WISC-V COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM 1
What clusters reside on the left side of the brain? - Answers -Verbal Comprehension
Working Memory
What clusters reside on the right side of the brain? - Answers -Visual spatial
Fluid Reasoning
Processing Speed
What assessments are apart of Verbal Comprehension? (VC) - Answers -Vocabulary
Similarities
Information
Comprehension
What assessments are apart of Visual Spatial? (VS) - Answers -Block Design
Visual Puzzles
What assessments are apart of Fluid Reasoning? (FR) - Answers -Matrix Reasoning
Figure Weights
Picture Concepts
Arithmetic
What assessments are apart of Working Memory? (WM) - Answers -Digit Span
Picture Span
Letter-Number Sequence
How are they different?
*Requires knowledge of the value of numbers and location on number line (sequencing)
*Verbal response sequence is not fixed (sequencing)
*Repeated numbers in the string must be tracked (sequencing)
*The verbal response can be start being formulated as soon as first digit presented
(backward)
Picture span correlates with what?
What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -The mode of stimulus presentation is visual
Rehearsal is most likely verbal/phonological loop
Proactive Interference-refers to the same items presented earlier in the test recurring
throughout later parts of the test which might interfere will recall
Sometimes will be a target and sometimes a distractor
Conceptually - that something learned earlier interferes with learning similar content at
a later time
Proactive interference as applied here is really not the same as proactive interference
used in neuropsychology - The primary difference is that in neuropsychology. it refers to
a long-term memory process (i.e., information recently acquired in long-term memory
,blocks or interferes with trying to learn similar information). For example, learning
French, then going to a class to learn Spanish). On WISC-V, the examinee should not
be trying to remember the information at all, so it's a failure to clear out working memory
stores across items.
Working Memory
Figure weights correlates with what? What cluster does it belong in? - Answers -This
task requires the child to apply the quantitative concept of equality to understand the
relationship among objects and then use the concepts of matching, addition, and/or
multiplication to identify the correct response.
Like MR visual information informs the child about the conceptual relationship among
objects but in this case the concept relates to how they are equivalent.
Unlike MR, the child does not have to follow a series of steps to identify the linking
concept rather the difficulty lies in applying the equality rule and selecting the proper
operation to get the correct response
Fluid Reasoning Index
Visual Puzzle correlates with what? What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -The
subtest is designed to measure mental, non-motor, construction ability which requires
visual and spatial reasoning, mental rotation, visual working memory, understanding
part-whole relationships, and the ability to analyze and synthesize abstract visual
stimuli.
Visual Spatial
Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) results explain ? - Answers -More refined measure
of verbal concept formation, verbal reasoning, and word knowledge (less reliance on
practical knowledge, social rules, judgment, etc.)
High scores indicate a well-developed verbal reasoning system with strong word
knowledge acquisition, effective information retrieval, a good ability to reason and solve
verbal problems, and effective communication of knowledge.
Low scores may occur due to poorly developed word knowledge, difficulty retrieving
acquired information, problems with verbal expression, or general difficulties with
reasoning and problem solving.
What assessments are apart of processing speed? (PS) - Answers -Coding
Symbol Search
Cancellation
What does Visual Puzzles analyze? What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -• Child
views a completed puzzle and selects
, three response options that would combine
to reconstruct the puzzle
• Item time limit of 30 seconds
• Measures ability to analyze and synthesize
abstract information
Visual Spatial
What does Figure Weights analyze? What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -Child
views scale with missing weight(s) and selects the response option that balances the
scale
Item time limit of
20 or 30 seconds
Measures quantitative fluid reasoning
Fluid Reasoning
What does Picture Span analyze? What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -Child
views one or more pictures, then selects them in sequential order from a larger picture
array
Two points for correct pictures in the correct order and one point for correct pictures in
the incorrect order
Simple visual span task with proactive interference
Research indicates proactive interference increases processing demands of working
memory tasks (Blalock & McCabe, 2011; Carroll, et al., 2010)
Working Memory
WISC-V primary and complementary measures are specifically designed to measure
what? - Answers -Primary: complex cognitive processes
Ancillary measures are designed to measure processes related to learning difficulties.
VCI is associated with what? - Answers -VCI is now strongly associated with word
knowledge: storage, access/retrieval, and application. Expressive language skills are
less prominent with Comprehension not contributing to the index
VSI = architect / These tests focus on constructional abilities. That is, the use of visual
information to build a geometric design to match a model. This is a reasoning task but
the type of reasoning is quite different than FRI. It involves the ability to identify the
spatial relationships and visual details of objects for the purpose of building a new
design. The parts must be seen as elements of the whole design. It is a reasoning task
because the solutions require more than simply matching a part to a part in the design.
Mental rotation and visualization of the solution is required which is why it is more
architect than just construction site manager.
What clusters reside on the left side of the brain? - Answers -Verbal Comprehension
Working Memory
What clusters reside on the right side of the brain? - Answers -Visual spatial
Fluid Reasoning
Processing Speed
What assessments are apart of Verbal Comprehension? (VC) - Answers -Vocabulary
Similarities
Information
Comprehension
What assessments are apart of Visual Spatial? (VS) - Answers -Block Design
Visual Puzzles
What assessments are apart of Fluid Reasoning? (FR) - Answers -Matrix Reasoning
Figure Weights
Picture Concepts
Arithmetic
What assessments are apart of Working Memory? (WM) - Answers -Digit Span
Picture Span
Letter-Number Sequence
How are they different?
*Requires knowledge of the value of numbers and location on number line (sequencing)
*Verbal response sequence is not fixed (sequencing)
*Repeated numbers in the string must be tracked (sequencing)
*The verbal response can be start being formulated as soon as first digit presented
(backward)
Picture span correlates with what?
What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -The mode of stimulus presentation is visual
Rehearsal is most likely verbal/phonological loop
Proactive Interference-refers to the same items presented earlier in the test recurring
throughout later parts of the test which might interfere will recall
Sometimes will be a target and sometimes a distractor
Conceptually - that something learned earlier interferes with learning similar content at
a later time
Proactive interference as applied here is really not the same as proactive interference
used in neuropsychology - The primary difference is that in neuropsychology. it refers to
a long-term memory process (i.e., information recently acquired in long-term memory
,blocks or interferes with trying to learn similar information). For example, learning
French, then going to a class to learn Spanish). On WISC-V, the examinee should not
be trying to remember the information at all, so it's a failure to clear out working memory
stores across items.
Working Memory
Figure weights correlates with what? What cluster does it belong in? - Answers -This
task requires the child to apply the quantitative concept of equality to understand the
relationship among objects and then use the concepts of matching, addition, and/or
multiplication to identify the correct response.
Like MR visual information informs the child about the conceptual relationship among
objects but in this case the concept relates to how they are equivalent.
Unlike MR, the child does not have to follow a series of steps to identify the linking
concept rather the difficulty lies in applying the equality rule and selecting the proper
operation to get the correct response
Fluid Reasoning Index
Visual Puzzle correlates with what? What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -The
subtest is designed to measure mental, non-motor, construction ability which requires
visual and spatial reasoning, mental rotation, visual working memory, understanding
part-whole relationships, and the ability to analyze and synthesize abstract visual
stimuli.
Visual Spatial
Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI) results explain ? - Answers -More refined measure
of verbal concept formation, verbal reasoning, and word knowledge (less reliance on
practical knowledge, social rules, judgment, etc.)
High scores indicate a well-developed verbal reasoning system with strong word
knowledge acquisition, effective information retrieval, a good ability to reason and solve
verbal problems, and effective communication of knowledge.
Low scores may occur due to poorly developed word knowledge, difficulty retrieving
acquired information, problems with verbal expression, or general difficulties with
reasoning and problem solving.
What assessments are apart of processing speed? (PS) - Answers -Coding
Symbol Search
Cancellation
What does Visual Puzzles analyze? What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -• Child
views a completed puzzle and selects
, three response options that would combine
to reconstruct the puzzle
• Item time limit of 30 seconds
• Measures ability to analyze and synthesize
abstract information
Visual Spatial
What does Figure Weights analyze? What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -Child
views scale with missing weight(s) and selects the response option that balances the
scale
Item time limit of
20 or 30 seconds
Measures quantitative fluid reasoning
Fluid Reasoning
What does Picture Span analyze? What cluster does it belong to? - Answers -Child
views one or more pictures, then selects them in sequential order from a larger picture
array
Two points for correct pictures in the correct order and one point for correct pictures in
the incorrect order
Simple visual span task with proactive interference
Research indicates proactive interference increases processing demands of working
memory tasks (Blalock & McCabe, 2011; Carroll, et al., 2010)
Working Memory
WISC-V primary and complementary measures are specifically designed to measure
what? - Answers -Primary: complex cognitive processes
Ancillary measures are designed to measure processes related to learning difficulties.
VCI is associated with what? - Answers -VCI is now strongly associated with word
knowledge: storage, access/retrieval, and application. Expressive language skills are
less prominent with Comprehension not contributing to the index
VSI = architect / These tests focus on constructional abilities. That is, the use of visual
information to build a geometric design to match a model. This is a reasoning task but
the type of reasoning is quite different than FRI. It involves the ability to identify the
spatial relationships and visual details of objects for the purpose of building a new
design. The parts must be seen as elements of the whole design. It is a reasoning task
because the solutions require more than simply matching a part to a part in the design.
Mental rotation and visualization of the solution is required which is why it is more
architect than just construction site manager.
