Intellectual Abilities:
Perceptual Speed

 

 

 

Perceptual Speed:
General Information

When?

Time 1

Time 2

Time 3

Time 4

Time 5

Time 6

Time 7

Where?

Intake Assessment
(EE)

Intensive Protocol
(IP)

Intake Assessment
(EE)
Intake Assessment
(EE)

Intensive Protocol
(IP)

Intake Assessment
(EE)

Intensive Protocol
(IP)

Intake Assessment
(EE)

Intensive Protocol
(IP)

Intake Assessment
(EE)

Intensive Protocol
(IP)

Intake Assessment
(EE)

Questionnaire

EE:
Intake Assessment
p. 16

IP:
Cognitive battery

EE:
Intake Assessment
p. 21
EE:
Intake Assessment
p. 20

IP:
Cognitive battery

EE:
Intake Assessment
p. 20

IP:
Cognitive battery

EE:
Intake Assessment
p. 20

IP:
Cognitive battery

EE:
Intake Assessment
p. 31

IP:
Cognitive battery

EE:
Intake Assessment
p. 33

SIR Data bank

EE:
ZKP
rec/table 10 (Z1ee)

IP:
Psycho
rec/table 18 (C1speed)

rec/table 19 (C1con)

EE:
ZKP
rec/table 110 (Z2ee)
EE:
ZKP
rec/table 210 (Z3ee)

IP:
Psycho
rec/table 218 (C3speed)

rec/table 219 (C3con)

EE:
ZKP
rec/table 310 (Z4ee)

IP:
Psycho
rec/table 318 (C4speed)

rec/table 319 (C4con)

EE:
ZKP
rec/table 410 (Z5ee)

IP:
Psycho
rec/table 418 (C5speed)

rec/table 419 (C5con)

EE:
ZKP
rec/table 510 (Z6ee)

IP:
Psycho
rec/table 518 (C6speed)

rec/table 519 (C6con)

EE:
ZKP
rec/table 610 (Z7ee)

The cognitive test battery in BASE contains 14 tests measuring five intellectual abilities (perceptual speed, reasoning, memory, knowledge, fluency). At the 5th measurement point 8 out of the original 14 tests were included in the assessment.

Perceptual speed was measured by the following three tests:
a) Digit Letter test (Lindenberger, Mayr, & Kliegl, 1993), which is a substitution test akin to the Digit Symbol Substitution subtest of the WAIS (Wechsler, 1982). In BASE, participants had to name letters instead of writing symbols. Version I was used in the intake assessment (EE), version II in the intensive protocol (IP).
b) Digit Symbol Substitution (Wechsler, 1955).
c) A computerized 32-item version of the Identical Pictures test from the ETS (Ekstrom, French, Harman, & Derman, 1976).
The test scores for (a), (b) and (c) correspond to the number of correct answers.

 

For more detailed information about the procedures, see Lindenberger et al. (1993) or the "Intelligenz und Kognition" documentation at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

Literature: Lindenberger, Mayr, & Kliegl, 1993; Lindenberger & Reischies, 1999; Lindenberger & Baltes, 1997; Reischies & Lindenberger, 1996; Smith & Baltes, 1996, 1999.

(See also General Intelligence, Knowledge, Fluency, Memory, Reasoning).

 


 

Perceptual Speed:
Raw Constructs Created in BASE

Note:
The prefix k indicates that data were administered in the Intake Assessment (EE),
c that data were administered in the Intensive Protocol (IP).

Constructs

Construct names
Time 1

Construct names
Time 2

Construct names
Time 3

Construct names
Time 4

Construct names
Time 5

Construct names
Time 6

Construct names
Time 7

Perceptual speed

1.

c1fuspd
-
-
-
-
-
-
Mean
(unit-weighted composite) of
(z-standardized)
c1ipnce
c1dl2nce
c1dsnce
-
-
-
-
-
-

2.

c1spd
-
c3spd
c4spd
c5spd
-
-
Mean
(unit-weighted composite) of
(z-standardized)
c1ipnce
c1dl2nce
-
Mean
(unit-weighted composite) of
(z-standardized)
c3ipnce
c3dl2nce
Mean
(unit-weighted composite) of
(z-standardized)
c4ipnce
c4dl2nce
Mean
(unit-weighted composite) of
(z-standardized)
c5ipnce
c5dl2nce
-
-

Digit symbol substitution

1.

c1dsnce
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sum score with estimates

2.

c1dsnc
-
-
-
-
-
c7dsnc
Sum score

Identical pictures

1.

c1ipnce
-
c3ipnce
c4ipnce
c5ipnce
-
-
Sum score with estimates

2.

c1ipnc
-
c3ipnc
c4ipnc
c5ipnc
c6ipnc
-
Sum score

Digit letter

1.

c1dl2nce
-
c3dl2nce
c4dl2nce
c5dl2nce
-
-
Sum score with estimates

2.

c1dl2nc
-
c3dl2nc
c4dl2nc
c5dl2nc
c6dl2nc
-
Sum score

3.

k1z64est
k2z64est
k3z64est
k4z64est
k5z64est
-
-
Sum score with estimates

4.

k1z64sum
k2z64sum
k3z64sum
k4z64sum
k5z64sum
k6z64sum
k7z64sum
Sum score

5a.

k1z64cd
k2z64cd
k3z64cd
k4z64cd
k5z64cd
k6z64cd
k7z64cd
Number during 3rd minute

5b.

k1z64bd
k2z64bd
k3z64bd
k4z64bd
k5z64bd
k6z64bd
k7z64bd
Number during 2nd minute

Digit letter: Learning potential

6a.

k1z64lp1
k2z64lp1
k3z64lp1
k4z64lp1
-
k6z64lp1
k7z64lp1
Difference:
Number during 2nd minute - number during 1st minute *

6b.

k1z64lp2
k2z64lp2
k3z64lp2
k4z64lp2
-
k6z64lp2
k7z64lp2
Difference:
Number during 3rd minute - number during 2nd minute

Digit letter: Missing table values

7.

-
k2z64nm
k3z64nm
k4z64nm
k5z64nm
k6z64nm
k7z64nm
Number

* See additional information 4a.

 

 


 

Additional Information:
Speed Constructs in BASE

Constructs

Construct names
Time 1

Construct names
Time 2

Construct names
Time 3

Construct names
Time 4

Construct names
Time 5

Construct names
Time 6

Construct names
Time 7

Digit letter

3a.

z1e64x1t / i
z2e64x1t / i
z3e64x1t / i
z4e64x1t / i
z5e64x1t / i
z6e64x1t / i
z7e64x1t / i
(Raw) table / item after 60 sec

3b.

z1e64x2t / i
z2e64x2t / i
z3e64x2t / i
z4e64x2t / i
z5e64x2t / i
z6e64x2t / i
z7e64x2t / i
(Raw) table / item after 120 sec

3c.

z1e64x3t / i
z2e64x3t / i
z3e64x3t / i
z4e64x3t / i
z5e64x3t / i
z5e64x3t / i
z6e64x3t / i
(Raw) table / item after 180 sec

4a.

z1e64a
z2e64a
z3e64a
z4e64a
z5e64a
z6e64a
z7e64a
(Raw) Number after 60 sec

4b.

z1e64b
z2e64b
z3e64b
z4e64b
z5e64b
z6e64b
z7e64b
(Raw) Number after 120 sec (accumulated)

4c.

z1e64c
z2e64c
z3e64c
z4e64c
z5e64c
z6e64c
z7e64c
(Raw) Number after 180 sec (accumulated)