Psychological Research and Intervention
Vol 5, No 1 (2022)

Comparison of cognitive strength and weaknesses between visually impaired children and non-visually impaired children

Novellia Ardhya Dewanti (Department of Psychology, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)
Dhasthra Laksita Mayantya (Department of Psychology, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)
Brigita Yuriza Ardiana (Department of Psychology, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)
Banyu Wicaksono (Department of Psychology, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Dec 2022

Abstract

Visually impaired children experience limitation in learning and identifying the world.  There has yet to be an intelligence measuring instrument tailor made to accommodate their limitations. Therefore, this study aims explore strengths and weaknesses of visually impaired children compared to non-visually impaired children in standard intelligence test as a pilot study for constructing intelligence test that is tailor made for visually impaired children.  This research is a quantitative approach using WISC-R as the research instrumenrs. The data was analyzed using Mann-Whitney U Test. This study found a significant difficulty experienced by visually impaired children in performance subtest. Further, no significant difference in verbal IQ was found between visually impaired children and non-visually impaired children. The results of this study are expected to be the basis for developing intelligence measuring tools for visually impaired children in the future.

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Journal Info

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pri

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Social Sciences

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Psychological Research and Intervention is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of psychology with publication focus on the research in the science of psychology, as well as, applied research in psychological diagnosis and intervention. This journal is aimed at facilitating discussion and ...