Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment Flashcards
Measure intellectual abilities
Intelligence tests
Measure accomplishments in academic areas
Achievement tests
Focus on cognitive dysfunction, often from brain injury or illness
Neuropsychological tests
”g” for general (single) intelligence
Charles Spearman
Intelligence is plural abilities that may not relate to each other
Louis Thurstone
Two separate intelligences (Fluid intelligence & Fluid intelligence)
James McKeen Cattell
Ability to reason when faced with novel problems
Fluid intelligence
Body of knowledge accumulated through life experiences
Crystallized intelligence
Three-stratum theory (“g,” 8 broad factors, 60 specific abilities)
John Carroll
Originally created by David Wechsler in early 1900s.
Wechsler Intelligence Tests
Dominated in early 1900s until Wechsler’s tests began to compete.
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales—5th Edition (SB5)
What a person can accomplish intellectually
Intelligence
What a person has accomplished, especially reading, spelling, writing, or math
Achievement
Measure cognitive functioning or impairment of the brain and its specific components or structures. Additional purposes: to make prognosis, plan rehab, determine eligibility for accommodations, etc. Often used after a head injury, a brain illness, or prolonged alcohol or drug use
Neuropsychological Testing
Comprehensive battery of 8 neuropsychological tests. Primary purpose is to identify people with brain damage and, to the extent possible, provide detailed information or hypotheses about any brain damage identified
Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery (HRB)
- Most commonly used neuropsychological screen among clinical psychologists
– 6 minutes to administer
– Simple copying test using 9 geometric designs
– A quick “check,” followed by more tests as necessary
– Can suggest brain damage in a diffuse, but not specific, way
Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test – Second Edition
Brief pencil-and-paper drawing task, but unlike Bender-Gestalt, involves just a single, more complex figure. Also includes a memory component
Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test
– Neuropsych screen focusing on a broader range of abilities than Bender-Gestalt or Rey-Osterrieth
– 12 subtests in less than half hour
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)
– Assesses memory problems due to brain injury, dementia, substance abuse, etc.
– Ages 16-90
– Assesses visual and auditory memory, immediate and delayed recall
Wechsler Memory Scale – Fourth Edition (WMS-IV)
