at care Patron we are constantly looking at ways to improve if you have any feedback on how we can improve our videos and resources please leave us a comment in the comment section below the Wexler adult intelligence scale is a widely used test designed to measure the cognitive abilities and intelligence of adults created by psychologist David wixler the wais assesses various aspects of intelligence through a series of subtests the current version The W AIS fourth edition includes 10 core subtests and five supplemental subtests divided into four major index scores verbal comprehension index measures verbal reasoning comprehension and conceptual abilities through subtests like similarities vocabulary and information perceptual reasoning index evaluates nonverbal reasoning spatial processing and visual motor integration with subtests like block design Matrix reasoning and visual puzzles working memory index which assesses the ability to store and manipulate information in short-term memory using subtests like digit span and arithmetic processing speed index measures the ability to quickly and accurately process visual information through subtests like coding and symbol search the course subtest in wais fourth edition include the following similarities this measures verbal concept formation abstract reasoning and verbal expression vocabulary this assesses word knowledge and verbal comprehension information this evaluates acquired General know knowledge and long-term memory block Design This measures spatial perception visual motor coordination and Abstract conceptualization Matrix reasoning this assesses non-verbal abstract reasoning and visual information processing visual puzzles evaluates nonverbal reasoning and visual spatial processing digit span this measures auditory short-term memory attention and concentration arithmetic this assesses numerical reasoning attention and mental manipulation coding this measures processing speed short-term memory and visual motor coordination symbol search this evaluates processing speed visual perception and concentration on the other hand there are five supplemental subtests figure weights measuring quantitative and analogical reasoning comprehension assessing social judgment and Common Sense reasoning letter number sequencing evaluates working memory and attention cancellation measures processing speed and visual attention picture completion evaluates visual perception and visual recognition the scale scoring provides a comprehensive assessment of cognitive abilities with four main index scores as stated before it also includes a full scale IQ score representing overall intellectual ability based on all subtests the standard scoring scale has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 where scores between 85 and 115 are average above 115 are above average and Below 85 are below average additionally the scale offers composite scores for specific cognitive domains and subtest scale scores providing detailed insights into cognitive strengths and weaknesses here is a sample of our wish Ed intelligence scale to give you an idea of how you would use it in your practice to discover more of our free templates explore our templates Library which you can find on our care Patron website Linked In the description below care Patron is a practice management software known for its comprehensive features signing up is free just click on the link in the description if you enjoyed this video don't forget to press a like And subscribe button for more content like this