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Wechsler memory scale: A selective review of the literature
Author(s) -
Prigatano George P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197810)34:4<816::aid-jclp2270340402>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , wechsler memory scale , cognitive psychology , construct validity , test (biology) , test validity , memory impairment , psychometrics , reliability (semiconductor) , short forms , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Research on the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) is reviewed with respect to questions of its reliability, factor structure, construct validity, and utility. The relationship of Memory Quotient to Full Scale IQ is explored and the conditions under which disparity between the two scores may be clinically useful indicated. Despite its numerous limitations, the WMS has been a sensitive test of short‐term verbal memory. As such, it may be helpful in identifying impairment of the dominant (left) temporal lobe and its medial hippocampal connections. The test is badly in need of re‐standardization, however, and suggestions for improving the instrument are made.