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WPPSI-III
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The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV; Wechsler 2012) is an individually administered intelligence test for children, ages 2 years 6 months (2:6) through 7 years 7 months (7:7). The WPPSI-IV is a substantial revision of the WPPSI-III (Wechsler 2002). The WPPSI-IV provides two age-band subtest batteries for ages 2:6–3:11 and 4:0–7:7. The 2:6–3:11 battery includes a set of 7 subtests that yield a Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) score, three primary index scores (i.e., Verbal Comprehension Index [VCI], Visual Spatial Index [VSI], and Working Memory Index [WMI]), and three ancillary index scores (i.e., Vocabulary Acquisition Index [VAI], Nonverbal Index [NVI], General Ability Index [GAI]). The 4:0–7:7 battery includes a total of 15 subtests (the seven from the 2:6–3:11 and eight additional subtests) that yield the same composite scores as the 2:6–3:11 battery and adds two additional primary index scores (i.e., Fluid Reasoning...
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Warschausky, S., Raiford, S.E. (2018). Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1606
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