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WISC-V |
Weschler intelligence scale for children five. Ages 6.0-16.11. 60 minutes and normed on 2200 children. |
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What is the FSIQ |
Most reliable score, predictor of important life outcomes and derived from the sum of 7 subtext scores. Its the most representative of global intellectual functioning. |
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What causes differwnce in IQ |
Heritability and environmental factors such as early ezposure to language, proper nutrition, and intellectual stimulation. |
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WAIS-IV |
Ages 16-90.11, 60-90 minutes. Normed on 2200. Yeils FSIQ and 4 index scales. |
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VCI |
Similarities, vocabulary, and information |
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WMI |
Digit span, and arithmetic |
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PSI |
Symbol search and coding |
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PRI |
Block design, matrix reasoning, and visual spacing |
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WPPSI-IV |
Measures cognitive development for preschoolers and young children. Age 2.6-7.7. 60-90 minutes. Normed on 1700. |
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WIAT-III |
Achievement test for clinical, educational, and research settings, ages 4.0-50.11. Time differes depending on grade level 60-120 minutes. Normed on 2200 16-90.11. |
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Standford binet 5 |
Popular for testing for giftedness to get into tag and private schools. 2.0-85+. About 60 minuted, normed on 4800. 10 subsets: 5 nonverbal, 5 verbal, fsiq |
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WASI-II |
Brief, measure of cognitive ability. Screens for intellectual disability and giftedness. Ages 6.0-90.11. 15-30 minutes. 2,300 individuals. |
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The 5 cognitive factors |
Fluid reasoning, quantitative, knowledge, visual spacial, working memory |
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What did Robert Yerkes do |
Chaired the committee on psychological examination of recruits and created intelligence tests for WWI. Called the Army Alpha Beta. 1.5 million recruits |
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Myers briggs |
Used for hiring to determine fit. 16 personality types based on 4 dichotomies. |
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Malingering |
Faking to get out of trouble. |
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Feigning |
Faking without a motive, for attention |
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Miller foresnic assessment test (M-FAST) |
Short 25 item interview. Used to determine feigning |
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Test |
A tool, standardized, normed |
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Assessment |
Multiple components, including tests, clinical interview, questionnaires, IQ and personality tests. |
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What is intelligence
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the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience |
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Advantages of a high IQ
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necessary for highly complex or fluid jobs, |
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How did David Wechsler describe intelligence
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the global capacity of a person to act purposefully, to think rationally, and deal effectively with his environment |
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The primary scale includes
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verbal communication, visual spatial, working memory, fluid reasoning, processing speed |
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the ancillary scale includes |
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fluid reasoning
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measures ability to use inductive and deductive reasoning while solving both verbal and nonverbal problems |
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knowledge
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quanitative |
assesses an individuals abilities with basic math concepts as well as pattering, sequencing, ordering, classifying, comparing, and numerical problem solving skills |
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visual spatial |
measures ability to identify patters, relationships, spatial orientations, and how individual pieces relate to whole images on display as well as solve problems using pictures, diagrams, shapes, and maps or tables |
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working memory |
assesses ability to access info just seen or heard and how that data is inspected, transformed or sorted when answering a question or solving a problem such as repeating number and letter sequences in order, tapping blocks in a predetermined pattern or identifying visual and verbal absurdities |
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how many hours did participants report spend conducting assessments
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6 |
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how many hours were spent scoring assesments |
6.5 |
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what percentage of participants didn't conduct assesment |
20 percent |
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how much of direct practice was spent conducting assesments |
24 percent |
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who spent more time conducting assesments
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forensic psychologists 50 percent compared to 27 percent in non forensic setting |
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how many hours a week did 17 percent of psychologists spend on assessments
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10
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