Measuring vocabulary by free expression and recognition tasks: Implications for assessing children, adolescents, and young adults

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 892-902

  Chan, Agnes S ^a   Cheung, Mei Chun ^b   Sze, Sophia L ^a   Leung, Winnie W ^a   Cheung, Rebecca W Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Free expressive; Multiple choice; Recognition; Vocabulary test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349095882     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701861384     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Anastasi, A. (1988). Psychological testing (6th ed.). New York: McMillan.
2. Banich, M. T. (1998). Neuropsychology: The neural bases of mental function. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
3. Bayles, K. A., Tomoeda, C. K., & Boone, D. R. (1985). A view of age-related changes in language function. Developmental Neuropsychology, 1, 231-264.
4. Brooks, D. N., & Aughten, M. E. (1979). Psychological consequences of blunt head injury. International Rehabilitation Medicine, 1, 160-165.
5. Brown, L., Sherbenou, R. J., & Johnsen, S. K. (1992). Test of Nonverbal Intelligence: A language-free measure of cognitive ability (3rd ed). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
6. Butters, N. (1984). The clinical aspects of memory disorders: Contributions from experimental studies of amnesia and dementia. Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology, 6, 17-36.
7. Butters, N., Wolfe, J., Granholm, E., & Martone, M. (1986). An assessment of verbal recall, recognition and fluency abilities in patients with Huntington's disease. Cortex, 22, 11-32.
8. Butters, N., Wolfe, J., Martone, M., Granholm, E., & Cermak, L. S. (1985). Memory disorders associated with Huntington's disease: Verbal recall, verbal recognition and procedural memory. Neuropsychologia, 23, 729-743.
9. Chan, A., Shum, D., & Cheung, R. (2003). Recent development of cognitive and neuropsychological assessment in Asian countries. Psychological Assessment, 15, 257-267.
10. Chang, S. S. Y., Tang, C. S.-K., & Chan-ho, A. M. W. (1995). Developing a Cantonese version of the vocabulary subtest of the WAIS-R for adolescents in Hong Kong. Bulletin of the Hong Kong Psychological Society, 34/35, 68-82.
11. Chen, Y. H., & Chen, X. Y. (2002). Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (Chinese). Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Behavioral Science Corporation. (In Chinese)
12. Cihai Editorial Board. (1979). Cihai. Shanghai, China: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. (In Chinese)
13. Dai, X. Y., Gong, Y. X., & Zhong, L. P. (1990). Factor analysis of the mainland Chinese version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Psychological Assessment, 2, 31-34.
14. Damasio, H. C. (1991). Neuroanatomical correlates of the aphasias. In M. T. Sarno (Ed.), Acquired aphasia (2nd ed., pp. 45-70). New York: Academic Press.
15. Dunn, L. M., & Dunn, L. M. (1981). Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
16. Dunn, L. M., & Dunn, L. M. (1997). Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Third Edition. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
17. Eisenthal, S., & Harford, T. (1971). Correlation between the Raven Progressive Matrices scale and the Shipley Institute of Living Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 27, 213-214.
18. Gardner, M. F. (1990). Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (Revised). Novato, CA: Academic Therapy Publications.
19. Gong, Y. X. (1989). Manual for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale: Revised in China. Changsha, Hunan, China: Hunan Medical University. (In Chinese)
20. Gray, S., Plante, E., Vance, R., & Henrichsen, M. (1999). The diagnostic accuracy of four vocabulary tests administered to preschool-age children. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 30, 196-206.
21. Hayes, S. C. (1999). Comparison of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test and the Matrix Analogies Test-Short Form in an adolescent forensic population. Psychological Assessment, 11, 108-110.
22. Hong Kong Education Department. (1999a). List of primary school textbooks and learning materials recommended by the Textbook Committee. Hong Kong: Author.
23. Hong Kong Education Department. (1999b). List of textbooks recommended by the Textbooks Committee in secondary schools. Hong Kong: Author.
24. Irving, G. (1971). Psychometric assessment in a geriatric unit. In G. Stocker (Ed.), Assessment in cerebrovascular insufficiency. Stuttgart, Germany: George Thieme Verlag.
25. Iverson, G. L. (2001). Interpreting change on the WAS-III/WMS-III in clinical samples. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 16, 183-191.
26. Joy, S., Fein, D., Kaplan, E., & Freedman, M. (1999). Information multiple choice among healthy older adults: Characteristics, correlates, and clinical implications. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 13, 48-53.
27. Kaplan, E., Fein, D., Morris, R., & Delis, D. (1991). Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales-Revised as a Neuropsychological Instrument (WAIS-R NI). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
28. Kaufman, A. S., & Kaufman, N. L. (1983). Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
29. Kaufman, A. S., & Kaufman, N. L. (1990). Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
30. Kaufman, A. S., & Kaufman, N. L. (2004). Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition. Bloomington, MN: Pearson Assessment.
31. Kaufman, A. S., McLean, J., & Reynolds, C. (1991). Analysis of WAIS-R factor patterns by sex and race. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 47, 548-557.
32. Lezak, M. D., Howieson, D. B., & Loring, D. W. (2004). Neuropsychological assessment (4th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
33. Massman, P. D., Delis, D. C., Butters, N., Levin, B. E., & Salmon, D. P. (1990). Are all subcortical dementias alike? Verbal learning and memory in Parkinson's and Huntington's disease patients. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 12, 729-744.
34. McCaffrey, R. H., Duff, K., & Westervelt, H. J. (2000). Practitioner's guide to evaluating change with intellectual assessment instruments. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press.
35. McFie, J. (1975). Assessment of organic intellectual impairment. London: Academic Press.
36. Melvold, J. L., Au, R., Obler, L. K., & Albert, M. L. (1994). Language during aging and dementia. In M. L. Albert & J. E. Knoefel (Eds.), Clinical neurology of aging (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
37. Nagaratnam, N., & Gilhortra, J. S. (1988). Acute mixed transcortical aphasia following an infarction in the left putamen. Aphasiology, 12, 489-493.
38. Nation, I. S. P. (1990). Teaching and learning vocabulary. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle.
39. Novoa, O. P., & Ardila, A. (1987). Linguistic abilities in patients with prefrontal damage. Brain and Language, 30, 206-225.
40. Obler, L. K., & Albert, M. L. (1985). Language skills across adulthood. In J. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.), The psychology of aging. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
41. Raven, J. C. (1982). Revised manual for Raven's Progressive Matrices and Vocabulary Scales. Windsor, UK: NFER Nelson.
42. Rey, G. J., Levin, B. E., Rodas, R., Bowen, B. C., & Nedd, K. (1994). A longitudinal examination of crossed aphasia. Archives of Neurology, 51, 95-100.
43. Roid, G. H. (2003). Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (5th ed.). Itasca, IL: Riverside.
44. Sattler, J. M. (1992). Assessment of children (3rd ed.). San Diego, CA: Jerome M. Sattler.
45. Schum, R. L., & Sivan, A. B. (1997). Verbal abilities in healthy elderly adults. Applied Neuropsychology, 4, 130-134.
46. Shipley, W. C. (1986). Shipley Institute of Living Scale. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services.
47. Snow, W. G., & Weinstock, J. (1990). Sex differences among non-brain-damaged adults on the Wechsler Adult Intelligences Scales: A review of the literature. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 12, 873-886.
48. Sullivan, E. V., Sagar, H. J., Gabrieli, J. D. E., Corkin, S., & Growdon, J. H. (1989). Different cognitive profiles on standard behavioral tests in Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 11, 799-820.
49. Tamayo, J. M. (1987). Frequency of use as a measure of word difficulty in bilingual vocabulary test construction and translation. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 47, 893-902.
50. Terman, L. M., & Merrill, M. A. (1960). Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Manual for the Third Revision Form L-M. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
51. Thorndike, R. L., Hagen, E. P., & Sattler, J. M. (1986). The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: Riverside.
52. Ullstadius, E., Gustafsson, J.-E., & Carlstedt, B. (2002). Influence of general and crystallized intelligence on vocabulary test performance. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 18, 78-84.
53. Vernon, P. E. (1979). Intelligence: Heredity and environment. San Francisco: Freeman.
54. Wechsler, D. (1949). Manual for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. New York: Psychological Corporation.
55. Wechsler, D. (1958). The measurement and appraisal of adult intelligence. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins.
56. Wechsler, D. (1974). Manual for Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. New York: Psychological Corporation.
57. Wechsler, D. (1981). Manual for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
58. Wechsler, D. (1991). Manual of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
59. Wechsler, D. (1997). Manual for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Third Edition. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
60. Wechsler, D. (2003). Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth Edition. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
61. Wechsler, D., Kaplan, E., Delis, D., Fein, D., Maerlender, A., Morris, R., et al. (2004). Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth Edition Integrated (WISC-IV Integrated). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
62. Zillmer, E. A., Waechtler, C., Harris, B., Kahn, F., & Fowler, P. C. (1992). The effects of unilateral and multifocal lesions on the WAIS-R: A factor analytic study of stroke patients. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 7, 29-40.