Tests Flashcards
Standford Binet (SB5)
measures cognitive ability, assist in psycho educational evaluation, diagnose developmental disabilities, ages 2 through 85
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV)
measures intellectual ability of late adolescents and adults. measures full scale IQ and general ability
WISC-V
variation of the WAIS-IV for children 6 through 17. diagnoses autism, ADHD, and other learning disorders.
WPPSI-IV
made for children 2 1/2 through 7. for 2 to 3 measures verbal comprehension and perceptual organization. for children 4 and older processing speed is also measured.
Klaufman Test of Educational Achievement (KTEA-3)
measures academic ability in children grades 1 through 12. provides scores in reading, math, and written language.
Cognitive Assessment System (CAS2)
for children ages 5 to 18. based on planning, attention, simultaneous processing, and sequential processing.
Slosson Tests
made to estimate intelligence in order to identify children at risk of educational failure.
Vineland Behavior Scales
measures communication, daily living skills, and socialization, for the purpose of developing special education programs.
AAIDD Adaptive Behavior Scales
measures personal self-sufficiency, community self-sufficiency, personal-social responsibility, social adjustment, and personal adjustment. for ages 4 through 21.
Denver II
screens for developmental delays by observing child’s performance . for children 2 and younger.
Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID-III)
for children 1 to 42 months. assesses mental, motor, and behavior rating scales.
Fagan Test of Intelligence
tries to gauge information processing speed of infant to predict childhood IQ.
Leiter Internal Performance Scale (Leiter-3)
measures cognitive abilities for people ages 2-21. measures visualization, reasoning, memory, and attention.
Raven’s Progress Matrices
measures general intelligence, nonverbally.
Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS)
tests general reasoning ability , does not require fine mother skills or verbal responses. best for students with cerebral palsy, brain damage, intellectual disability, and speech impediments.
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-4)
measures receptive vocabulary without requiring verbal responses
Haptic Intelligence Scales (HIS)
uses tactile stimuli, best for blind/partially slighted individuals.
Hiskey-Nebraska Test of Learning Aptitude (H-NTLA)
12 nonverbal subtests that can be administered verbally or in pantomime. best for assessing children with hearing impairments.
Differential aptitude tests (DAT)
identify job related abilities and uses for career counseling and employee selection
general aptitude test battery (GATB)
for vocational counseling and job placement.
psychomotor tests
used to assess dexterity, perceptual and spatial skills, and mechanical reasoning.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2)
originally developed to diagnose psych patients, commonly used to assess personality and behavior through profile analysis.
Rorschach Inkblot Test
a form of projective test, usually not clinically effective.
Thematic Appreciation Test (TAT)
client is asked to make up a story based on a random presentation of picture cards.
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS)
presents questions in “either-or” format to prevent clients from answering in ways that are socially desirable.
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF 5thEd)
assesses 16 primary personality traits and 5 secondary traits.
NEO-Personality Inventory (NEO-3)
assess individuals level of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience.
Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT)
assess visual memory, spatial perception, and visual motor skills in order to diagnose brain damage. client is asked to reproduce from memory geometric patterns on a series of 10 cards.
Beery Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery-VMI-6)
assess visual motor skills in children. also uses reproduction of geometric shapes.
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WSCT)
assess the ability to form abstract concepts and shift cognitive strategies.
Stroop Color Word Association (SCWT)
measure of cognitive flexibility, tests an individuals ability to suppress a habitual reaction to stimulus.
Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE)
measures cognitive functioning of older adults, specifically their orientation, registration, attention and calculation, recall, language, and visual construction.
Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery (HRNB)
group of tests tat are effective at differentiating between normal people and those with brain damage.
Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (Bender-Gestalt II)
uses 16 stimulus cards containing geometric figures which client most either copy or recall.
