Assessing Intellect and Cognition

Question 1

Verbal learning, some examples?

Answer 1

Not just memory, practice through repetition.

Eg. Distractor list, delayed recall, recognition

Question 2

Executive function, examples?

Answer 2

Planning, reasoning, sequencing, set shifting.

Eg. Tower of Hanoi, Organizing cards, tell me a story based off this picture

Question 3

What is intelligence? What did Binet & Simon, Terman, Eysenck, Sattler, and Weschler say about intelligence?

Answer 3

Collection of cognitive processes.
Binet & Simon: Judge, understand, reason
Terman: Form concepts, grasp significance
Eysenck: Error-free transmission
Sattler: Survival skills
Weschler: Act purposefully, think rationally

Question 4

What are the 3 principles of cognition according to Spearman’s G?

Answer 4

1) Understanding
2) You’ve figured out that there’s a relationship between 2 things
3) You’ve figured out that relationships are related (correlation)

Question 5

What are the 4 components in the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV?

Answer 5

Verbal comprehension (similarities, vocab, info).
Perceptual reasoning (block design, matrix reasoning, visual puzzles).
Working memory (digit span, coding).
Processing speed (symbol search, coding).

Question 6

Aptitude vs Achievement?

Answer 6

Aptitude: potential IQ
Achievement: actual performance

Question 7

Flynn Effect

Answer 7

Issue with intelligence testing, you’re smarter than your grandparents.

Question 8

What is WAIS-IV?

Answer 8

Verbal comprehension (understand, use, & think with spoken language).

Question 9

Perceptual Reasoning Index (fluid vs crystallized intelligence)

Answer 9

Ability to accurately interpret, organize, & think with visual info.
Fluid: Innate intelligence
Crystallized: What we’ve learned in life

Question 10

What are some tasks in perceptual reasoning?

Answer 10

Block design, matrix reasoning, visual puzzles

Question 11

What is working memory index? Some examples to figure out how good someones working memory index is?

Answer 11

Mental math. If I turned this bookshelf to the side would it fit through the door?
Eg. Digit span, arithmetic

Question 12

What is processing speed?

Answer 12

Visual and motor speed.

Question 13

What are some examples of processing speed index?

Answer 13

Symbol search (ST visual memory, visual motor memory, visual discrimination), coding (ST visual memory).

Question 14

What are some examples of supplemental scales? Why would you ever use a supplemental scale?

Answer 14

Perceptual reasoning (picture completion), working memory (letter-number sequencing), processing speed (cancellation).

Only use if something went wrong during administration…eg. someone walked into the room.

Question 15

What is full scale IQ (FSIQ)?

Answer 15

Sum of verbal (GAI) and non-verbal (CPI) scales

Question 16

What are projective tests? How does meaning play into this?

Answer 16

These tests are ambiguous, there is no meaning to them because the stimuli has no meaning. This means that anything the person says reflects their personality

Question 17

What are some examples of projective tests?

Answer 17

Association, construction, completion, arrangement/selection, expression.

Question 18

What are self-report measures? What do they assess?

Answer 18

You just hand them to the person and they’re responsible for thinking of and interpreting the questions, can’t usually ask for clarification.

They assess personality, symptoms, attitudes, behaviors, emotional experiences, abilities and aptitudes, etc.