Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to introduce the WAIS-III to junior level counseling psychology graduate students.The WAIS-III is referred to as the gold standard for intellectual assessment and the most commonly used test of intellectual abilities.Thus, students will likely administer this instrument utilize WAIS-III test results in their practica experiences.The current article provides an overview and description of the instrument as well as a brief history of its development and brief analysis of its psychometric properties.The Wechsler Ault Intelligence Scale, currently in its third edition (WAIS-III; Wechsler, 1997), is the latest incarnation in a long line of comprehensive intelligence tests authored by David Wechsler.Since his death in 1981, the legacy he left the field of psychology has continued through the Psychological Corporation and Harcourt, publishers of the WAIS-III and wide variety of other Wechsler assessments, such as the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR); Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI), and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, currently in its fourth edition (WISC-IV).The Psychological Corporation and Harcourt have made possible the manifestation of the WAIS-III, latest version of an internationally renowned assessment of intelligence.Major contributors to the development of the WAIS-III include the following project directors:
Author: Marc A. Silva
Institution: Marquette University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1591858026