Cognitive Assessment & Intelligence Testing Flashcards

A student consistently earns lower scores on timed cognitive tasks than on untimed tasks. This performance pattern most strongly suggests:

Answer: Processing speed difficulties potentially associated with ADHD or a specific learning disability

A marked discrepancy between timed and untimed performance typically points to processing speed weaknesses, which are commonly associated with ADHD, dyslexia, or other learning disabilities.

Which of the following is an example of a narrow ability classified under the CHC broad ability of Crystallized Intelligence (Gc)?

Answer: General verbal information (K0)

General verbal information (K0) is a narrow ability under Gc that reflects the breadth and depth of culturally acquired declarative knowledge.

The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales, Second Edition (RIAS-2) is designed for which age range?

Answer: Individuals ages 3 through 94 years

The RIAS-2 covers a wide age span from 3 to 94 years, making it suitable for intellectual assessment across the lifespan.

When a student shows a significantly depressed Working Memory Index compared to other cognitive indices, this finding has the broadest implication for:

Answer: Academic achievement across multiple domains, including reading and mathematics

Working memory is foundational to academic performance across multiple domains, including reading comprehension, mathematical reasoning, and written expression.

When assessing the cognitive ability of a student whose primary language is Spanish, which approach is most appropriate?

Answer: Include a nonverbal intelligence test to reduce linguistic demands on the assessment

Nonverbal cognitive measures minimize the influence of English language proficiency on test performance, providing a fairer estimate of cognitive ability for English language learners.

In intelligence testing, what does a confidence interval reported alongside a composite score communicate?

Answer: A range of scores within which the student's true score most likely falls given measurement error

A confidence interval represents the range within which a student's true score likely falls, calculated by accounting for the standard error of measurement of the test.

Which of the following best illustrates the concept of an 'intellectual ability-achievement discrepancy' historically used in specific learning disability identification?

Answer: A student whose measured cognitive ability scores are significantly higher than their academic achievement scores

An ability-achievement discrepancy exists when a student's measured intellectual ability is significantly higher than their academic achievement, historically serving as a marker for specific learning disabilities.