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A measure of short‐term visual memory based on the WISC‐R coding subtest
Author(s) -
Collaer Marcia Lee,
Evans James R.
Publication year - 1982
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(198207)38:3<641::aid-jclp2270380333>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler intelligence scale for children , measure (data warehouse) , coding (social sciences) , short term memory , term (time) , cognitive psychology , intelligence quotient , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , working memory , cognition , statistics , neuroscience , computer science , data mining , mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics
Adapted the Coding subtest of the WISC‐R to provide a measure of visual memory. Three hundred and five children, aged 8 through 12, were administered the Coding test using standard directions. A few seconds after completion the key was taken away, and each was given a paper with only the digits and asked to write the appropriate matching symbol below each. This was termed “Coding Recall.” To provide validity data, a subgroup of 50 S s also was administered the Attention Span for Letters subtest from the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude (as a test of visual memory for sequences of letters) and a Bender Gestalt recall test (as a measure of visual memory for geometric forms). Coding Recall means and standard deviations are reported separately by sex and age level. Implications for clinicians are discussed. Reservations about clinical use of the data are given in view of the possible lack of representativeness of the sample used and the limited reliability and validity of Coding Recall.