Scales & Instruments

Question 1

what is the most famous and commonly used Intelligence test in clinical practice?

Answer 1

WAIS
Wechsler Adult Intellingence Scalew

Question 2

what is child version of WIAS?

Answer 2

WISC
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

Question 3

What is the current version of WAIS?

Answer 3

WAIS-IV

Question 4

What are four index in WAIS-IV

Answer 4

-Verbal Comprehension Index
-Working Memory Index
-Perceptual Reasoning Index
-Processing Speed Index

Question 5

What are subsets for Verbal Comprehension Index

Answer 5

Vocabulary
Comprehension
Similarity
Information

Question 6

what are the subsets for the perceptual reasoning index?

Answer 6

Block design
Matrix Reasoning
Visual Puzzles
Picture completion
Figure weights

Question 7

What are the subsets for working memory index?

Answer 7

digit span
arithmetics
Letter-number sequencing

Question 8

what are subsets for processing speed subsets

Answer 8

symbol searching
Coding
Cancellation

Question 9

what does WAIS gives away?

Answer 9

Full scale IQ = scores for all indices

General ability Index = Score for verbal and perceptual reasoning

Question 10

average score on wais?

Answer 10

100 (85-115)

Question 11

when do wais score get inaccurate?

Answer 11

when goes to extremes of IQs (70-130)

Question 12

what percentage fall below 70?

Answer 12

approx. 3%