WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)

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N., Pam M.S.
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a test which necessitates that involved parties deduce from feedback how to organize a sequence of cards depicting many different geometric shapes in varying colors and amounts. Once the involved party has determined the underlying sorting standard and accurately sorts 10 successive cards, the standard is altered without notification. Even though the job consists of a multitude of facets of brain operations, it is mainly thought of as a test of executive operations.

WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST): "The Wisconsin card sorting test is the ability to display flexible action in the fae of changing schedules of reinforcement. "

Related Psychology Terms

  1. VICARIOUS FUNCTION
  2. ZENER CARDS
  3. BAROGNOSIS
  4. REAL-LIFE TEST
  5. POSTCOGNITION
  6. COMPUTER SLANGUAGE
  7. CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION (COWA)
  8. BARAGNOSIS
  9. THEORY
  10. CONCEPTUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 29, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/wisconsin-card-sorting-test-wcst/ (accessed October 18, 2019).
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