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All rights reserved.  \nOverview  \n• Introduction  \n• Revision Goals  \n• Test Structure  \n• Normative / Validity / Clinical Information  \n~~ Copyright © 2008 Pears~~on Education, inc. or its affi~~liates~~.~~ All rights re~~served.  \nWechsler’s View of Intelligence  \n\"The global capacity of a person to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his/her environment.“  \nWechsler, David (1939). The measurement of adult intelligence.  \nBaltimore: Williams & Wilkins, p. 229.  \nWAIS: A Historical Perspective  \nWechsler-Bellevue 1939  \nWechsler-Bellevue II 1946  \nWAIS 1955  \nWAIS-R 1981  \nWAIS-III 1997  \nWAIS-IV  ~~                     2008 ~~  \n~~ Copyright © 2008 Pears~~on Education, inc. or its affi~~liates~~.~~ All rights re~~served.  \nRevision Goals  \n~~ Copyright © 2008 Pears~~on Education, inc. or its affi~~liates~~.~~ All rights re~~served.  \nUpdate Theoretical Foundations  \n– Eliminate Dual IQ/Index Score Structure  \n• Consistent with WISC-IV  \n– Enhance Measure of Fluid Intelligence  \n• Develop additional measure of fluid reasoning: Figure Weights  \n– Enhance Measure of Working Memory  \n• Revise Arithmetic and Digit Span to emphasize WM  \n– Enhance Measure of Processing Speed  \n• Develop additional PS subtest: Cancellation  \n Enhance Clinical Utility  \n• Co-normed with the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV  \n• Additional Special Group Studies (e.g., Mild Cognitive Impairment, Borderline Intellectual Functioning)  \n• Develop an Upgrade Kit in 2009 for Specialists (e.g., Geropsychologists & Neuropsychologists)   \n~~ Copyright © 2008 Pears~~on Education, inc. or its affi~~liates~~.~~ All rights re~~served.  \nImprove Psychometric Properties  \n• Update Norms  \n• Expand FSIQ Range  \n• Improve Floors and Ceilings  \n• Maintain or improve subtest and composite reliability  \n• Provide initial evidence of validity  \n~~ Copyright © 2008 Pears~~on Education, inc. or its affi~~liates~~.~~ All rights re~~served.  \nEnhance User-Friendliness  \n• Reduce Testing Time  \n• Revise Instructions  \n• Redesign Record Form  \n• Increase Portability  \n• Separate WAIS-IV and WMS-IV Technical Manuals  \n~~ Copyright © 2008 Pears~~on Education, inc. or its affi~~liates~~.~~ All rights re~~served.  \nIncrease Developmental Appropriateness  \n• Add demonstration and sample items  \n• Reduce vocabulary level of instructions  \n• Drop Object Assembly  \n• Reduce emphasis on motor demands  \n• Reduce emphasis on time-bonus  \n• Enlarge visual stimuli  \n• Eliminate auditory concerns on DS an~~d LN ~~~~  ~~  \n~~ Copyright © 2008 Pears~~on Education, inc. or its affi~~liates~~.~~ All rights re~~served.","cbCaivOB7xIzM01t","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivOB7xIzM01t","pdf",973700,27,"English","# Overview\n## Introduction\n## Revision Goals\n## Test Structure\n## Normative / Validity / Clinical Information\n# Wechsler’s View of Intelligence\n# WAIS: A Historical Perspective","[{\"question\":\"What are the WAIS–IV revision goals highlighted in the presentation?\",\"answer\":\"The presentation focuses on updating theoretical foundations, enhancing clinical utility, improving psychometric properties, increasing user-friendliness, and improving developmental appropriateness.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the WAIS–IV change the intelligence scoring structure?\",\"answer\":\"It eliminates the dual IQ/index score structure, aligning the approach with WISC-IV.\"},{\"question\":\"Which specific subtest and ability areas were added or revised?\",\"answer\":\"Figure Weights is developed to enhance fluid reasoning, arithmetic and digit span are revised to emphasize working memory, and a new processing-speed subtest, Cancellation, is added.\"}]","Introducing the WAIS–IV | PDF",1790783067,68]