Report Writing

Question 1

WAIS Similarities

Answer 1

-“abstract verbal reasoning”
-Verbal Comprehension

Question 2

WAIS Comprehension

Answer 2

-“common sense reasoning and understanding of societal conventions”
-Verbal Comprehension

Question 3

WAIS Information

Answer 3

-“fundamentals of general knowledge”
-Verbal Comprehension

Question 4

WAIS Vocabulary

Answer 4

-“expressive vocabulary”
-Verbal Comprehension

Question 5

WAIS Matrix Reasoning

Answer 5

-“Abstract reasoning on a visuoperceptual test requiring pattern recognition”
-Perceptual Reasoning

Question 6

WAIS Visual Puzzles

Answer 6

-“part to whole synthesis requiring mental rotation”
-Perceptual Reasoning

Question 7

WAIS Block Design

Answer 7

-“analysis of abstract visuospatial information”
-Perceptual Reasoning

Question 8

WAIS Picture Completion

Answer 8

-“Nonverbal reasoning on a test requiring recognition of major anomalies (a necessary but missing element) in visual scenes”
-Perceptual Reasoning

Question 9

WAIS Picture Arrangement

Answer 9

Nonverbal sequential reasoning regarding pictorially-presented behavioral activities and social interactions was low average

Question 10

WAIS Digit Span

Answer 10

• Auditory attention and working memory as assessed by digit repetition and sequencing
• Working memory, attention

Question 11

WAIS Arithmetic

Answer 11

• Attention and working memory on a task requiring problem-solving and mental manipulation of numerical operations was superior”; “working memory measured by mental arithmetic
• Working Memory

Question 12

WAIS Coding

Answer 12

• Speeded digit-symbol substitution
• Processing speed

Question 13

WAIS Symbol Search

Answer 13

• Speeded visual search for abstract symbols and matching to sample was average
• Processing speed

Question 14

Trails

Answer 14

• TMT A: “Speeded visual scanning under focused attention”
• TMT B: “speeded scanning with the addition of executive demands for mental tracking while shifting between well-established cognitive sets”

Question 15

Stroop

Answer 15

• Speeded word reading
• Speeded color naming
• Speeded response inhibition

Question 16

Boston Naming Test

Answer 16

Confrontation naming

Question 17

COWA

Answer 17

Verbal letter fluency

Question 18

Categories/Animals

Answer 18

Verbal semantic fluency

Question 19

Complex Ideational Material

Answer 19

Aural comprehension of questions and paragraph-length stories of modest complexity

Question 20

Token Task

Answer 20

• Oral comprehension for brief commands of mild complexity was average
• Language

Question 21

Complex Figure Test

Answer 21

• Copy: Two-dimensional constructional copying of a complex geometric figure
• Recall: Incidental memory for the complex geometric figure copied earlier in the exam

Question 22

Clock Drawing Test

Answer 22

Visuospatial aspects of clock drawing were norma

Question 23

JOLO

Answer 23

• Visuospatial perception (i.e., judgments regarding directional orientation of lines)

Question 24

Facial Recognition

Answer 24

Visuoperceptual discrimination between faces (similar complex stimuli) was normal

Question 25

BVMT-R

Answer 25

* Immediate visual memory for geometric designs and their locations was borderline while recall for the same designs and their locations after 25-minutes was impaired. * Recognition of the geometric designs was impaired.

Question 26

AVLT

Answer 26

* Learning: Acquisition of verbal information (an extensive word list) over repeated presentations * T6: Recall of the word list * Recog: Delayed recognition of the list

Question 27

BVRT

Answer 27

Immediate visual memory for geometric designs

Question 28

Logical Memory

Answer 28

Immediate and delayed verbal memory for short stories was average, as was delayed recognition

Question 29

Grooved Pegboard

Answer 29

Manual dexterity

Question 30

WCST

Answer 30

A novel problem solving task