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Neuropsych
Chapter 14
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
12/12/2010

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Neuropsychologists
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Clinical psychologists who have specialized in neuropsychological conceptualizations and methods
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Neuropsychologist roles
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span from evaluation to rehabilitation to research
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Where do clinical neuropsychologists work?
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In private practice
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Private Practice Neuropsychologists provide...
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neuropsych eval and diagnosis, psychotherapy, family therapy, biofeedback, and other forms of traditional psychological services
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Medical school and hospital neuropsychologists....
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work in psychiatry and rehabilitation
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Purpose of testing
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identify patient's cognitive and behavioral strengths and weaknesses, assist in the differential diagnosis of mental disorders, and to aid in treatment and discharge planning
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% of tests that are diagnostic in purpose
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over 50
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Neuropsych eval setup
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objective, comprehensive assessment of a wide range of cognitive and behavioral areas of functioning, which neuropsycholgist typically integrates with intellectual and personality assessments and evaluates within the context of CT and MRI Scans
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Time required for neuropsych workup
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anywhere from 30 minutes to 8 hours
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questions to be answered by a neuropsychologist
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1. acute vs static
2. focal vs diffuse
3. location of damage
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Definition of psychometrics
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science of measuring human traits or abilities. Is concerned with the standardization of psychological as well as neuropsychological tests
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Definition of standardized test
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task or set of tasks administered under standard conditions and designed to assess some aspect of a person's knowledge or skill
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Neuropsychological assessment depends on....
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complex interplay among the neuropsychologist, the patient, the context of the assessment, and the data from neuropsychological training.
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Definition of Reliability
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stability or dependability of a test score as reflected in its consistency on repeated measurement of the same individual
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Different form of reliability
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test-retest reliability, split-half reliability, or internal consistency
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Split-half reliability
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correlation between the two halves of the test
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internal consistency
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type of reliability which is the degree to which items of a scale measure the same things (also known as Cronbach's alpha)
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Cronbach's alpha
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internal consistency
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Validity definition
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the meaningfulness of specific inferences made from the test scores-does it measure what it was intended to?
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Construct validity focuses on...
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the test score as a measure of the abstract, psychological characteristic or construct of interest (memory, intelligence, impulsiveness)
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Content validity
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degree to which a sample of items or tasks make conceptual sense or respresents some defined psychological domain
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Criterion validity
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scores relate systematically to one or more outcome criteria, either now (concurrent validty, or in the future (predictive validity)
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Type I error
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False positive
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False Positive
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(Type I). Test indicated a pathologic condition in an individual that is actually normal.
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Base rate
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frequency with which a pathologic condition is diagnosed in the population tested
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Achievement tests measure....
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how well a subject has profited by learning and experience compared to others
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Behavioral-adaptive scales examine...
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what an individual usually and habitually does, not what he or she can do
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Intelligence tests measure
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verbal and performance abilities that are in part related to achievement and in part to aptitude (problem-solving)
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Personality tests measure
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characteristics as emotional states, interpersonal relations, and motivation
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vocational inventories assess
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opinions and attitudes that indicate the individual's interest in different fields of work or occupational setting.
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crystallized functions
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most dependent on cultural factors and learning (spelling and factual knowledge)
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fluid functions
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culture free and independent of learning (Problem solving and abstract reasoning)
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most basic aspect of cognition
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alertness
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Orientation describes...
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patient's basic awareness of himself to the world around them
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3 Orientations important for neuropsychology
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1. Orientation to person (who I am)
2. Orientation of time (today's date)
3. Orientation to place (where i am)
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Sensation
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elementary process of a stimulus exciting a receptor and resulting in a detectable experience in any sensory modality
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Perception
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depends on intact sensation and is the process of "knowing"
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Sustained attention
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ability to concentrate over a period of time
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Motor skills
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Neuropsychologists are interested in assessing ability of motor control in upper and lower extremities
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visual-spatial organization
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tests of map skills, route findings, spatial integration and decoding, and facial recognition
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Bender-Gestalt
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9 geometric designs, which the patient must reproduce exactly
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Wechsler Memory Scale
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1 of the most frequently used memory assessment instruments
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Objective Personality Tests
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typically use the questionnaire technique of measurment
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Projective personality tests
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Use relatively ambiguous, vague and unstructured stimuli, such as inkblots
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Wechsler's definition of intelligence
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aggregate or global capacity involving an individual's ability to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with their environment
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3 Wechsler IQs
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Verbal, Performance, and Full IQ
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Wechsler's IQ mean and standard deviation
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100 and 15
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Most commonly used tests in clinical neuropsychology today
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Wechsler scales
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Neuropsychology definition
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study of the relationships between brain functions and behavior
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Areas that Neuropsychological test examine
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1. Orientation
2. Sensation and Perception
3. Attention/Concentration
4. Motor Skills
5. Verbal Functions/Language
6. Visual-Spatial Organization
7. Memory
8. Judgment/Problem Solving
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MMPI
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Major objective personality test developed by Hathaway (psychologist) and McKinley (Psychologist) in 1943 at University of Minnesota
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Rorschach Inkblot Test
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1 of the first personality tests developed and one of the most researched, and frequently used today
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