Standardization of a Memory Test with an Elderly Population

• Main Author: Tsang, Michael Hing-pui
• Other Authors: Aronson, Harriet
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1984
• Subjects: fluid intelligence; Short-term memory > Testing.; Older people > Mental health.; short-term memory tests; elderly populations
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504430/

The Aronson Shopping List is a short-term memory test which integrates current knowledge of brain-behavior relationships in assessment. The test was designed to detect deficiency in fluid intelligence. The goal of this study was to standardize the test on an elderly population. The sample was composed of 67 males and females whose ages ranged from 62 to 89 years. It was found that recent stressful events did not account for variation of performance on the ASL. The reliability of the test, established by means of a test and alternate form retest procedure, was found to be .70 after an average of eleven months. Percentiles are presented indicating performance comparisons. Further experimentation would be needed to establish whether the test would be useful to designate organic brain pathology.