WAIS
[weys]
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.See under Wechsler Scales.
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Wechsler Scales
[weks-ler]
- a group of intelligence tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), later revised (WAIS-R); the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), later revised (WISC-R); the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI); and the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale, no longer used, all of which emphasize performance and verbal skills and give separate scores for subtests in vocabulary, arithmetic, memory span, assembly of objects, and other abilities.
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Origin of Wechsler Scales
named after David Wechsler (1896–1981), Romanian-born U.S. psychologist, who developed them
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Wais (Khn Mrz), mention of whom will come into this history.
The Bbur-nma in EnglishBabur, Emperor of Hindustan
Wais Lghar,171 one of the Samarkand Tghch people, was another.
The Bbur-nma in EnglishBabur, Emperor of Hindustan
Wais noticed the weakness of my mount, dismounted and led me his own.
The Bbur-nma in EnglishBabur, Emperor of Hindustan
Masson found in Kbul honoured descendants of Wais tka (ii, 240).
The Bbur-nma in EnglishBabur, Emperor of Hindustan
Mr. Leggett, will you please to teck yo' ahm fum roun' my wais'?
John March, SouthernerGeorge W. Cable