Interesting, you may be right about him trying to cover up his weaknesses. He is keenly aware of them.
According to some other notes of the psych, at one point, ds exlaimed "don't time me!"
That's so funny -- ds6 tested on the WPPSI at 5y5m and ended up with a lot of ceilings. We tried to have him retested on the WISC at 6y1m, but the tester decided to stop after two subtests. Why? Ds kept asking, "Are you trying to *trick* me?" She thought it wouldn't be a fair estimate of his abilities because he was clearly suspicious!
I think it's definitely possible to overthink tests. If our tester had continued with his WISC, ds would have almost certainly gotten a much lower score than he could have -- which is why she stopped! And she refunded our money.
