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In cooperation with the Schuhfried company, CLUB MOBIL offered people with a

disability the opportunity to find out whether they meet the criteria for driving

a motor vehicle.

Schuhfried is using the data thus acquired to compile the first traffic psychological test

battery in German-speaking countries that is also validated for physically disabled people

and their needs.

A satisfied participant says: “For people like us who have a disability, mobility is part of our quality of life. I hope that such events will continue to take place in future and that they will be supported by you.”

A German-language video of the test session can be found on our website www.schuhfried.at under Products/Videos.

Fitness to drive: assessing people with a disability, Austria

In university psychology courses: Help College, Malaysia

At Help College in Kuala Lumpur psychology students learn about computerised

psychological assessment by using the Vienna Test System.

Help College is one of the best known private universities in Malaysia. It has been using the

Vienna Test System since the beginning of 2007.

D. Gerard J. Louis, Director of Help College:

“Testing and Assessment in career guidance is a relatively new experience for students in Malaysia. Over the last year, CAREERsense@HELP has been using the Vienna Test System as part of its testing and assessment services to clients seeking assistance with career exploration and decision-making. We have found the system highly reliable and convenient. Prior to this, we have been using mostly pencil and paper tests and while it was useful and served its purpose, software based tests are more efficient in terms of administration. They also help with cutting down on human error in terms of calculation and writing profiles. Our students have taken very easily to the VTS because of its ease in using and clarity of presentation. […]“

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In personnel selection: the Würth company, Austria

The Vienna Test System enables Würth Handelsges.m.b.H. to carry out efficient pre-selection

when recruiting field sales staff.

Klaudia Wurzer, personnel development department:

“[...] The results of the preliminary tests from the selected Schuhfried test battery mean that we now have available a test battery that is tailor-made for our requirements and provides us with relevant information on aptitude. I am delighted that we have found in Schuhfried an expert partner who responds to customer wishes, making good quality possible.”

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N e w s o f t h e V i e n n a T e s t S y s t e m

We have made the “Dimensions” menu in the Vienna Test system more user-friendly. It is now more conveniently structured

and divided into categories. You can choose between the following lists:

Improved Dimensions list

• general list with around 50 global and generally formulated dimensions

• differentiated list with around 150 more finely differentiated dimensions

• specific list subdivided according to application areas (e.g. human resources,

sport, traffic, aviation)

In addition only one test, and only the most appropriate test form, is now suggested.

The respondent’s language is taken into account in making the suggestion.

The Assignment function has now been added to the ranking feature: this indicates the

position or occupation for which your candidate is best suited. It is useful if you have a

number of posts to fill or if you wish to establish candidates’ suitability for particular

occupations.

Revised “Ranking”

• The algorithm for calculating a respondent’s score as a measure of conformity with the requirements profile has been changed. The

maximum possible deviation is now the same for each variable (irrespective of the defined target range).

• In requirements profiles for the ranking calculation, the relevance can now be set in 1% steps.

• Requirements profiles can now be exported and imported. To make this possible, the function for exporting and importing test

batteries has been correspondingly extended.

Ranking of 'Personnel selection DEMO'

Rank Points Client V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16

No rating (test results are not completely available):- Hoffer, Jimmy; 31.10.1973 1- 49- 4- 86+- Murray, Bill; 05.10.1976 67- 32- 35+ 73-- Smith, Patti; 19.01.1955 76+ 4- 67+ 81+- Snyder, Rick; 14.10.1957 58- 86+ 91+ 53-- Webber, Kathy; 16.03.1971 5- 30- 25+ 78+

The following job profile was used for the computation of the ranking:

Variable Ideal range Relevance

V1 = EPP6/S1 PR-AC/1000 - Percentile rank Activity 25-100 0.50V2 = EPP6/S1 PR-AG/1000 - Percentile rank Aggression 0-50 0.75V3 = EPP6/S1 PR-AM/1000 - Percentile rank Ambition 50-90 0.75V4 = EPP6/S1 PR-AS/1000 - Percentile rank Assertiveness 25-75 0.75V5 = EPP6/S1 PR-DO/1000 - Percentile rank Dogmatic 25-75 0.75V6 = EPP6/S1 PR-EX/1000 - Percentile rank Expressiveness 25-75 0.50V7 = EPP6/S1 PR-IM/1000 - Percentile rank Impulsiveness 10-75 0.50V8 = EPP6/S1 PR-IR/1000 - Percentile rank Irresponsibility 0-25 1.00V9 = EPP6/S1 PR-LI/1000 - Percentile rank Dissimulation 0-90 2.00V10 = EPP6/S1 PR-MA/1000 - Percentile rank Manipulativeness 25-75 0.50V11 = EPP6/S1 PR-RI/1000 - Percentile rank Risk-Taking 10-60 0.75V12 = EPP6/S1 PR-SO/1000 - Percentile rank Sociability 25-90 0.75V13 = IBF/S1 PR-ZLZG/1000 - Percentile rank Long-term memory 75-100 1.00V14 = IBF/S1 PR-ZNI/1000 - Percentile rank Numerical intelligence functions 50-100 1.00V15 = IBF/S1 PR-ZRV/1000 - Percentile rank Visualisation 25-100 0.75V16 = IBF/S1 PR-ZVI/1000 - Percentile rank Verbal intelligence functions 75-100 1.33

Vienna Test System - Ranking of 'Personnel selection DEMO' 10.04.2009, page 1 of 1Test battery occupational counselling

Winch, Garyborn 28.03.1963, male, 45;8 years, Education level 3Test administration: 02.12.2008

Test results:

Test variable Raw score PR T IQCognitive abilityGeneral intelligence -4.837 0 (0-1) 20 (16-24) 55 (49-61)

Verbal intelligence functions -1.882 3 (1-11) 31 (24-38) 72 (62-82)

Numerical intelligence functions -2.125 0 (0-1) 20 (15-25) 55 (48-62)

Long-term memory -0.766 36 (13-66) 46 (39-54) 95 (83-106)

Visualisation -0.975 33 (11-63) 46 (38-53) 93 (82-105)

Occupational personalitySociability 21 22 42Expressiveness 22 77 57Assertiveness 24 53 51Ambition 22 47 49Dogmatic 20 86 61Aggression 17 75 57Risk-Taking 19 41 48Impulsiveness 23 70 55Irresponsibility 20 68 55Manipulativeness 16 53 51

Occupational interstsPractical and technical interests 27 50 50Intellectual and investigative interests 33 69 55Artistic and linguistic interests 32 69 55Social interests 27 42 48Entrepreneurial interests 34 69 55Organizational and administrational interests 28 66 54

Occupational aptitudeAptitude for technical professions 685 1

Aptitude for commercial professions 660 1

Aptitude for social professions 646 1

Comment(s): The confidence intervals are displayed next to each of the comparison scores (in parentheses).1The variable indicates the match to the ideal profile in per mill.

Vienna Test System - 02.12.2008Test results Winch, Gary; 02.12.2008

Test battery occupational counselling

Winch, Garyborn 28.03.1963, male, 45;8 years, Education level 3Test administration: 02.12.2008

Test results:

Test variable Raw score PR T IQCognitive abilityGeneral intelligence -4.837 0 (0-1) 20 (16-24) 55 (49-61)

Verbal intelligence functions -1.882 3 (1-11) 31 (24-38) 72 (62-82)

Numerical intelligence functions -2.125 0 (0-1) 20 (15-25) 55 (48-62)

Long-term memory -0.766 36 (13-66) 46 (39-54) 95 (83-106)

Visualisation -0.975 33 (11-63) 46 (38-53) 93 (82-105)

Occupational personalitySociability 21 22 42Expressiveness 22 77 57Assertiveness 24 53 51Ambition 22 47 49Dogmatic 20 86 61Aggression 17 75 57Risk-Taking 19 41 48Impulsiveness 23 70 55Irresponsibility 20 68 55Manipulativeness 16 53 51

Occupational interstsPractical and technical interests 27 50 50Intellectual and investigative interests 33 69 55Artistic and linguistic interests 32 69 55Social interests 27 42 48Entrepreneurial interests 34 69 55Organizational and administrational interests 28 66 54

Occupational aptitudeAptitude for technical professions 685 1

Aptitude for commercial professions 660 1

Aptitude for social professions 646 1

Comment(s): The confidence intervals are displayed next to each of the comparison scores (in parentheses).1The variable indicates the match to the ideal profile in per mill.

Vienna Test System - 02.12.2008Test results Winch, Gary; 02.12.2008

Cognitive abilityGeneral intelligence (screening)General intelligence (precision measurement)Logical reasoningLanguage abilitiesMathematical abilities

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Measurement of change with WAF and NVLT

In the WAF tests (Perception and Attention Functions) and NVLT (Non-verbal Learning Test) it is now possible to check

whether significant change has taken place between one test session and another.

This is useful if, for example, you wish to measure the effect of an intervention or a spontaneous change in a respondent over a

particular period of time.

The sample table below gives the critical T-score differences for the reaction time parameter of the WAFA subtest for a statistical

certainty of 90% and 95%. If the critical T-score difference is exceeded, a significant change (at the given level of statistical certainty)

has occurred.

Further information on the measurement of change can be found in the manuals of the individual tests.

Critical T-score change (dcrit)

Statistical certainty 90%666635

Intrinsic (visual)Phasic (crossmodal visual)Phasic (unimodal visual)Intrinsic (auditory)Phasic (crossmodal auditory)Phasic (unimodal auditory)

Statistical certainty 95%777746

Security against falsification in the IVPE

The IVPE (Inventory of Driving-related Personality Traits) now also includes an honesty scale for monitoring any tendency to

falsification. This means that falsification effects, which were in any case low, can now be reduced still further.

A study carried out in 2008 shows that the scope for falsifying the IVPE is very limited.

The study, which was designed to investigate whether and to what extent the IVPE

could be falsified, involved three test groups.

Group 1 received the same standard instructions as were used in collecting the

norm data. Group 2 were instructed to falsify their results by avoiding giving the

impression of being an unsafe driver or one prepared to take risks. Group 3 re-

ceived the same instruction to falsify their results, but with the added comment

that the information they provided would subsequently be checked for credibility

by an experienced traffic psychologist.

No noticeable falsification effects were found for the IVPE. Under the “cautious falsification condition” (Group 3), in particular, some of

the respondents tend to present themselves more self-critically than under the honesty condition. It was thus shown that the falsifica-

tion effects, which are in any case low, are reduced even further by the honesty scale.

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V T S O n l i n e

With the Online version of the Vienna Test System your candidates can take tests on any computer with an internet connection –

testing is no longer tied to a particular place or time.

Using the Vienna Test System Online

The first step is to install the test administrator access on any computer that has

internet access. This is done from a CD. Through a link placed on the desktop you can

then connect with the Vienna Test System basic software on the server.

The basic software enables you to manage test and candidate data and to prepare

test batteries (a test battery is a fixed sequence of tests). It functions in exactly the

same way as when it is installed on a local computer.

The advantages at a glance:

• the customary quality of test presentation and administration

• maximum flexibility

• data and test security

The Vienna Test System is installed on a server to which you and the test candidates are given access. All the functions of the basic

software are available to you on this server.

The unique approach used in online testing requires only a broadband internet connection; testing can be carried out on almost any

computer.

Test administration

Via the Vienna Test System you send e-mails to a selected group of individuals, inviting them to take the tests. The invitation e-mail

can be adapted to your requirements (company logo, special text etc.).

The test candidates log on using a link and individual password given in

the e-mail. This takes them straight to their test battery. The tests are

presented in exactly the same way as when the Vienna Test System is

installed on a local computer.

When the tests have been completed the system saves the results on the

server. If you wish, the results can also be e-mailed to you in a pdf file.

The invitation e-mail and a demo version of the basic software can be

found on our website www.schuhfried.at

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AVEM Work-related Behaviour and Experience Patterns

AVEM is a diagnostic tool which can be used to assess behaviour and

experience in relation to work and occupational requirements and from

the point of view of health considerations. It identifies the individual’s

characteristic stress pattern.

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Theoretical background:

The AVEM is not intended simply to assess symptoms of stress in the form of physical and emotional ailments and complaints. Rather,

it is concerned with the way in which people deal with stressful situations and the part they themselves play in shaping the situations

of challenge which they encounter. In adopting this approach the AVEM draws in particular on resource-oriented theories (see e.g.

Antonovsky, 1987).

Reliability:

All scales of the AVEM have a high level of internal consistency (Cronbach’s α lies between .79 and .87 for the standard form, and between

.75 and .83 for the short form). As would be expected, the stability coefficients are somewhat lower, showing that the traits concerned

can vary with changes in environment conditions and over time. The AVEM is thus both reliable and sensitive to change. This means that

repeated use of the test can identify work-related or intervention-related changes (at both scale and pattern level).

Validity:

The AVEM is a fully validated test. Its validity is evidenced by findings at several levels. Firstly, it has a clear factor and cluster

structure which reflects the intention of the test and has been replicated with various samples. Secondly, coherent correlations with

characteristics measured by other scales have been confirmed for the individual scales. Thirdly, the relevance of the four behaviour

and experience patterns to health has been convincingly demonstrated using a range of internal and external criteria.

Norms:

There are two types of underlying norms:

Firstly, there are the norms which relate to the scale scores. For both versions (standard and short form) these norms are given for

cross-occupational samples, specific occupational groups, students/trainees and patients; a distinction is made between German and

Austrian norm samples. The norms are based on the data of 31,979 individuals.

Secondly, each respondent’s similarity (expressed in terms of classification probability) to the four reference patterns G, S, A and B can

be calculated, and this can also be regarded as a norm. This summarises the extent to which the individual’s style of behaviour and

experience promotes or endangers health.

Testing time:

approximately 12 minutes for the standard form and 8 minutes for the short form.

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The construct validity and occupational relevance of the individual scales has been empirically demonstrated in a number of studies.

Country-specific norms and the facility for making comparisons across the two language versions enhance the psychometric quality

of this test.

BFSI is currently available in German and English.

M. Arendasy

© SCHUHFRIED GmbH

BFSI - Big-Five Struktur Inventar

Depending on the requirements of a job or occupation, different aspects of personality are relevant to success. As a

decision-oriented psychological assessment tool, BFSI is therefore constructed modularly.

The test is used to measure the Big Five (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional control and Openness) and facets of

them. The user can select from the available scales the ones that are most informative for the particular purpose of the assessment.

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Theoretical background:

The stress-strain concept, on which the EBF is based, is closely linked with models developed in psychological stress research.

Stress is viewed as a state of mental strain which may continue for some time after the source of the stress has been removed. The

Recovery-Stress Questionnaire measures stress and its consequences. It can be used to draw conclusions about the level of strain

on the individual. Since strain places demands on resources, and these resources may become exhausted as stress levels rise, the

Recovery-Stress Questionnaire also covers recovery activities. The recovery aspect is assessed in terms of the balance between

strain and recovery in the last three days.

Reliability:

The internal consistency of the scales of the long form lies between r=0.80 and r=0.97. Test-retest reliabilities after 24 hours are

between r=0.79 and r=0.91.

Validity:

The intercorrelation structure was found to be largely sample-independent. Correlations with respondents’ current state of mind, as

measured by the adjective list, were in accordance with the construct. In a study of medical students one day before, one day after

and three weeks after a difficult examination, the average recovery-strain balance as depicted by the standard form was in accord-

ance with expectations. The Recovery-Stress Questionnaire sensitively depicts the effects of stress management training and other

measures and enables performance and health in stress situations to be forecast.

Norms:

The recovery-strain state varies over time and as a result of specific stresses and recovery activities. Mean scores of 418 working men

and women are available for the EBF-72/3. These should be interpreted as orientation scores rather than as norms and should always be

considered against the specific situational background.

Testing time:

approx. 10 minutes for the standard form and 7 minutes for the two parallel short forms.

K. Wolfgang Kallus

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EBF Recovery-Stress Questionnaire

Use of the EBF to identify an individual’s current recovery-stress

state enables appropriate intervention to be put in place. Its high reli-

ability means that it can also be used to monitor the effectiveness of

intervention measures.

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Theoretical background:

ELST measures English-language skills in the areas of vocabulary, grammar and text comprehension. Using a theory-led approach, the items

were designed on the basis of occurrence frequencies (vocabulary, grammar) and text construction factors that influence text comprehen-

sion. The requirements arising from the test’s use as a foreign-language test were explicitly considered in the design process. The applicabil-

ity of the dichotomous Rasch model – and hence the test’s fairness – was successfully proved for the test materials used in all three areas.

Reliability:

Because of the validity of the dichotomous Rasch model, reliability in the sense of internal consistency is given. It is calculated indi-

vidually for the respondent and quoted in the test results as an aid to interpretation. For respondents in the average ability range,

the individually measured reliabilities are around r=0.8.

Validity:

The items, which were designed in cooperation with linguists, have content validity. In addition, scores on all the subtests correlate

at a moderate level with German-language verbal comprehension tests (0.20 ≥ r ≤ 0.41).

Construct validity was tested using the underlying construction rationale. The theoretically assumed item difficulties in the vocabu-

lary test (based on word frequencies in the British National Corpus taking into account the frequencies of the stimulus and solution

words) explain in total 22% of the variance in the empirically observed difficulty parameters.

The item difficulties of the grammar test can be explained in terms of the frequency of the grammatical forms used (44% of variance

explained).

Analysis of the text comprehension test shows that a significant proportion of the difficulty is explained by the item type (25%). In

addition, rank correlations show a slight to moderate correlation between item difficulty and general text difficulty (r = 0.33).

Norms:

A norm sample is available of N = 2978 Austrian applicants to universities of applied sciences in 2007-2008.

Testing time:

Text comprehension: approx. 20 mins.

Grammar: approx. 10 mins.

Vocabulary: approx. 10 mins.

Online administration possible

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ELST English Language Skills Test

ELST is a demonstrably fair test, designed on a theory-led basis, for

measuring English-language skills in the areas of text comprehension,

vocabulary and grammatical knowledge.

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N e w t e s t f e a t u r e s ( A p r i l 2 0 0 9 , C T 1 6 0 0 )

• The adaptive algorithm in the test administration program can now adapt the item difficulty precisely to the desired

value, by varying the presentation time of the pictures. This ensures that, although ATAVT has a relatively small item

pool, it has the same psychometric efficiency as an optimal adaptive test. Content Exposure Control now ensures that,

as far as possible, all the possible traffic situations are used (as far as possible independent of the respondent’s ability).

• Also, an additional termination criterion for decision-oriented testing can now be defined: the test terminates as soon

as it has been determined with very high statistical certainty (95%) that the respondent’s ability exceeds the statutory

minimum values (PR>16 for Group 1 or PR>33 for Group 2). This enables testing time to be reduced by up to 30% with no

relevant loss of information.

A detailed Word template for the psychological assessment report is now supplied with the test.

Two test forms are now available:

• Test Form S1 (standard form) corresponds to the previous AVEM (66 items).

• In Test Form S2 (short form AVEM-44) only 44 items are presented.

The norms have been updated and enlarged. For both test forms up-to-date occupation-specific norms are now also available.

ATAVT

AVEM

These tests and many others have been expanded:

• The test administration program now supports the computer keyboard as an input medium, in addition to the response panel.

• The norm sample for Test Form S1 has been updated (N=242, age range 15-60, data collected during 2007-2008).

• For Test Form S7 a representative norm sample of N=280 respondents is now also available.

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• When selecting the desired subtests, the user can now also specify the order in which they will be presented. In addition,

a flexible break has now been included. This ensures that there is an interval of at least 20 minutes between the “long-term

memory memorisation phase” and the “long-term memory test phase”, even if the time is used to present task groups that

the respondent can work in a shorter time than this.

• General intelligence is now estimated even if not all subtests are presented. In addition, a group scoring function is now

available; this involving calculating the test results from the data of a number of respondents.

• The scoring program now includes a function that can provide a profile analysis of the individual’s performance strengths

and weaknesses. These individual performance strengths and weaknesses are now also reported in the psychological

assessment report; the Word template that is supplied has been altered to include this.

• When selecting the task groups (in the “Options” window), the test length is now also shown.

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• The “Word Meaning” subtest has been added to INSBAT.

This subtest consists of synonym tasks that are used to measure

word comprehension. The item pool contains k=120 items. The

test is presented adaptively, so that optimum reliability and test

security are ensured. Studies of construct validity using different

research methods round off the evidence of the psychometric

quality of this new subtest.

• The subtest “Verbal Production” has been replaced by the

adaptive subtest “Verbal Fluency”.

INSBAT

• The subtest “Numerical Flexibility” has been renamed “Arithmetical Flexibility”.

• The subtests “Arithmetical Competence”, “Arithmetical Flexibility”, “Computational Estimation”, “Verbal Deductive

Reasoning” and “Long-term Memory” now use adaptive item presentation.

• In the adaptive subtests the start item is now selected on the basis of the respondent’s socio-demographic data

(age, gender, educational level). This ensures a higher individual solution probability, which has a positive effect on

the respondent’s motivation.

• In Test Form S2 it is now possible in all adaptive subtests to define the target reliability and other end conditions of

criterion-oriented testing (e.g. test score > percentile rank 25). This enable test administration to be planned in even

more detail than previously.

• The representative norm sample has been enlarged and now comprises N=904 individuals (426 men and 478 women) in the

age range 16 – 73.

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• Nine additional items which form an honesty scale are now presented.

• The honesty scale indicates whether the respondent has falsified the test results in his or her favour. In addition, an item

analysis protocol can now be provided.

• Two new test forms have been implemented: S11 (long form B) and S12 (short form B). The B forms differ from the A forms

(S1, S2) only in the item material used (figure set).

• For Test Forms S1 and S2 norms for children and young people are now also available.

The instability index now includes a footnote comparing the respondent’s learning performance with the clinically relevant

cut-off score.

NVLT

IVPE

Before the test is administered it is now possible to specify via the “Options” window whether only the “baseline” part of

the test or the complete test (simultaneous tasks including baseline) should be presented.

• A new Test Form S11 (traffic psychological short form) has been implemented. Like the S1 test form, this provides a general

summary of the respondent’s ability. S11 has a time limit of 10 minutes for the whole test. Also, an additional termination

criterion for decision-oriented testing can now be defined: the test terminates as soon as it has been determined with very

high statistical certainty (95%) that the respondent’s ability exceeds the statutory minimum values (PR>16 for Group 1 or

PR>33 for Group 2). This enables testing time to be reduced by up to 30% with no relevant loss of information.

• For all test forms the start of the test has been designed to be rather more gentle, particularly for less able respondents.

On the basis of the respondent’s socio-demographic data, the test identifies a start item that the respondent has a 75%

probability of solving.

Randomised item presentation is available as an option.

SIMKAP

VISGED

TQ

All new functions will be available to you after an update!

For full update information order the Demo CD! Contact us – we shall be happy to advise you!

New norms: 2HAND, ATV, GESTA, IVPE, MLS

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Catalogue “Tests for personnel selection and career guidance”

In this new catalogue we show how you can use the Vienna Test System to

optimise your HR work.

New catalogue “Psychological Examination of Train Personnel”

The Vienna Test System includes many tests suitable for selecting and

certifying train drivers and crew. Our new catalogue, which is available in English,

describes how you can make successful use of these tests. Catalog

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The complete list of languages can be found at www.schuhfried.at. The new language versions will be available to you after an update.

• English: AISTR, ATAVT, AVEM

• French: ATAVT, STROOP

• Italian: AVIS, EPP6

• Croatian: AISTR

• Dutch: AISTR, WAFA, WAFF, WAFG, WAFR, WAFS, WAFV, WAFW

• Portuguese: AISTR, INSBAT, MMG, SKASUK

• Romanian: ATAVT, IVPE

• Swedish: WRBTR, WRBTV

• Serbian: AISTR

• Slovakian: ATAVT, VTS basic software

• Slovenian: AISTR, COG, CORSI, DAUF, DT, FVW, PP, SIGNAL, STROOP, RT, VIGIL

• Czech: A3DW, 3D, MR, PST, SIGNAL, STROOP, VISGED, ZBA,

• Turkish: VTS basic software, AISTR, ATAVT, B19, NVLT, WAFA, WAFF, WAFG, WAFR, WAFS, WAFV, WAFW

New languages

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We have adapted the Expert System Aviation so that it meets your requirements even better.

• The overall judgement is no longer based on a neural network, but on requirements profiles for the

specific performance area and for safety-related personality traits. These pre-defined requirements

profiles can be adapted by the user to fit his own selection criteria.

• There are no compulsory tests in the test battery. The user can adapt the composition of the battery to his own requirements.

• The suggested test battery uses INSBAT’s new presentation options, which leads to a reduction in test length.

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New catalogue “Tests and Training Procedures for Sports Psychology”

The Vienna Test System and Biofeedback 2000 x-pert provide you with reliable

and efficient support in sport psychology assessment and intervention. Find

out more in our new catalogue.

New catalogue “Expert System Aviation”

The Expert System Aviation can now be adapted even more flexibly to your

requirements. Read more about the new opportunities of the Expert System

Aviation in our up-to-date English-language catalogue.

Product videos

You can see our products in use on our website under “Products/Videos”.

Photo gallery

Up-to-date photos of our products can be found in our photo gallery. Simply click on “Product/Photo gallery”.

Website Sport section

How the Vienna Test System and Biofeedback 2000 x-pert can help you in sport psychology is revealed in

our new “VTS Sport” section.

Vienna Test System Demo Version

The Demo Version of the Vienna Test System is now also on our website.

These are just some of the things you can do:

• try out all functions • view sample items from the tests

• print out demo results • view manuals

• read current update information

To open the Demo Version you need a password which we will be happy to send you. Please contact us!

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Expert System Aviation

All this and much more is on our website www.schuhfried.at!

We shall be pleased to send you our catalogues free of charge. Contact us at info@schuhfried.at or via our website

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RehaCom

CogniPlus

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RehaCom can help you in situations which include rehabilitation after brain injury, psychiatry, the

treatment of age-related deterioration in mental ability and children with ADHD.

Find out more about RehaCom and the ways in which it can be used in our new catalogue.

Catalog

Cognitive Rehabilitation

RehaCom

• Dutch: PLAN

• Finnish: KONS, RAUM

• French: PLAN

• Korean: Basic software, AUFM, BILD, CALC, EINK, EXPL, GEAU, GESI, KONS, LODE, MEMO, PLAN, RAUM, REA1, REVE, RO3D, SAKA,

VIGI, VRO1, WISO, WORT, ZIHL

• Spanish: CALC, EINK, EXPL, PLAN, REA1, RO3D, SAKA

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The basic software and the programs for training the attention functions are now also available in the following languages in

addition to German and English: Czech, Dutch, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Turkish.

For CogniPlus there is now a Demo CD which enables you to try out all the training programs and functions. We shall be happy to

send you a copy free of charge. Contact us to request one!

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CogniPlus

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Languages: Czech, Dutch, English and German

Ability/dimension:

The NBACK training program trains the monitoring function of working memory –

the ability to retain information and continuously update it.

Theory:

Working memory is of key importance for coping with the demands of everyday life.

Working memory functions are called on when information that has been briefly

presented must be retained and cognitively processed, when a task needs to be

Working Memory - NBACK NEW!

performed or a goal achieved. Many diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s chorea, Parkinson’s disease or attention

deficit hyperactivity disorder are associated with impairments of working memory and consequent difficulties in coping with eve-

ryday tasks.

Recent scientific findings indicate that the capacity of working memory can be improved through regular training. As the work of

various researchers has shown, the effect of such training is enhanced if the training tasks adapt to the trainee’s ability level. This

type of training is implemented in NBACK. The training material consists of n-back tasks which require the respondent to react to

stimuli that recur at a particular interval. These tasks place demands on the respondent’s ability to retain task-related information

and continuously update it in his mind.

Setting and task:

In the NBACK training program the client sees on the screen a representation of a digital picture frame. A succession of photographs

appears in the frame; the photos have different subject matter (animals, landscapes, colours etc.). The client’s task is to decide whether

the current photograph matches the one that was shown one, two or three places back (the number of places varies with the level). If it

matches, he should press the green button. If it does not match, the red button must be pressed.

The respondent receives feedback on his performance at regular intervals (approx. every 5 minutes). The aim of this feedback to main-

tain the respondent’s motivation at an optimal level.

Difficulty structure:

NBACK training consists of 15 difficulty levels. NBACK adapts to the client’s ability in four ways.

1. The difficulty is varied by changing the number of stimuli that the client must remember. At the lower levels the current stimulus

needs only to be compared with the immediately preceding one. At the highest levels the current stimulus must be compared with

the one that was displayed three places back. 2. The semantic similarity of the pictures represents an additional difficulty param-

eter. At higher levels the pictures become more similar. 3. The picture content becomes more abstract and hence more difficult to

verbalise. 4. The picture presentation time becomes shorter as the difficulty increases.

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Biofeedback 2000 x-pert

H e a l t h m a n a g e m e n t w i t h B i o f e e d b a c k 2 0 0 0 x - p e r t

Use biofeedback to maintain and promote the health and productivity of your staff! Biofeedback highlights the links between,

for example, breathing and stress. Within a short time people can learn to relax by breathing

correctly. You can prevent your staff experiencing burnout and reduce the number of

days lost to sickness.

Biofeedback 2000 x-pert transmits the readings by radio to the computer. This enables train-

ing to take place in a simple setting and ensures maximum freedom of movement for the

trainee.

Use Biofeedback 2000 x-pert for:

Burnout and stress

• A stress profile shows how the individual deals with stress. The way in which permanent

stress is handled can also be identified.

• Using breathing, skin conductance or hand temperature, the trainee learns to relax deliberately. Biofeedback can be used to

monitor the effectiveness of relaxation strategies.

• The facility to record conversation at the same time as physical parameters reveals topics that are particularly stressful. This

helps in the identification of efficient coping strategies.

Use tests of the Vienna Test System, such as the Differential Stress Inventory (DSI) in your burnout prevention!

Muscular tension

• Biofeedback reveals which muscles are tense. The trainee learns to deliberately relax them.

• Muscular tension can occur even at an optimally designed workstation if severe psychological stress is being experienced. Short

periods of relaxation are both physically and psychologically beneficial.

Correction of physical posture

• The trainee learns the best physical posture to adopt at work. Thanks to the radio technology it is possible to identify the strain

that occurs in connection with movement (lifting, carrying) and to teach ergonomic ways of moving.

Anxiety

• Anxiety-laden situations can be re-lived either through picture sequences or in vivo and conquered with the aid of strategies

developed for the purpose.

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R e c o r d i n g s p e e c h w i t h t h e V o i c e R e c o r d e r

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In the context of a therapeutic conversation the voice recorder enables

you to record the conversation itself at the same time as the physiologi-

cal parameters.

At the end of the session you can use the chart to analyse with the client

the areas of conversation that produced an increased response in the au-

tonomic nervous system.

All our new developments are described in our new Biofeedback 2000 x-pert catalogue.

Look inside on our website www.schuhfried.at (Contact/Downloads information material). Or order the

catalogue direct by e-mailing info@schuhfried.at

B i o f e e d b a c k 2 0 0 0 x - p e r t i n s p o r t

Through biofeedback athletes learn how to consciously control physical functions such as

respiration and muscle tension. This is of help in situations such as:

• achieving an optimum state of arousal during a competition

• relaxation

• supporting post-injury rehabilitation

• reducing competition anxiety

• improving technique

Biofeedback 2000 x-pert transmits the readings cordlessly to the computer. This cordless

transmission not only makes the system simpler to use – it also means that readings can

be taken while the athlete is moving.

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