Wechsler Profiles of Mathematically Gifted Adolescents

Kennedy, Wallace A.; Willcutt, Herman C.; Smith, Alvin H.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1963.12.1.259

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“…Vocational and educational applications. Olsen and Jordheim (1964) Kennedy, Willcutt, and Smith (1963) reported test findings on a group of 130 mathematically gifted adolescents. Mean WAIS IQ was 138, while PIQ was 125.…”

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Research with the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Adults.

Guertin

Ladd²,

Frank

et al. 1966

Psychological Bulletin

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The past S years of research with the adult Wechsler scales is critically reviewed. Most investigators used the most recently developed scale, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Topical coverage includes: comparative validity; short forms; special populations and applications; refinements and critiques; personality correlates; investigations of diagnostic value; special diagnostic groups; and scatter, patterns, and diagnosis. The 197 articles reviewed show that there is no diminution in the number of researches in the area. While the quality of the research has improved, too many investigators repeat the errors contained in earlier studies, despite the periodic publication of these critical reviews.

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Research with the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Adults.

Guertin

Ladd²,

Frank

et al. 1966

Psychological Bulletin

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“…Although many combinations are reported in the literature, no one brief form can be considered in preference to any other (Zimmerman & Woo-Sam, 1973). A good rule to use in choosing a brief form is: Choose a brief form of the WAIS that will answer the specific questions that the examiner has in mind (Cohen, 1957;Kennedy, Willcutt, & Smith, 1963; Zimmerman & Woo-Sam, 1973). I n an attempt to retain the virtues of WAIS, but shorten administration time, much research has been directed t o establishing the validity of various methods of abbreviation.…”

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The development of a WAIS short form for clinical populations

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Assessed the validity of a brief form of the WAIS in the evaluation of several clinical populations. The short form was composed of three subtests: Similarities, Picture Arrangement, and Block Design. The sample consisted of 27 schizophrenics, paranoid type; 30 schizophrenics, schizoid-affective type, 29 schizophrenics, chronic undifferentiated type; and 28 organics (brain syndrome patients). Correlations were computed between the weighted IQ scores of each population and the Full Scale IQ. Correlations of .94 for chronic undifferentiated schizophrenics and .81 for organics were particularly noteworthy. Moreover, this triad of subtests underestimated the IQ score for organics by 7.11 points, which suggests that the constant used with this population should be corrected appropriately.

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The degree of the verbal-performance discrepancy on the WISC and the WAIS and severity of eeg abnormality in epileptics

Pihl

1968

J. Clin. Psychol.

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The social-heterosexual adjustment of 60 male and female schizophrenic patients with wide ranges in age, education, socio-economic status, and history of institutionalization was rated using the Phillips scale. The interjudge reliabilities among six judges with varied training and experience were high (mean T'S .90 or higher) for self-reports on the General Information Questionnaire (GI&) and case histories. When the Ss were classified as either process or reactive, the judges agreed on 90% of the case history and 88% of the self-report classifications. The contingency coefficients were .45 (p < .Ol) for case histories and .42 (p < .02) for self-reports, when ratings were related to the per cent of the patient's lifetime spent in psychiatric hospitals. The findings indicated that Phillips scale ratings based on the self-reports of schizophrenic patients using the GI& were equivelent to ratings based on selected complete case histories. The equivalence was found both for interjudge reliabilities and concurrent validity. REFER E N c E s 1. DEWOLFE, A. S. A questionnaire social history form. Newsletler Res. Psyehol., 1966, 83, 43-45. 2. FARINA, A. GARMEZY, N. and BARRY, H. Relationship of marital status to incidence and 3. FARINA, A., GARMEZY, N., ZALUSKY, M. and BECKER, J. Premorbid behavior and prognosis in 4. MEICHENBAUM, D. H. Effects of social reinforcement on the level of abstraction in schizo-5. PHILLIFS, L. Case history data and prognosis in schizophrenia. J . new. m d . Dis., 1953, 117, 6. SCHNELL, R. R. The development and evaluation of a personality inventory. Unpublished 7. ULLMANN L. P. and GIOVANONNI, J. M. The development of a self-report measure of the prognosis of schizophrenia.PROBLEM Guertin et aZ@) have reviewed a number of studies showing that the direction of the Verbal-Performance (V-P) discrepancy on the Wechsler scales indicates laterality of neurological functioning. Specifically, it is said that a relative superiority of the verbal I& implicates the right hemisphere as the problem area, while a relative superiority of the performance I& points to the left hemisphere. This study tests the hypothesis that the relationship between severity of organicity and the V-P discrepancy should increase as the discrepancy between verbal and performance IQ increases in an epileptic population. METHODThe Ss were 170 out-patient epileptics. Eighty-seven children between the ages of six and sixteen (mean age 10.5) were tested with the WISC and 83 adults over the age of sixteen (mean age 27.4) were administered the WAIS. The EEG served as the neurological criterion measure. EEG recording and rating of records followed the procedure of Side11 and Daly (9). Briefly, a bipolar recording technique with 14 electrodes was used over an hour or longer recording session. Hyperventilation, photic stimulation, and awake recordings were made in all cases and, ABNORMALITY IN EPILEPTICS 419where possible, sleep records were obtained. Three neurologists shared the readings of the EEG tracings and rated them according to th...

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Wechsler Profiles of Mathematically Gifted Adolescents

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Research with the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Adults.

Research with the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Adults.

The development of a WAIS short form for clinical populations

The degree of the verbal-performance discrepancy on the WISC and the WAIS and severity of eeg abnormality in epileptics

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