Possible artifacts in memory assessment with the Wechsler Memory Scale-III

The Wechsler Memory Scale-III has a number of. subtests on which scores can be influenced by random answering, malingering, and response sets as well as valid variance from memory functioning. Clinicians, researchers, and for ensic psychologists need to take these possibly confounding source's into a ccount when interpreting findings. Chance performance guidelines are presen ted along with some brief examples from clinical assessment.