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E E Schultz

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PubMed1984

Equivalence of alternate subtests for the Russell Revision of the Wechsler Memory Scale.

Two studies were conducted to examine the adequacy of the Visual Reproduction and Logical Memory Subtests of Form II of the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-II) as an alternate form for Russell's Revision of the WMS (RWMS). An archival data study on 46 inpatient alcoholics revealed greater pre-/post-treatment differences on Immediate Figural Recall scores for participants tested first on the RWMS, compared with participants tested first on the alternate subtests. In a second study, both forms were administered to 60 noninstitutionalized examinees. Immediate Figural Recall was again higher for subtests from WMS-II; Immediate and Delayed Semantic Recall were higher for RWMS. Data indicate apparent problems in the use of subtests of WMS-II as an alternate form for RWMS.

Alcoholism↗
PubMed1984

Limitations in equivalence of alternate subtests for Russell's Revision of the Wechsler Memory Scale: causes and solutions.

Reasons for limited equivalence of Form II of the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-II) Figural Memory Subtest as an alternate form for the Russell's Revision of the Wechsler Memory Scale (RWMS) Figural Memory Subtest were investigated. Thirty college students rated figural stimuli from RWMS and WMS-II on dimensions related to memory. Raters judged figural stimuli from RWMS to be less memorable, more complex, and more difficult to label verbally. Forms can be made more equivalent by either changes in scoring or the interchanging of stimuli across forms.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

Depth of processing by mentally retarded and MA-matched nonretarded individuals.

Mildly mentally retarded and MA-matched nonretarded individuals were tested for speed and accuracy in responding to questions requiring different processing depth in the Craik and Tulving paradigm and then given an unexpected recognition task. Retarded individuals required progressively more encoding time relative to nonretarded individuals as processing depth increased. Both encoding and recognition accuracy, however, was equivalent for both groups; greater elaboration improved recognition in both groups. Implications for the study of retardation were presented.

Child↗
PubMed1982

Proactive effects in memory for stories.

Selective omissions in the recall of longer prose passages have been interpreted as evidence of abstractive processes during encoding. Presumably, the additional information in longer passages produces an information overload which necessitates selective attention. Learners in three experiments were tested on their recognition or recall of a short passage that either was or was not preceded by a long introductory segment. An encoding-based view predicts that increased passage length should diminish both recognition and recall. However, increased passage length decreased recall, but not recognition, demonstrating that passage length effects are dependent upon the type of cues available during retrieval. A further study demonstrated that ideas of greater thematic importance were recognized better than ideas of lesser thematic importance, even after a negligible retention interval. Abstractive processes deal with the relative importance of ideas but not the amount of information.

Humans↗