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The verbal scale of the WAIS-III consists of vocabulary, similarities, information, comprehension, arithmetic, digit span, and letter number sequence. The performance scale of the WAIS-III is picture completion, digit symbol, block design, matrix reasoning, picture arrangement, and symbol search. The full scale intelligence score is a combination of the two, but not a summation or average of the two.
Verbal intelligence is indicative of a child's ability to learn and understand which behavior is acceptable and which behavior is not. Verbal intelligence is directly related to a child's performance intelligence or range of responses to social situations. A child with lower verbal intelligence may invoke fewer positive responses from parents and is likely to have lower performance intelligence and be less successful in school. - David A. Wechsler, Ph.D., cognitive therapist, first published the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale in 1939. The Intelligence tests were initially used for placement in training in the military. Intelligence tests are currently used to estimate grade placement or fitness to do a job or tasks. Pearson Assessments has revised Wechsler's test and translated and adapted it for use in more than 20 languages and countries. Wechsler defined intelligence as "the global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with [one's] environment."
- The Slosson Intelligence Test verbal score measures vocabulary, similarities and differences, comprehension, analogies, absurdities and proverbs. The Slosson performance nonverbal index consists of figure analogies, figure relationships, visual closure, missing element, abstract elements, matrices and mazes. The memory index measures sentence repetition, digits forward, digits backward, visual memory, reverse spelling, shapes backward and words backwards.
- Happiness, sadness, anger, and fear are universal across cultures. Emotions are discerned on people's faces regardless of country. Emotional intelligence is a human ability to reason about emotions and to use emotions to enhance thoughts. John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey created a four-part model of emotional intelligence in 1997. They defined emotional intelligence as managing emotions, understanding emotions, emotions facilitating thought, and perceiving emotions.
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Perceiving emotion begins with nonverbal reception of an emotional expression. Emotions generate thoughts, which are immediately processed. An emotional stimulus directs thoughts to what is most important. Emotional expressions are full of information. Happiness is usually derived from association with other people, while anger means many different things. Anger leads to many different results.
Understanding emotions is an important skill. Anger can lead to revenge, an attack, or withdraw. A person, who can recognize and understand emotions, begins to reason with and discuss the emotions. - Emotional self-regulation has been studied throughout the 1990s. Emotional control comes with maturity. Self-control of emotions allows a person to be open or block painful or overwhelming emotions. Self-disclosure leads to deeper emotional bonds and long term relationships. Interpersonal communication is key in all social interactions from personal relationships to employment relationships. Interpersonal communication is key to maintaining a relationship, emphasizing positive and constructive communication patterns with frequent connections with one another. Emotional intelligence, the ability to comprehend and communicate emotions clearly, greatly predicts success in life.
