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Comparison of the wisconsin card sorting test and the halstead category test
Author(s) -
Bond James A.,
Bcchtel Henry A.
Publication year - 1984
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(198409)40:5<1251::aid-jclp2270400522>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - wisconsin card sorting test , psychology , test (biology) , card sorting , cognition , cognitive test , cognitive psychology , think aloud protocol , developmental psychology , psychiatry , task (project management) , computer science , neuropsychology , paleontology , management , usability , human–computer interaction , economics , biology
Correlational comparisons of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and the Halstead Category Test (Pendleton & Heaton, 1982) are criticized as inadequate to assess the degree to which these two tests call upon the same cognitive processes. Asking patients to “think aloud” while performing on the tests is recommended as a more direct approach to understanding the cognitive components of the tests. Some results of analysis of such thinkaloud protocols are presented that suggest the differences and areas of overlap of the two tests.