Exam 13: Ability Testing: Individual Tests

In order to estimate the examinee's mental age prior to administering the current edition of the Stanford-Binet, the test examiner uses a(n)

The Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale was developed because

One of the oldest, most successful, and widely researched measures of general intelligence is the

The K-ABC claims to

Individual tests of intelligence provide

The WAIS-III can be broken down into two scales:

Like the Stanford-Binet, the _______ is partially adaptive to the developmental level of the child taking the test.

The Fifth Edition of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

The reliability of the WAIS-III is ____ the reliability of the Stanford-Binet

The most widely used individual test of adult intelligence is the

The test administrator must try to put the subject at ease without compromising

General knowledge that is neither specialized, esoteric, nor academic in nature is covered in the WAIS-III by the

Although test manuals contain extensive scoring instructions, responses to open-ended questions are likely to be scored with some degree of

A timed test which is basically a code-substitution test on the WAIS-III is the

The most serious concern in testing minority children, in the authors' view, is

The last step in individual testing involves

Early on in an individual test administration, the tester must

Scoring of the WAIS-III has

The considerable body of research on the Stanford-Binet shows that

Typically, individual tests are administered by