measuring personality, cognitive abilities and intelligence. Most clients are in the occupational (i\/o) area. Though I am based in London, Ontario, Canada I am pleased to offer my services to clients worldwide. However I do not assess individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also write<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.org.uk\/psychologist\/book-award-winners-2019\"> award-winning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/colincooper.org\/books\/\">books<\/a> on individual differences, human intelligence and their assessment, was President of the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issid.org\">International Society for the Study of Individual Differences<\/a><\/em> (2021-2023) and am an editor-in-chief of the journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.issid.org\/issid-journal\">Personality and Individual Differences<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also offer assistance with the development of learning materials (at university level) for courses in personality, intelligence, psychometric theory and statistics &#8211; either for distance-learning, or as lecture content.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author, editor and psychometric consultant I am a psychologist by background, and my consultancy focuses on the design, development and\/or evaluation of psychological scales and tests &#8211; mainly those measuring personality, cognitive abilities and intelligence. 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