Essentials of WAIS-IV Assessment.
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the WAIS-IV. Providing a clinically rich and innovative theory-based interpretive system, this book offers state-of-the-art interpretation of the most popular intelligence test for adults. In addition,...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
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2012.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Essentials of psychological assessment series.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Series Page; Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Series Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: One Introduction and Overview; Introduction; History and Development; Binet-Simon Scales; Terman's Stanford-Binet; World War I Tests; Wechsler's Creativity; WAIS-IV and Its Predecessors; Wechsler-Bellevue Subtests That Survive on the WAIS-IV; Wechsler's Legacy; Purposes of Assessing Adults and Adolescents; Foundations of the WAIS-IV: Theory and Research; Standardization and Psychometric Properties of the WAIS-IV.
- Ethnic Differences in IQOverview of Ethnic Differences on the WAIS-IV; Comprehensive References on Test; Chapter 2: Two How to Administer the WAIS-IV; Appropriate Testing Conditions; Rapport with Examinee; Testing Individuals With Special Needs; Administration Considerations; Subtest-by-Subtest Rules of Administration; Chapter 3: Three How to Score the WAIS-IV; Types of Scores; Step-by-Step: How the WAIS-IV Is Scored; Chapter 4: Four How to Interpret the WAIS-IV: Conceptual and Clinical Foundations; Intelligent Testing Philosophy; Tying Together the Tenets of Intelligent Testing.
- Qualitative and Clinical Analyses of the WAIS-IVSubtest-by-Subtest Qualitative and Clinical Analyses; Chapter 5: Five How to Interpret the WAIS-IV: Step-by-Step; Introduction to Interpretation; Steps 1-3: Analyze the FSIQ and the Index Profile; Introduction to Steps 4-10: Two Paths of Interpretation; Introduction to Steps 11-12: Analyzing Planned Clinical Comparisons; Chapter 6: Six Clinical Applications I: A Neuropsychological Approach to Interpretation of the WAIS-IV and the Use of the WAIS-IV in Learning Disability Assessments; Introduction; Levels of Interpretation.
- Neuropsychological Interpretation of WAIS-IV PerformanceWhat Do the Verbal Comprehension Subtests Measure?; What Do the Perceptual Reasoning Subtests Measure?; What Do the Working Memory Subtests Measure?; What Do the Processing Speed Subtests Measure?; Learning Disability Assessment and the WAIS-IV; Constraints on Learning and Production; Conceptions of Learning Disability; Ability and Achievement Deficit Model of Learning Disability; Reporting WAIS-IV Results in an Integrated Report Format; Chapter 7: Seven Clinical Applications II: Age and Intelligence Across the Adult Life Span.
- Do Cognitive Abilities Decline With Advancing Age? A Cross-Sectional ApproachDoes IQ Decline With Advancing Age? A Longitudinal Approach; Two Groundbreaking Longitudinal Investigations of IQ and Aging; Longitudinal Investigations of Wechsler's Scales Using Independent Samples; Longitudinal Study of WAIS-III and WAIS-IV Factor Indexes; Overview of the Wechsler Longitudinal Investigations With Independent Samples; Interpretation of Cognitive Decline: Speed or Problem Solving; Can Cognitive Decline Be Slowed or Predicted in Advance?