PSYCH 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, East Los Angeles College, Intellectual Disability
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Most widely used psychological test in general, aside from intelligence tests. Numerical score computed for 10 clinical scales and 4 validity scales. There is a depression scale, paranoia scale, social intraversion scale, etc. Lie scale falsifying responses to appear more positive. F scale carelessness or trying to appear more disturbed. When you look at the score of an mmpi, you look at a scatter of scores. Intellectual assessment across all of the scales. His or her current level of knowledge and information processing compared to others of the same age group. The totality of accumulated knowledge, the ability to learn, and the capacity to adapt to the environment especially to new situations. General ability: many theorists assumed that the individual differences displayed vis- -vis these commonalities represent a general ability. Separate abilities: others have argued that intelligence is best conceptualized as several separate abilities, such as spatial abilities and verbal abilities.
