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| Clinical psychologists who have specialized in neuropsychological conceptualizations and methods |
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| span from evaluation to rehabilitation to research |
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| Where do clinical neuropsychologists work? |
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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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| 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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| 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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| correlation between the two halves of the test |
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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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| 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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| degree to which a sample of items or tasks make conceptual sense or respresents some defined psychological domain |
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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). Test indicated a pathologic condition in an individual that is actually normal. |
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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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| most dependent on cultural factors and learning (spelling and factual knowledge) |
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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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| 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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| elementary process of a stimulus exciting a receptor and resulting in a detectable experience in any sensory modality |
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| depends on intact sensation and is the process of "knowing" |
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| ability to concentrate over a period of time |
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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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| 9 geometric designs, which the patient must reproduce exactly |
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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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| Verbal, Performance, and Full IQ |
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| Wechsler's IQ mean and standard deviation |
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| Most commonly used tests in clinical neuropsychology today |
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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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| Major objective personality test developed by Hathaway (psychologist) and McKinley (Psychologist) in 1943 at University of Minnesota |
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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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