Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment

Question 1

Measure intellectual abilities

Answer 1

Intelligence tests

Question 2

Measure accomplishments in academic areas

Answer 2

Achievement tests

Question 3

Focus on cognitive dysfunction, often from brain injury or illness

Answer 3

Neuropsychological tests

Question 4

”g” for general (single) intelligence

Answer 4

Charles Spearman

Question 5

Intelligence is plural abilities that may not relate to each other

Answer 5

Louis Thurstone

Question 6

Two separate intelligences (Fluid intelligence & Fluid intelligence)

Answer 6

James McKeen Cattell

Question 7

Ability to reason when faced with novel problems

Answer 7

Fluid intelligence

Question 8

Body of knowledge accumulated through life experiences

Answer 8

Crystallized intelligence

Question 9

Three-stratum theory (“g,” 8 broad factors, 60 specific abilities)

Answer 9

John Carroll

Question 10

Originally created by David Wechsler in early 1900s.

Answer 10

Wechsler Intelligence Tests

Question 11

Dominated in early 1900s until Wechsler’s tests began to compete.

Answer 11

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales—5th Edition (SB5)

Question 12

What a person can accomplish intellectually

Answer 12

Intelligence

Question 13

What a person has accomplished, especially reading, spelling, writing, or math

Answer 13

Achievement

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Neuropsychological Testing

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery (HRB)

Question 16

• 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

Answer 16

Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test – Second Edition

Question 17

Brief pencil-and-paper drawing task, but unlike Bender-Gestalt, involves just a single, more complex figure. Also includes a memory component

Answer 17

Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test

Question 18

– Neuropsych screen focusing on a broader range of abilities than Bender-Gestalt or Rey-Osterrieth
– 12 subtests in less than half hour

Answer 18

Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)

Question 19

– Assesses memory problems due to brain injury, dementia, substance abuse, etc.
– Ages 16-90
– Assesses visual and auditory memory, immediate and delayed recall

Answer 19

Wechsler Memory Scale – Fourth Edition (WMS-IV)