RE: An Extremely Lopsided Cognitive Ability Profile
Oddly enough, I don't have problems with visual processing or spatial reasoning either, when the visual information is right in front of me. I just have trouble remembering it accurately later.
I see what you mean by standardized tests. I think there's a slightly different nuance to the idea of standardized tests, as I learned it growing up--they were standardized in the sense that they weren't tailored in any way to the students who took them. For example, not to their reading comprehension level, or mathematical sophistication, or anything like that. Everyone got the same test and some kids did poorly and some kids did well.
But I see what you mean when you talk about standardized tests aimed at adults, in particular. I'd also be interested in understanding my current cognitive profile better (although it probably changes over time and as I age). Although, on the other hand, I remember wanting to take an IQ test when I was younger, and my parents warning me that I might find that the results had a psychological effect on my sense of my own limitations. I took that advice to heart and never took the test...but now I wonder how true that is.
I should've added that standardization means also means that a test is administered to a reference population and that the scores are relative. For example, an IQ score is standardized in the sense that it expresses how good a raw score was relative to the raw scores of the population against which the test was standardized.
I have been thinking of taking a batter of tests as a form of self-discovery. Because I've long had a feeling that my cognition is plagued by some type of a narrow deficit and I can't quit put a finger on.
Yeah, that's how I'd formally define a standardized test, too. So I think we're on the same page.
Good luck in figuring out what seems off about your cognition! I hope you'll post about your journey (if you feel comfortable doing so).