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Clinical interpretation of the WAIS-III and WMS-III /

This guide to the WAIS-III and WMS-III tests is written to help clinical practitioners achieve efficient and accurate interpretations of test results. The only interpretive guide to be based on data obtained while standardizing the tests, this reference source provides new models for interpreting re...

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Other Authors: Tulsky, David S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
Wechsler Memory Scale.
Adulthood.
Intelligence tests.
Intellect.
Human beings.
Adult
Humans
Intelligence Tests
Wechsler Scales
Intelligence
Research Design
Homo sapiens (species)
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0585492050
9780585492056
9780127035703
0127035702
0080490662
9780080490663
1280927100
9781280927102
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The Evolution of the Wechsler Scales
  • Historical Overview of Intelligence and Memory: Factors Influencing the Wechsler Scales / David S. Tulsky, Donald H. Saklofske, Joseph H. Ricker
  • The early 1800s
  • Galton and Cattell
  • Spearman's Two-Factor Theory and Thorndike's Multifactorial Theory
  • Binet and Simon: The Measurement of Intelligence in Children
  • Yerkes and intelligence tests in the Military
  • The Wechsler Scales of Intelligence
  • History of Memory Assessment
  • The Concept of Memory
  • Clinical Assessment of Memory
  • Revising a Standard: An Evaluation of the Origin and Development of the WAIS-III / David S. Tulsky, Donald H. Saklofske, Jianjun Zhu
  • Why a Revision Was Necessary
  • Changing Test Scores and Norms
  • Revised Test Structure
  • Goals for the WAIS-III Revision
  • Deciding What to Change
  • Changes and Reactions
  • Emphasis on the Factor Scores
  • Events Leading up to the WAIS-III
  • Wechsler's Unrealized Goal: Measurement of Nonintellective Factors
  • Description of Subtests
  • Vocabulary
  • Information
  • Similarities
  • Comprehension
  • Block Design
  • Picture Completion
  • Matrix Reasoning
  • Picture Arrangement
  • Object Assembly
  • Letter Number Sequencing
  • Digit Span
  • Arithmetic
  • Digit Symbol
  • Symbol Search
  • The Wechsler Memory Scale, Third Edition: A New Perspective / David S. Tulsky, Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, Barton W. Palmer, Gordon J. Chelune
  • Historical Factors Leading to the Development of the Wechsler Memory Scale
  • The Wechsler Memory Scale
  • The Publication of the WMS-R.

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