Wechsler Test Logical Memory 4

Question 1

Why are the Logical Memory stories presented orally rather than shown in writing?

Accepted Answer

To isolate auditory-verbal memory from reading ability

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To save printing costs

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Because examinees cannot read

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To test vision

Question 2

Practice (parallel) forms of Logical Memory are useful primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Reduce practice effects in repeat/retest assessments

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Increase test difficulty

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Eliminate scoring

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Add a visual component

Question 3

An examinee who confidently 'recalls' details that were never in the story is showing:

Accepted Answer

Confabulation / intrusion errors

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Perfect recall

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A motor deficit

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Normal recognition

Question 4

Logical Memory scores are best interpreted alongside which other WMS measure for a fuller memory picture?

Accepted Answer

Visual/nonverbal memory subtests

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A vocabulary test

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A balance test

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A typing-speed test

Question 5

What is a key reason the examiner reads the stories at a steady, standardized pace?

Accepted Answer

To keep administration consistent so norms remain valid

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To finish faster

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To confuse the examinee

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To test listening for speed

Question 6

Disproportionately better recognition than free recall on Logical Memory often points to:

Accepted Answer

A retrieval-based deficit rather than encoding failure

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Total memory loss

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A visual impairment

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Malingering for certain

Question 7

The two short stories in Logical Memory differ from each other mainly by:

Accepted Answer

Containing different content and numbers of story units

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Being in different languages

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One being read silently

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Having no scoring