Wais Info For Final 2005

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effort; prior knowledge of test; examiner error; visual/hearing impairments; esl; environment testing facilities; medical issues (feeling sick)

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Factors that can affect the validity of the test

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What are some of the practice effects if you retest w/in 6 months

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Perf > verbal; FSIQ increases by 8 points

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Learning potential; General info processing ability; global cognitive skills; level of complexity a person can handle; 98 %

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130+ "Gifted/ Very superior"

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Learn at a very fast rate; avg. med/doc student; behav. difficulties (due to under stimulation); 91-91%

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120-129 "Very superior"

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Adequate for complex jobs; Good in grad/college; 91-75%

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110-119 "Above/ High Avg"

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Mainstream academics; fine in college; 25-75%

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90-109 "Average"

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Maintained in mainstream class usually; go to college, slower paced; Occupationally --> skilled labor; 9-25%

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80-89 "Below Average"

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Not good in mainstream class usually; Peack at 6th/7th grade; think conceretly; occupation --> semi skilled labor; live indepent., but many develop adaptive living problems; 2-9%

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70-79 "Borderline"

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Require spedcial edu; Peak at 2-6th grades; Can maintain competitive employment in structure/repeative settings; trouble living independtly; understanding complex instructions; can apply for ARC; 1-2%

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60-69 "Mildly Impaired"

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What IQ level is declared edu. mentally handicapped?

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60-69 "Mildly Impaired"

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Occupation: not likely capable; shelter workshop settings may work; require assistance in daily living; < 1%

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50-59 "Moder. Impaired"

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Trainably mentally handicapped/retardation; <1%

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45-49 "Severely Impaired"

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What's the lowest you can score on the WAIS?

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45

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At what age must mental retardation be diagnosed?

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18 years old

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Deficits in adaptable behav. functioning; ability to care for self; maturity; communication skills; socialization; use of community resources; intelligence

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criteria to be diagnosed at Mentally Retarded

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Mental age = 8 yrs; Edu Level = 6th grade; Group home environment;

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Mild Mental Retardation; 50-55 to 69

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Shelter workshop environ w/ supervision; group home with supervision

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Moderate Mental Retardation; 50-55 to 35-40

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Extensive training for language and life skills needed; require hospital setting living environ.

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Severe Mental Retardation; 20-25 to 35-40

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Require 24/7 care and supervision; not toilet trained; can't walk or feed self; live in institutional setting

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Pround Mental Retardation; 20-25 and below

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Abilities overlearned; most resistant to neuro injuries unles damage to left hemisphere; more resistant to dementia

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Crystalized Intell.

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More sensitive to edu. background; more sensitive to cultural/language factors; hearing impairment

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Factors affecting VIQ

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Crystalized Intell; how well you learn verbally

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VIQ

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Fluid Intell; Process nonverbal info (learn visually)

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PIQ

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ability to deal or process nove stimuli; associated with right hemisphere; affected by neuro injuries

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Fluid Intell.

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Unmotivated (lowers speed); Cultural factors (aren't as concerned about time as US)

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Factors affecting PIQ

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Auditory > Verbal Learner

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VIQ > PIQ

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What should you rule out if VIQ > PIQ

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motor/visual deficits; methodical belief; motivation

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Visual Learner > Verbal Learner

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PIQ > VIQ

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What to rule out if PIQ > VIQ

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Hearing/speech deficit; ESL; Edu. Deprivation; Left Hemisphere injury

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What indecies make up VIQ

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VCIQ; WMI

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What indicies make up PIQ?

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PSI; POI

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Index of verbal reasoning skills; expressive lanugage ability

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VCI

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What Index is the least affected by head trauma

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VCI

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VOC, SI, INFO

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Subtests that make up VCI

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What index is most affected by language problems?

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VCI

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Index of attention and concentration skills (auditiory short term attention and concentration)

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WMI

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Ar, DS, LNS

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Subtests that make up WMI

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When there is a major deficit b/w FSIQ and WMI what should you rule out?

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Hearing impairments, ADHD, anxiety, depression, rapidly progressing condition, dementia

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Visio spatial and constructional skills; right hemisphere

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POI

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PC, BD, MR

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Subtests that make up POI

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motor def.; fatigue; culture; motivation; visual deficits

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Factors that could influence POI

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Psychomotor processing speed; fine motor coordination

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PSI

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DS-coding, SS

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Subtests that make up PSI

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What can highly influence PSI

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anxiety; depression

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How can you rule out fatigue by looking at PSI subtests?

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Lower SS score vs CD

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How can you rule out anxiety by looking at PSI subtests?

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Lower CD score than SS

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PSI < FSIQ .... what could that mean?

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Depression, anxiety, ADHD (in conjuction with WMI)

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In IQs of 115 and above, how many sig. points do we need for a sig. difference?

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21

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indicator of lang. dev; overall word power and knowledge

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Vocab

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what's the best indicator of overall intell?

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Vocab

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What subtest is most resistant to brain damage

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Voc

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abstract reasoning skills; verbal concept formation

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SI

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Attention/concentration; ability to manipulate info verbally; numerical reasoning skills

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Arth

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When Ar is a weakness, what should you rule out?

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LD in math; depressions, anxiety, brain damage

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attention/concentration; short term auditory skills

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DS/ LNS

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What subtests are most sensitive to faking?

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DS and LNS

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what tests are NOT sentitive to malingering

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DS, LNS

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What's the difference b/w DS and LNS?

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Simple vs. Complex tasks

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Fundamental knowlege

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Info

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When Info is a weakness, what should you rule out?

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Limited edu/exposure

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T or F: Info is resistant to brain damage

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True

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Understanding of US culture, social judgement; common sense

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Comp.

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When Comp. is a weakness, what should you rule out?

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Reduced exposure to US Cultural norms

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T or F: PC and MR require motor skills

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False

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Essential vs. Nonessential details in environ.; ability to scan and discriminate

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Pic. Comp.

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What subtest is most sensitive to test anxiety?

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Pic Comp

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Psychomotor Processing Speed

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Coding/SS

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CD or SS: Requires more fine motor coordination

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CD

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CD or SS: more susceptiable to fatigue

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SS

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visiospatial and constructional skills

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Block Des.

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What two tests are best predictors of overall intell. out of perf. subtests?

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BD and MR

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non-verbal abstract reasoning

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MR

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What subtest is more highly correlated with how someone does on verbal?

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MR

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Ability to size up visiually presented situations

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Pic Arr.

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What does a weakness in Pic Arr indicate?

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Can't understand non verbal social skills/ consequences

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What population usually has a strength in Pic Arr

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Sociopath

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Perceptual organization and construct. skills

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Obj Assem.

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What is the most reliable perf. subtest?

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Obj Assem.