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Shipley-2 & Wonderlic Tests|Latest Update Graded A+ Test Shipley-2 Shipley-2 Type of Test Group intelligence test Shipley-2 Purpose Assess General level of cognitive functioning in adults and adolescents.Shipley-2 Original Purpose Originally designed as an index of intellectual deterioration, brain damage and illness. Poor performance in this capacity Shipley-2 Theory/Technique
- Based on theory that verbal skills (crystallized knowledge) are more resistant to changes due to
- Therefore, a contrast in vocabulary and abstraction skills be indicative of cognitive impairment
- Assumes verbal and abstract abilities start out approximately equal
- years to adult (89 years)
cognitive deterioration whereas abstract reasoning ability (fluid reasoning) deteriorates first more rapidly.
Shipley-2 Population
Shipley-2 Utility Excellent brief screening tests of intelligence used in educational, clinical, employment, and research settings Shipley-2 Test Description
Two Subtests:
- Vocabulary: 40 M/C vocabulary items (select synonym), 10 minutes, Power test, Not speeded
- Abstraction: 25 abstract reasoning items (completion), 12 minutes, Power test, Not speeded
*May substitute Block Patterns subtest for Abstraction Subtest
3. Block Pattern: nonverbal, M/C, 10 min.
Shipley-2 Scores
- Each subtest and the overall composite scores are standardized
2. M=100, SD=15
- Composite score indicates overall cognitive ability. Raw scores converted to standard scores and
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percentile ranks for each test
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