Michael Berg (psychologist)

Michael Berg, 2018

Michael Berg (* 1942 in Berlin ) is a German psychologist who works primarily in the field of developing psychological test procedures . Coming from a school of cognitive psychology , he introduced the experimental way of thinking into the construction and validation of test procedures, using the constituent approach he described in 1993 . The approach enables the construction of test systems in which the individual tests have defined cross-connections and enable diagnostic statements to be made more precise by relating the tests to one another. The method most recently developed by Berg for recording cognitive functions is the theory-guided validated test system Corporal, current version Corporal Plus , which has so far been used primarily in the diagnosis of fitness to drive .

In his more recent publications, Berg dealt, among other things, with problems of validating test procedures in applied areas using the example of traffic psychology .

Career

Michael Berg studied psychology at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1967 to 1971. From 1971 to 1991 he was active in teaching and research at Humboldt University, initially in the fundamentals area. He received his PhD in 1980 . From 1983 to 1988 he worked as a teacher and researcher in the Diagnostic Center (PdZ), where he completed his habilitation in 1988 , and was involved in its management in 1991. From 1991 to 1993 he worked for Schuhfried Ges.mbH, where he worked in the methods area. He ran the development of his own test system Corporal in his own institute for test development and application (ITEA) from 1993 to 2007. From 1996 to 2012 he worked as a psychological expert in the driving suitability assessment at DEKRA eV. Berg has been the licensor and scientific advisor for the further development of the Corporal test system at Vistec AG Olching since 2007.

Publications

• M. Berg: The invariant analysis - development and validation of a method for the verbalization-independent recording of internal cognitive states. In: Problems and Results of Psychology. Volume 57, 1976, pp. 5-23.
• L. Sprung, M. Berg and R. Strobel: Aspects of a differential psychology - theoretical and experimental investigations of internal structures in conceptual-analogous classification processes and natural diagnosis processes. In: W. Hacker (Ed.): Psychical regulation of work activities. Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1976, pp. 129–149.
• M. Berg: Wydelenije Prisnakow sritjelnich Obrasow u Koschek. In: AB Kogan (Ed.): Iskusstvennaja Intelligenceia. Rostov nD 1979
• M. Berg, L. Sprung and H. Sprung: On the methodology of differential psychological investigations. History, considerations, examples. In: Problems and Results of Psychology. Volume 73, 1980, pp. 53-64.
• M. Berg: On the methodology of the non-language-bound analysis of cognitive states in interdisciplinary brain research - an analysis example. In: Problems and Results of Psychology. Volume 79, 1982, pp. 47-57.
• K. Funke and M. Berg: On the processing of negatively formulated sentences in "formal thought disorders" - a comparative experiment. In: Journal of Psychology. Volume 182, 1984, pp. 47-57.
• M. Berg: On the way to the validity of the content of psychodiagnostic statements: Aspects of the experimental approach. In: Psychology for Practice. Volume 3, 1984, pp. 253-258.
• M. Berg and U. Schaarschmidt: Thoughts on new ways in intelligence diagnostics. In: Scientific journal of the Humboldt University in Berlin. Mathematical and natural science series. Volume 8, 1984, pp. 565-573.
• U. Schaarschmidt and M. Berg: Diagnostic parameter determination on the basis of experimental psychological procedures. In: Journal of Psychology. Volume 193, 1985, pp. 117-131.
• M. Berg and U. Schaarschmidt: Intelligence - its measurement on the basis of cognitive psychology. In: F. Klix and H. Hagendorf (eds.): Human Memory and Cognitive Capabilities - Mechanisms and Performances. Elsevier Publishers BV, North Holland 1986, pp. 499-512.
• M. Berg: Experimental Diagnostics - A Challenge for Theory and Practice. In: U. Schaarschmidt, M. Berg and K. Hänsgen (eds.): Diagnostics of mental performance. Psychodiagnostisches Zentrum, Berlin 1986, pp. 24-36.
• M. Berg: The recognition and transmission of local relationships as an access to intelligence. Dissertation B (habilitation thesis), Humboldt University, Berlin 1987.
• M. Berg and U. Schaarschmidt: The principle of simplification and its consequences for the diagnosis of intelligence. In: Scientific journal of the Humboldt University in Berlin. Mathematical and natural science series. Volume 36, 1987, pp. 430-437.
• M. Berg: On the way to a psychological test theory. In: F. Klix and E. van der Meer (eds.): Experimental psychology today. 100 years of the magazine for psychology. Barth, Leipzig 1990.
• M. Berg and U. Schaarschmidt: BILKOG - An attempt to develop intelligence diagnostic methods on the basis of cognitive psychology. In: Journal for Differential and Diagnostic Psychology. Volume 11, 1990.
• M. Berg: Differential validity for inference requests. In: W. Krause, E. Sommerfeld and M. Ziessler (eds.): Inference and interpretation processes. Friedrich Schiller University, Jena 1991, pp. 173–179.
• M. Berg: The constituent approach - a new principle of psychological testing. In: H. Schuler and U. Funke (eds.): Aptitude diagnostics in research and practice. Contributions to organizational psychology. Volume 10, Verlag für Angewandte Psychologie, Stuttgart 1991, pp. 209-214.
• M. Berg: The Constituent Approach - A Way to Higher Productivity in Performance Psychological Methods. In: G. Trost, K.-H. Ingenkamp, ​​and RS Jäger (Ed.): Tests and Trends. Volume 10, Yearbook of Educational Diagnostics. Beltz, Weinheim and Basel 1993, pp. 40–82.
• M. Berg: Effects of task constituents: A new way to measure human abilities. In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Volume 11, Suppl. 1, Hogrefe, Bern 1995.
• M. Berg: "Corporal" a thematic test system for recording functions of attention. In: behavior modification and behavioral medicine. 17th year, issue 4, 1996, Mackinger, Berkheim 1996, pp. 295-310.
• M. Berg: Test procedure with differential validity: Innovation for performance diagnostics - also in traffic psychology. In: B. Schlag (Ed.): Advances in traffic psychology. Deutscher Psychologen-Verlag GmbH, Bonn 1997, pp. 71-78.
• M. Berg and W. Schubert: The thematic test system Corporal for recording functions of attention - innovation for traffic psychological diagnostics. In: magazine for traffic safety. Volume 45, Issue 2, pp. 74-80, TÜV-Verlag, Cologne 1999.
• W. Schubert and M. Berg: On some methodological questions relating to the use of psychological test procedures in the context of the assessment of fitness to drive. In: magazine for traffic safety. Volume 47, 1, pp. 9-14, TÜV-Verlag, Cologne 2001.
• M. Berg and W. Schubert: The thematic test system Corporal for recording functions of attention. In: Reports of the Federal Highway Research Institute - People and Safety. Issue M 133, 2001, pp. 110-111.
• M. Berg and W. Schubert: Attention Deficits in Alcoholics. In: Reports of the Federal Highway Research Institute - People and Safety. Booklet M 152, 2003, pp. 170-172.
• M. Berg and W. Schubert: Attention Deficits in Alcoholics. In: blood alcohol. Volume 42, 2005, pp. 209-217.
• M. Berg, U. Kieschke and W. Schubert: Artificial proof of validity - Notes on traffic psychological validation of measuring devices. In: magazine for traffic safety. 54th volume, No. 4, 2008, pp. 183-187.
• M. Berg, D. Glaser and W. Schubert: A look at the "tunnel vision": An attention deficit as a result of harmful alcohol consumption. In: blood alcohol. Volume 47, 2010, pp. 10-20.
• M. Berg and W. Schubert: On the concept of theory-based validation of driving exercises and performance tests. In: magazine for traffic safety. 62nd volume, issue 1, 2016, pp. 33–37.
• W. Schubert and M. Berg: Seniors in road traffic - promoting and maintaining automotive mobility. German car law. In: ADAC magazine. 87th year, 2017, pp. 2–8.