Wechsler Test Memory Scale (WMS-IV) Visual and Verbal Memory 5

Question 1

A traumatic brain injury patient shows intact attention but impaired delayed recall on WMS-IV. This pattern is most consistent with:

Accepted Answer

A memory consolidation deficit

Answer

Preserved attention with poor delayed recall suggests difficulty consolidating new memories.

Question 2

Which of the following is a primary index in the WMS-IV Adult Battery?

Accepted Answer

Immediate Memory Index

Answer

The Immediate Memory Index is one of the WMS-IV primary index scores.

Question 3

If a patient scores much higher on recognition than on free recall of word pairs, the deficit is best characterized as:

Accepted Answer

A retrieval deficit

Answer

Better recognition than recall indicates information was stored but is hard to retrieve unaided.

Question 4

The Delayed Memory Index in WMS-IV combines performance from:

Accepted Answer

Delayed verbal and visual subtests

Answer

The Delayed Memory Index pools delayed-recall performance across both verbal and visual subtests.

Question 5

Which environmental issue most threatens the validity of a WMS-IV memory assessment?

Accepted Answer

Frequent interruptions during delay intervals

Answer

Interruptions during the delay can disrupt retention and invalidate delayed-recall scores.

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