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Introduction To The Assessment of Adolescent and Adult Intelligence

The documents summarize several books related to intelligence testing and assessment. The first document summarizes chapters from Sternberg and Kaufman books on the history and measurement of intelligence, development of intelligence, and intelligence testing from Wechsler-Bellevue I to WAIS-III. The second document summarizes chapters from an Urbina book on essentials of psychological testing including test use, statistics, interpretation, reliability, validity and ethics. The third document summarizes chapters from a Kaufman and Lichtenberger book on assessing adolescent and adult intelligence including IQ test history, heritability and validity studies. It also summarizes a Lichtenberger book on essential aspects of assessment report writing.

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Introduction To The Assessment of Adolescent and Adult Intelligence

The documents summarize several books related to intelligence testing and assessment. The first document summarizes chapters from Sternberg and Kaufman books on the history and measurement of intelligence, development of intelligence, and intelligence testing from Wechsler-Bellevue I to WAIS-III. The second document summarizes chapters from an Urbina book on essentials of psychological testing including test use, statistics, interpretation, reliability, validity and ethics. The third document summarizes chapters from a Kaufman and Lichtenberger book on assessing adolescent and adult intelligence including IQ test history, heritability and validity studies. It also summarizes a Lichtenberger book on essential aspects of assessment report writing.

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Sternberg, Robert J. and Scott Barry Kaufman [Eds] [2011].

The
Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence. N.Y.: Cambridge University
Press

I. Intelligence and its Measurement


Chp 1 – History of Theories and Measurement of Intelligence
3-19
Chp 2 – Tests of Intelligence 20-38
Chp 3 – Factor Analytic Models of Intelligence 39-57
Chp 4 – Contemporary Models of Intelligence 58-84

II. Development of Intelligence


Chp 5 – Genes, Environment and theit Interactions 85-106
Chp 6 – Developing Intelligence through Instruction 107-129

Urbina, Susana [2014] Essentials of Psychological Testing, Second


Ed. NJ: John Wiley and Sons

Chp 1 - Introduction to Psychological Tests and Their Uses 1 -36


Chp 2 - Two Essential Statistics for Testing 37 – 80
Chp 3 - Essentials of Test Score Interpretation 81- 126
Chp 4 - Essentials of Reliability 127 – 164
Chp 5 - Essentials of Validity 165 – 233
Chp 6 - Essential Test Item Considerations 233 – 278
Chp 7 - Essentials of Ethical Test Use 279 – 322

Kaufman, Alan S. and Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger [2006]. Assessing


Adolescent and Adult Intelligence, Third Ed. NJ: John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.

PART I
Introduction to the Assessment of Adolescent
and Adult Intelligence
CHAPTER 1 IQ Tests: Their History, Use, Validity,
and Intelligent Interpretation 1
Outline of the Book 2
Wechsler’s Scales 3
Clinical Relevance of Theory 3
A Short History of IQ Tests 3
The Binet-Simon Scales 4
Terman’s Stanford-Binet 4
The World War I Tests 5
Wechsler’s Creativity 6
Surveys of Test Usage for Adults 7
Has Test Use Changed over the Years? 8
Test Usage of 1,500 Psychologists and Neuropsychologists 8
How Frequently Are Tests Used? 9
Administration Time and Implications for Reimbursement 10
For What Purposes Are Adults Given Intelligence Tests? 10
Conclusions 10
Validity of the IQ Construct for Adolescents
and Adults 11
Prediction of Academic Achievement 12
Relationship of IQ to Education 13
IQ and Occupation 14
Prediction of Job Performance 16
The Intelligent Testing Philosophy 18
IQ Tasks Measure What the Individual Has Learned 19
IQ Tasks Are Samples of Behavior and Are Not Exhaustive 19
C ONTENTS
vi CONTENTS
IQ Tasks Like the WAIS-III, KAIT, and WJ III Assess Mental
Functioning under Fixed Experimental Conditions 20
IQ Tasks are Optimally Useful When They Are Interpreted from an
Information-Processing Model 20
Hypotheses Generated from IQ Test Profiles Should Be Supported with
Data from Multiple Sources 21
Tying Together the Tenets of Intelligent Testing 22
Summary 22
CHAPTER 2 Heritability and Malleability of IQ and Attacks
on the IQ Construct 24
The Heritability and Malleability of IQ 24
Heritability 24
Maternal Environment 33
Overview 35
Malleability 36
The Flynn Effect 37
The Abecedarian Project 42
Overview of Malleability of IQ 45
Attacks on the IQ Construct 46
Lezak’s Eulogy 46
The Learning Disabilities Challenge 53
Summary 59
CHAPTER 3 From the Wechsler-Bellevue I to the WAIS-III 61
Selection of the Subtests 62
Verbal Scale 62
Performance Scale 66
Item Content Changes from the W-B I to the WAIS to the
WAIS-R and to the WAIS-III 69
Reliability Comparisons of the W-B I, WAIS, WAIS-R,
and WAIS-III 72
Standardization of the W-B I, WAIS, WAIS-R,
and WAIS-III 74
Comparison of the Construct Validity of the W-B I, WAIS,
WAIS-R, and WAIS-III 76
Internal Consistency 76
Factor Analysis 78
Developmental Trends 80
Problems with Adolescent Data 82
Clinical Implications of the WAIS-III Norms at Ages 16–19 84
Overview of Developmental Trends 84
Correlations between the W-B I and WAIS, WAIS
and WAIS-R, and the WAIS-R and WAIS-III 84
CONTENTS vii
Relationship of the W-B I and WAIS 85
Relationship of the WAIS to WAIS-R 85
Relationship of the WAIS-R to WAIS-III 87
Comparison of Systems for Classifying Intelligence
on the W-B I, WAIS, and WAIS-III 87
Comparison of IQs Yielded by the WAIS-R
and WAIS-III 89
Practical Implications of WAIS-R/WAIS-III
IQ Differences 90
Generalization from the W-B I, WAIS, and WAIS-R
to the WAIS-III 91
Studies at Ages 16–19 Years 91
Studies Focusing on Picture Completion, Picture Arrangement,
or Object Assembly 91
Factor Analysis Studies 92
Short Form Studies 92
Correlational Studies 93
Group versus Individual Interpretation 93
Conclusions 93
Summary 94

Lichtenberger, Elizabeth O.; Nancy Mather; Nadeen L. Kaufman; and


Alan S. Kaufman [2004]. Essentials of Assessment Report Writing.
NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

One Introduction and Overview 1


Two Technical Aspects of Writing 11
Three Referral and Background Information 31
Four Behavioral Observations 55
Five Test Results and Interpretation 82
Six Diagnostic Impressions Summary 105
Seven Personality Assessment (by Rita W. McCleary) 120
Eight Recommendations 153
Nine Special Issues in Report Writing 183
Ten Illustrative Case Reports 212

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