{"id":160,"date":"2024-08-23T11:34:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2024-08-23T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T11:34:08","slug":"wechsler-adult-intelligence-scale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wechsler-adult-intelligence-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Basic subtest interpretation in WAIS-R<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name<\/td>Functions<\/td>High<\/td>Low<\/td><\/tr>
Full Scale IQ<\/td>broad assessment of g<\/em><\/td>well-rounded intellectual skills, good knowledge base, ability to think fast under pressure, high g<\/em><\/td>mental retardation, poor education, poor concentration, neurological problems<\/td><\/tr>
Verbal IQ<\/td>Verbal comprehension, ability to use verbal skills in problem solving<\/td>good knowledge base, abstract thinking, social judgment, concentration<\/td>poor knowledge base, abstract thinking, social judgment, concentration<\/td><\/tr>
Information<\/td>knowledge base, premorbid functioning in dementia<\/td>good knowledge base<\/td>poor education, not mainstream American, psychosis, brain damage<\/td><\/tr>
Digit Span<\/td>short-term auditory memory, attention span, concentration<\/td>good forward – good attention span, good backward – concentration<\/td>brain damage, mental retardation, fatigue, anxiety<\/td><\/tr>
Vocabulary<\/td>g<\/em>, vocabulary, education, verbal abstract conceptualization, premorbid functioning, resistant to anxiety<\/td>good g<\/em>, vocabulary, education, verbal abstract conceptualization<\/td>poor education, not mainstream American, psychosis, early brain damage<\/td><\/tr>
Arithmetic<\/td>arithmetic knowledge, problem-solving ability, concentration<\/td>good arithmetic knowledge, problem-solving ability, concentration<\/td>poor schooling, concentration, hearing, learning disability, anxiety, depression (timing)<\/td><\/tr>
Comprehension<\/td>practical knowledge, social norms exposure<\/td>good practical knowledge, social norms exposure and understanding<\/td>long-term disfunction, psychosis, poor socialization, not mainstream American<\/td><\/tr>
Similarities<\/td>abstract reasoning, categorization, verbal conceptualization, logic<\/td>good abstract reasoning, categorization, verbal conceptualization, logic<\/td>long-term dysfunction, brain damage – too concrete, emotional disorders, psychosis – overgeneralized<\/td><\/tr>
Performance IQ<\/td>efficiency and integrity of perceptual organization, visuo-spatial skills<\/td>good visuo-spatial skills, learning, and speed, ability to think fast under pressure, attention to detail<\/td>poor visuo-spatial skills, learning, and speed, ability to think fast under pressure, attention to detail<\/td><\/tr>
Picture Completion<\/td>perceptual discrimination, visual memory, alertness to detail, concentration<\/td>good perceptual discrimination, visual memory, alertness to detail, concentration<\/td>psychosis, poor concentration, poor perceptual-conceptual integration, not mainstream American<\/td><\/tr>
Picture Arrangement<\/td>social skills, planning ability, alertness to detail<\/td>good social skills, planning ability, alertness to detail<\/td>left hemisphere or frontal damage, psychosis, anxiety<\/td><\/tr>
Block Design<\/td>non-verbal reasoning, least culture-bound<\/td>good visuo-spatial skills, non-verbal reasoning<\/td>brain damage, can differentiate from schizophrenia<\/td><\/tr>
Object Assembly<\/td>visuo-motor coordination, part-whole relationship analysis<\/td>good visuo-motor coordination, part-whole relationship analysis, persistence<\/td>psychosis, depression, first two – left hemisphere damage (line cues), other two – right hemisphere<\/td><\/tr>
Digit Symbol<\/td>visuo-motor speed<\/td>visual memory, coordination, non-verbal learning, persistence<\/td>anxiety, poor concentration, psychomotor retardation, brain damage<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
110-119<\/td>high average<\/td>90.8<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
90-109<\/td>average<\/td>74.8<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
80-89<\/td>low average<\/td>25.2<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
70-79<\/td>borderline<\/td>9.2<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<70<\/td>mentally deficient<\/td>2.3<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Index scores added in WAIS-III<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Verbal Comprehension (abstract verbal reasoning and knowledge base)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Perceptual Organization (abstract non-verbal reasoning, constructional skills, attention to detail)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Working Memory (ability to mentally manipulate information without visual aids, concentration, immediate memory)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Processing Speed (speed of information processing, attention, concentration)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New subtests added in WAIS-III and IV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NB: Verbal and performance IQ scores as well as the Picture Aarangement and Object Assembly subtests have been removed by WAIS-IV, Digit Symbol subtest has been renamed “Coding”, Digit Span subtest has had a mental control section added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Matrix Reasoning (non-verbal reasoning, pattern recognition, novel problem solving)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Visual Puzzles (nonverbal reasoning, analysis and synthesis of abstract visual stimuli)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Letter-Number Sequencing (attention, concentration, immediate memory)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Figure Weights (quantitative and analogical reasoning)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WAIS-IV Matrix Reasoning subtest pattern analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SA. Same + 1 variable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SB. 1 variable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Same<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Same + 1 variable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Same + 1 variable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Same + 1 variable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. 1 variable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Pattern completion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Pattern completion + 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Pattern completion + 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Pattern completion + 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. Rotation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. Rotation + 1 variable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16. 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17. 2 variables<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18. Rotation + 1 variable<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19. Rotation + irrelevancy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20. 2 variables + irrelevancy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21. Subtraction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22. Addition + Rotation+ irrelevancy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23. 2 variables + 2 irrelevancy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24. 1 variable + 2 differences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25. Figure-ground switch + subtraction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26. No idea. Submissions welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basic subtest interpretation in WAIS-R Name Functions High Low Full Scale IQ broad assessment of g well-rounded intellectual skills, good knowledge base, ability to think fast under pressure, high g mental retardation, poor education, poor concentration, neurological problems Verbal IQ Verbal comprehension, ability to use verbal skills in problem solving good knowledge base, abstract thinking, social judgment, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scarletline.com\/aglezerman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}