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wais-iv (second)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vocabulary | word knowledge general verbal intelligence; language usage; accumulated verbal learning ability; educational background |
| Similarities | Logical abstract reasoning verbal concept formation or conceptual thinking; associative ability and language facility |
| Information | Range of general factual knowledge schooling or educational background; intellectual curiosity; alertness to day-to-day world; long-term memory |
| Comprehension | knowledge of conventional standards of behavior Demonstration of practical knowledge; social maturity; social judgment; ability to evaluate past experience |
| *Block Design | nonverbal concept formation; visual-motor-spatial coordination Analysis of whole into component parts; spatial visualization; perceptual organization; concentration; manipulative and perceptual speed |
| Matrix Reasoning | Visual-spatial reasoning abstract reasoning of visual stimulation; simultaneous processing of visuospatial information; analysis of whole into component parts |
| *Visual Puzzles | Visual perception of parts in relation to a whole visual-spatial reasoning; visual recognition and identification; analysis of whole into component parts; concentration; |
| *Figure Weights | Nonverbal mathematical reasoning quantitative and analogical reasoning; visual concentration; ability to organize material visually; capacity for sustained effort |
| *Picture Completion | visual recognition and identification visual alertness; long-term visual memory; awareness of environmental detail (reality contact); visual conceptual ability; visual concentration |
| Digit Span | Immediate rote recall; reversibility/ability to shift thought patterns Short term memory; auditory concentration and attention; auditory sequencing |
| *Arithmetic | Mental manipulation involving numerical reasoning and computation auditory working memory; sequencing ability; concentration and attention; logical reasoning/abstraction/analysis of numerical problems |
| Letter-Number sequencing | processing ability mental manipulation; auditory concentration and attention; thought shifting ability |
| *Symbol Search | Speed of visual search; visual discrimination speed of information processing; short-term visual memory; visuomotor coordination; attention and concentration |
| *Coding | Visual-motor coordination; clerical speed and accuracy psychomotor speed; visual perception; short-term visual memory; sustained effort/attention/concentration |
| *Cancellation | perceptual scanning ability |