title: Possible artifacts in memory assessment with the Wechsler Memory Scale-III.
abstract: The Wechsler Memory Scale-III has a number of subtests on which scores can be influenced by random answering, malingering, and response sets as well as valid variance from memory functioning. Clinicians, researchers, and forensic psychologists need to take these possibly confounding sources into account when interpreting findings. Chance performance guidelines are presented along with some brief examples from clinical assessment.
authors.affiliation: Kansas State University College of Education, USA.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Sinnett
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Holen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011939:Mental Recall; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*