Test - ANSWER-Shipley-2
Shipley-2 Type of Test - ANSWER-Group intelligence test
Shipley-2 Purpose - ANSWER-Assess General level of cognitive functioning in adults and adolescents.
Shipley-2 Original Purpose - ANSWER-Originally designed as an index of intellectual deterioration, brain damag...
Shipley-2 Type of Test - ANSWER-Group intelligence test
Shipley-2 Purpose - ANSWER-Assess General level of cognitive functioning in adults
and adolescents.
Shipley-2 Original Purpose - ANSWER-Originally designed as an index of intellectual
deterioration, brain damage and illness. Poor performance in this capacity
Shipley-2 Theory/Technique - ANSWER-1. Based on theory that verbal skills
(crystallized knowledge) are more resistant to changes due to cognitive deterioration
whereas abstract reasoning ability (fluid reasoning) deteriorates first more rapidly.
2. Therefore, a contrast in vocabulary and abstraction skills be indicative of cognitive
impairment
3. Assumes verbal and abstract abilities start out approximately equal
Shipley-2 Population - ANSWER-7 years to adult (89 years)
Shipley-2 Utility - ANSWER-Excellent brief screening tests of intelligence used in
educational, clinical, employment, and research settings
Shipley-2 Test Description - ANSWER-Two Subtests:
1. Vocabulary: 40 M/C vocabulary items (select synonym), 10 minutes, Power test, Not
speeded
2. Abstraction: 25 abstract reasoning items (completion), 12 minutes, Power test, Not
speeded
*May substitute Block Patterns subtest for Abstraction Subtest
3. Block Pattern: nonverbal, M/C, 10 min.
Shipley-2 Scores - ANSWER-1. Each subtest and the overall composite scores are
standardized
2. M=100, SD=15
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