This is a timed quiz.
You have 25 minutes to complete the 25 questions in this quiz.
Removal of the VIQ and PIQ was the major structural change implemented from the WAIS-III to the WAIS-IV
Which subtest is NOT new to the WAIS-IV?
Visual Puzzles
Figure Weights
Cancellation
Symbol Search
The results of confirmatory factor analysis that supported a Five-Factor CHC model showed three WAIS-IV subtests to load highly on the fluid reasoning (Gf) factor. These subtests are Figure Weights, Matrix Reasoning, and
Block Design
Picture Completion
Letter-Number Sequencing
Similarities
Arithmetic
In establishing rapport with the examinee during the administration of the WAIS-IV, you may tell him or her:
You got that answer correct, nice work.
Most test takers find some questions easy and some questions quite difficult.
We won't be able to complete the test unless you refrain from using the restroom during the evaluation.
That wasn't quite right, let's do another one.
When applying the reverse rule, you must
Go back to Item 1 and administer all items sequentially until you get to where you started.
Go back to administer items until one earlier item is correct.
Go back to administer items until two consecutive items are correct, not including the item with which you initially started.
Go back to administer items until two consecutive items are correct, including the item with which you initially started.
If you are administering a subtest with subjective scoring and are unsure of what score an examinee's response should get, it is best to take a few minutes to carefully review that item's scoring rules and tell the examinee to wait quietly.
Which subtests require the use of a stopwatch?
Digit Span
Vocabulary
You may repeat questions or instructions only on Verbal Comprehension subtests and never on Perceptual Reasoning subtests.
Like earlier editions of Wechsler's adult tests, the WAIS-IV scaled scores are determined by comparing an individual's performance to that of the reference group of adults ages 20-34.
If Digit Span is a spoiled subtest, which of the following subtests can replace it?
Which one of the following scales is NOT safe to prorate?
Full Scale IQ
Perceptual Reasoning Index
Verbal Comprehension Index
Processing Speed Index
Of the WAIS-IV process tasks, which ones yield a Scaled Score in addition to the Raw Score?
Block Design No Time Bonus (BDN)
Longest digit Span Sequence (LDSS)
Longest Digit Span Forward (LDSF)
Longest Digit Span Backward (LDSB)
Longest Letter-Number Sequence (LLNS)
All of the following are principles of the intelligent testing philosophy EXCEPT:
Subtests measure what the individual has learned.
Subtests are samples of behavior and not exhaustive.
Behavioral observations and background information are of little importance in interpreting a person's test profile
Test batteries are optimally useful when interpreted from a theoretical model.
IQ tests assess mental functioning under fixed experimental conditions.
Which WAIS-IV subtest is affected by a person's visual-perceptual problems and also has a long research history as being especially vulnerable to brain damage?
Digit Span Forward
Which WAIS-IV subtest (apart from Arithmetic) is most likely to be viewed as a math-like test by examinees who are "mathematically minded" or who are skilled in the concepts of algebra?
Information
If the FSIQ is not interpretable,
the GAI should automatically be designated as the best representation of a person's general intellectual ability.
determine if the GAI can be calculated and interpreted as a reliable and valid estimate of a person's general intellectual ability.
the WAIS-IV is not a good test to measure the person's IQ.
the CPI sould be considered as the best measure of the person's general intellectual ability.
Alex obtained a PRI of 79, which is significantly lower than his other indexes and is uncommon in the normal population. Alex's PRI is best described as a
Key Asset.
Personal Strength.
Personal Weakness.
High Priority Concern.
The interpretive validity and the reliability of the assessment process are increased by illuminating the unexplained sources of variability in performance taht may be inferred from careful clinical observations of how examinees are using cognitive capacities.
A child with a learning disability in the area of reading may have deficits in which of the following areas?
phonology.
orthography.
oral-motor processes.
executive function.
The biggest threats to the conclusions that can be drawn from longitudinal studies of aging and intelligence are progressive error (the effects of practice) and
boredom.
verbal expression.
short-term memory.
selective attrition.
Research studies on elderly samples have consistently shown that if time limits are removed on Wechsler's Performance subtests, then elderly adults improve their scores significantly on virtually all subtests.
Although a percentage of the clinical samples that had ADHD or major depression were on medication during the assessment of the WAIS-IV, it is not important to consider that factor in interpreting the results of these clinical group studies.
Individuals who are gifted would likely perform the best on which of the following subtests?
Coding
Except for the reading disorder group and the autistic disorder groups, all other clinical groups displayed a VCI > PRI pattern.
No Working Memory subtest was among the top three scaled scores for any clinical sample, except for which one of the clinical samples?
Asperger's Disorder
Intellectually Gifted
Probable Alzheimer's Dementia
ADHD