The Wechsler Intelligence Scale is used to assess which population?

• A. Adults
• B. Children
• C. Seniors
• D. Infants

Answer: (B)

Wechsler scales are age-specific intelligence tests designed to assess cognitive abilities across different developmental stages. The versions include one for adults, one for children, and one for younger children. The form most people associate with childhood assessment is the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, which is used to evaluate school-age kids and help identify learning disabilities, cognitive strengths and weaknesses, and overall intellectual functioning. For adults you’d use the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, and for preschoolers the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale. Infants aren’t evaluated with these Wechsler scales. Therefore, the population targeted by the standard Wechsler instrument in this context is children.