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The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents. [1] For children between the ages of 6 and 16, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is commonly used.
The Wechsler IQ tests for children and for adults are the most frequently used individual IQ tests in the English-speaking world [34] and in their translated versions are perhaps the most widely used IQ tests worldwide. [35] The Wechsler tests have long been regarded as the "gold standard" in IQ testing. [36] The Wechsler Adult Intelligence ...
The Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR) is a neuropsychological assessment tool used to provide a measure of premorbid intelligence, the degree of Intellectual function prior to the onset of illness or disease. [1]
Cubes and a target pattern used in the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale test. A block design test is a subtest on many IQ test batteries used as part of assessment of human intelligence. It is thought to tap spatial visualization ability and motor skill. The test-taker uses hand movements to rearrange blocks that have various color patterns on ...
The British NART was re-standardized in 1991 to enable calculation of predicted IQ on the newer WAIS-R [4] and again in 2016 to provide premorbid estimates on the most recent WAIS-IV. [5] There are two versions of the NART devised for use in North America ; both feature a modified word list and re-standardization of predicted IQ.
One scale that has been developed and used with these tests has been the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale which breaks down ones full performance IQ into subsets like verbal IQ and performance IQ, getting more specific and elaborate as the scale for each individual develops. [2] The reliability of this test has been disputed, however.
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III (WAIS-III) divides Verbal IQ (VIQ) into two categories: Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) – vocabulary, similarities, information, and comprehension. Working Memory Index (WMI) – arithmetic, digit span, and letter-number sequencing. [13] [14] [15]
David "Weshy" Wechsler (/ ˈ w ɛ k s l ər /; January 12, 1896 – May 2, 1981) was a Romanian-American psychologist.He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) to get to know his patients at Bellevue Hospital.