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WECHSLER-BELLEVUE TEST [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

An IQ test originally devised by David Wechsler in the 1950's. [Pronounced "wayce."] The original tests were also called Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, after Wechsler and his affiliation, Bellevue-Hospital. 1996 is the centennial of David Wechsler's birth, and advances in IQ testing stand as a continuing rebuke to the notion that, with intelligence, things improve over time.

OBS

for "Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale" : The abbreviations WISC for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and WAIS for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale have been confirmed in reliable sources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
CONT

Echelle d'intelligence de Wechsler-Bellevue. Publiée en 1939 à Baltimore par David Wechsler, alors chef de clinique à l'hôpital psychiatrique Bellevue (New York), le W.B.I.S. [...] est le premier test d'intelligence qui ait été construit spécifiquement pour les adultes. [...] Le test de Wechsler-Bellevue se compose de deux échelles, l'une dite verbale, l'autre de performance.

Spanish

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