SHIPLEY-2 WONDERLIC TESTS

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Question 1: Test

Answer:

Weschsler Scales

Question 2: Wonderlic Reliability

Answer:

Excellent Internal consistency, test-retest and parallel-forms reliability

Question 3: Weschler Author

Answer:

David Wechsler

Question 4: Wonderlic SEM

Answer:

SEM = 1.4

Question 5: Wonderlic Purpose

Answer:

Assesses the general level of intellectual functioning of adults in business and industry

Question 6: Shipley-2 Reliability

Answer:

• Acceptable for composite scores

2. Internal consistency: high (.92 for adults)

3. Test-retest: acceptable (.87-.94)

SEM: varies by scale and age range; median SEM for Composite=4.57

Question 7: WISC Ages

Answer:

WISC-IV: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 4th ed. (6-17 yrs)

Question 8: Wonderlic Author

Answer:

E.F. Wonderlic

Question 9: Wonderlic Age Adjustment for Scores

Answer:

• Reduction in speed of cognitive processing with age

• Age adjusted scores increase the predictive validity of the Wonderlic

Age: 15-29 (add 0 pts), 30-39 (1 pt), 40-49 (2 pts)

Question 10: Shipley-2 Validity

Answer:

• Good concurrent validity

• Correlates with WAIS-III

-Composite score correlates .86 with total WAIS score

Question 11: Shipley-2 Population

Answer:

• years to adult (89 years)

Question 12: Wonderlic Type of Test

Answer:

Group intelligence test

Question 13: Shipley-2 Purpose

Answer:

Assess General level of cognitive functioning in adults and adolescents.

Question 14: Shipley-2 Theory/Technique

Answer:

• Based on theory that verbal skills (crystallized knowledge) are more resistant to changes due to

cognitive deterioration whereas abstract reasoning ability (fluid reasoning) deteriorates first more rapidly.

• Therefore, a contrast in vocabulary and abstraction skills be indicative of cognitive impairment

• Assumes verbal and abstract abilities start out approximately equal

Question 15: WAIS ages

Answer:

WAIS-IV: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4th ed. (16-91 yrs)

Question 16: Wonderlic Standardization

Answer:

• Excellent standardization

• Originally normed on over 50k individuals 20-65 years old

• Subsequent standardization samples: over 100k individuals provide percentile norms

Question 17: Wonderlic Utility

Answer:

Used as an aid in making hiring decisions

Question 18: Shipley-2 Type of Test

Answer:

Group intelligence test

Question 19: Shipley-2 Utility

Answer:

Excellent brief screening tests of intelligence used in educational, clinical, employment, and research settings

Question 20: Wechsler Theory/Technique

Answer:

• Corrected verbal bias he thought existed in the Standford-Binet

• Provided nonverbal measure of intelligence

• Made intelligence tests more applicable to adults

• Incorporated the concept of IQ constancy that IQ=attained score divided by the mean score for a

person that age

Question 21: Shipley-2 SEM

Answer:

SEM: varies by scale and age range; median; SEM for Composite=4.57

Question 22: Wechsler Purpose

Answer:

Assess intelligence; evaluate cognitive abilities; aid in psychiatric diagnosis

Question 23: Shipley-2 Original Purpose

Answer:

Originally designed as an index of intellectual deterioration, brain damage and illness. Poor performance in this capacity