Further validation studies of the Wechsler memory scale

Abstract

very critical ("There's nothing there but a messy blot," "This is an insult to my intelligence") and rejected some of the cards. Fremdkritik was not a feature of the records of the other Ss. SUMMARY The Rorschach responses of 14 Ss were studied when the test was given (a) under normal conditions and (b) with posthypnotically induced hostility toward E. Ss were classified in three groups according to their reactions in (b) : those who showed more than a twofold increase in percentage of hostile content in their responses (eight Ss), those who were uncooperative and relatively unproductive (two), and those who showed neither of these changes (four). The last seven Ss used in the experiment were asked, after being given the test under normal conditions, what effect would be produced by hostility toward E, and their subsequent Rorschach responses were in accord with their opinions. The results offer no support whatever to the theory that white-space responses and color responses are indicators of outwardly directed hostility. This finding is in accord with those of Counts and Mensh. However, this experiment goes further than their work by reporting three different types of response under hostility and by reporting and discussing the degree of communality of the Rorschachs obtained under the two conditions. J. clin. Psychol., 1950, 6, 325-330. GRIFFITH, R. M. Test-retest similarities of the Rorschachs of patients without retention, Iiorsakoff. J. proj. Tech., 1951, 15, 516-525. LEVINE, K. N., GRASSI, J. R. and GERSON, M. J. Hypnotically induced mood changes in the verbal and graphic Rorschach: a case study. INTRODUCT~ONSince the' publication of an earlier article ( 3 ) concerning the diagnostic value of the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS), no additional studies have come to the writer's attention. The aim of the present study was two-fold: (1) to determine whether the utility of the WMS could be improved, and (2) to cross-validate, to the degree possible, the results of the initial investigation.

Reliability, Validity, and Optimal Cutoff Score of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Changsha Version) in Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease Patients of Hunan Province, China

“…In order to make sure those with negative screens were really cognitively normal, we increased the required score for the MoCA-CS by 1. The detailed neuropsychological assessment contained four subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Chinese revised (WAIS-RC; block design, digit span, similarities, and arithmetic) [19], three subtests of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Chinese revised (WMS-RC, test A; logical memory and 5-min delayed logical memory tests, experience and orientation, and visual recognition) [20], and the Stroop test (including word reading, color naming, interference-word, and interference-color) [21]. Subjects with negative screens who cooperated well also completed the logical memory, 5-min delayed logical memory, and Stroop tests in order to collect more information regarding memory ability and executive function of the participants.…”

The wechsler memory scale: Preliminary findings toward an australian standardisation

“…There have been few published studies of the Wechsler Memory Scale. The earlier investigations attempted to discriminate between differently labelled psychiatric groups, such as schizophrenics and organic brain syndromes, on the basis of total scores on the Scale (Cohen, 1950;Howard, 1950 and1954;Parker, 1957). Given the 1.…”

A fifteen-year followup with the Wechsler Memory Scale.

“…Mean increases on the remaining two items are quite insignificant. It would seem that the trend exhibited by these findings at least enables a partially affirmative response to an earlier question of the writer's (Howard, 1954): "May we reasonably expect that increasing chronicity is paralleled by increasingly impaired performance? "…”