| Description |
xiii, 753 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
IQ tests: their history, use, validity, and intelligent interpretation -- Heritability and malleability of IQ and attacks on the IQ construct -- From the Wechsler-Bellevue I to WAIS to the WAIS-R -- WAIS-R research on administration, scoring, and stability over time -- Short forms of the WAIS-R -- Individual differences on the WAIS-R stratification variables -- Age and IG across the adult life span -- Factor analysis of the WAIS-R -- V-P IQ discrepancies: base rates, lateralized brain damage, and diverse correlates -- V-P Iq discrepancies in brain-damaged adults: interactions with gender, race, and other patient variables -- V-P IQ discrepancies in brain-damaged adults: subtest patterns, the laterality index, and clinical issues -- WAIS-R profile interpretations: what the subtests measure -- WAIS-R profile interpretation: empirical approaches -- WAIS-R profile interpretation: generating hypotheses -- Mental retardation: adaptive behavior assessment and giftedness / Patti L. Harrison -- Memory, cognitive, and achievement supplements to the WAIS-R -- Neuropsychological assessment / George W. Hynd and Margaret Semrud-Clikman |
| Analysis |
Intelligence tests |
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Teenagers Intelligence testing |
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 697-739) and indexes |
| Subject |
Intelligence tests.
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Teenagers -- Intelligence testing.
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
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Intelligence Tests.
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| LC no. |
90030448 |
| ISBN |
0205123902 |
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