 | Human and Social Development |
THE AFRICAN EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT MEASURES RESOURCE
| Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Revised and Expanded (WCST) | |
| Purpose : | Neuropsychological test |
| Subgroup : | General |
| Afr psycm pub : | 1 |
| Purpose : | Measure of abstract reasoning and ability to shift cognitive strategies. |
| Scores : | Number of Trials Administered, Total Number Correct, Total Number of Errors, Perseverative Responses, Perseverative Errors, Non-perseverative Errors, Conceptual Level Responses, Number of Categories Completed, Trails to Complete First Category, Failure to Maintain Set, Learning to Learn. |
| Population : | 6.5 - 89.0 |
| Publisher : | Psychological Assessment Resources. |
| Time : | (20 - 30). |
| Administration : | [Child Tests]. [Individual]. [English]. [Hand Scored. Computerised]. Note: Short version - Wisconsin Card sorting Test 64-card version (WCST-64). |
| Standardization : | [899]. [6.6 -89.11]. [Not available]. [Not available]. Note: There is a lack of comprehensive information on geographic, socioeconomic and racial-ethic backgrounds of subjects in norming samples. |
| Reliability : | [Not available]. [Not available]. Note: Interscorer reliability .88 to .93, intrascorer reliability .91 to .96 Note: SEM are provided for child and adolescent reliability sample. |
| Validity : | [Not available]. [Data to support the use the WCST for a variety of neurological and psychological problems that may affect 'executive functions']. [Some correlation data has shown that WCST is sensitive to frontal lesions, but there is also data to suggest it is sensitive to dysfunction in other areas of the brain, thus it may not have sufficient specificity to warrant its used as a frontal lobe sign]. |
| Psychometric review references : | Clark, E. (2001). Test review of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Revised and Expanded. From B. S. Plake & J. C. Impara (Eds.), The fourteenth mental measurements yearbook [Electronic version]. Retrieved February 1, 2005, from The Buros Institute's Test Reviews Online website: http://www.unl.edu/buros Roman, D. D. (2001). Test review of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Revised and Expanded. From B. S. Plake & J. C. Impara (Eds.), The fourteenth mental measurements yearbook [Electronic version]. Retrieved February 1, 2005, from The Buros Institute's Test Reviews Online website: http://www.unl.edu/buros Brandon, A. D. & Chavez, E. L. (1985). Order and delay effects on Neuropsychological test presentation: The Halstead Category and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. International Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology, 7, 152-153. |
| African studies (M3) : | Study Type: Validation. Reference: Akande, A. (2000). Order effects on neuropsychological test performance of normal, learning disabled and low functioning children: A cross-cultural study. Early Child Development and Care, 165, 145-161. [See entry under Intermediate Booklet Category Test (IBCT)]. |
| Construct(s) : |
Cognitive Executive Cognition |