Beware of Intelligence Results Based on Common Verbal Tests

The majority of tasks on intelligence tests require vision, such as visual pattern recognition. [...]psychologists typically use verbal sections, especially vocabulary tests, to assess students who have visual impairments. † Deceased January 2017. [...]we do not recommend common verbal tests develop...

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Published inJournal of visual impairment & blindness Vol. 111; no. 2; pp. 187 - 190
Main Authors Morash, Valerie S., McKerracher, Amanda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2017
Sage Publications, Inc
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Braille
Children
Children & youth
Cognition & reasoning
Disability
Educational aspects
Imagery
Intelligence Quotient
Intelligence Tests
Learning disabilities
Nonverbal Ability
Pattern Recognition
Psychologists
Semantics
Short Term Memory
Studies
Verbal Tests
Vision disorders
Visual Impairments
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Summary:The majority of tasks on intelligence tests require vision, such as visual pattern recognition. [...]psychologists typically use verbal sections, especially vocabulary tests, to assess students who have visual impairments. † Deceased January 2017. [...]we do not recommend common verbal tests developed for sighted children be used with children who have visual impairments. [...]children with visual impairments tend to score higher or lower than their sighted peers on many tasks, for reasons other than their intelligence.
ISSN:0145-482X
1559-1476
DOI:10.1177/0145482X1711100212