Phillip L Kent

The Wechsler Memory Scale

A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a comprehensive and critical review of all adult versions of the Wechsler Memory Scale, the most frequently used memory battery in the US, and much of the English-speaking world. It systematically traces the evolution of the test in terms of its structure and content, and discusses its many research uses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 180mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 975g
• ISBN-13: 9780367461669
• ISBN-10: 0367461668
• Artikelnr.: 66557503

Autorenporträt

Phillip L. Kent, PsyD, spent over 40 years practicing in the field of psychology. He has worked in schools, public state psychiatric hospitals, mental health centres, nursing homes, and private practice. He holds five graduate degrees in general experimental psychology, clinical psychology, school psychology, and gerontological studies, and is a diplomate with the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology with added qualifications in geriatric neuropsychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Methodology
Chapter 2: A history of the origins and evolution of Wechsler's memory
scales
Chapter 3: The evolution of the core subtests
Chapter 4: Selected factor analytic studies of the Wechsler Memory Scales:
Recurrent themes
Chapter 5: Clinical and research uses of the Wechsler Memory Scales
Chapter 6: Clinical interpretation of the Wechsler Memory Scales
Chapter 7: Afterword: Glancing back and looking ahead to the Wechsler
Memory Scale-V
References