It seems to me that her reasoning of all kinds (tested by Similarities, Matrix Reasoning, Picture Concepts and Block Design) is very good, but she has a weakness in fund of knowledge (Vocabulary where you are given a word and have to define it, perhaps she doesn't know too many words) and a real weakness in rote attention (Digit Span where you have to repeat increasingly longer strings of digits either forward or in reverse). However, when the working memory task is cognitively more demanding (ie Letter-Number Sequencing where you have to reorder letter-number strings in your head as opposed to just repeat them forwards or in reverse as in Digit Span), she does better. Also, open-ended, adaptive reasoning as required by Comprehension is a little weak.
It seems to me that she is extremely smart as far as raw brain power. And, although I am not an expert and may be wrong, she doesn't have an LD. When the problem is neurologically based, Coding is almost always effected and often Block Design and Symbol Search are as well. However, this is not the case with her. It seems to me that her problem is in lack of maturity and her scores should go up with age. She might not understand that she has to give precise answers on Vocabulary and that she has to give clear, logical, and complete answers on Comprehension. Also, she might not understand that she has to put her utmost effort and do her best on a boring, nonintellectual task like Digit Span because the test is important. So again, she is very, very smart and her reserved personality and lack of maturity lowered her score.
Last edited by asiral; 03/10/10 04:44 PM.
