Neuropsych assessment

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Clinical neuropsychological applies to:

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Clinical neuropsychological assessment means interpreting test performance within the context of:

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Clinical neuropsychology evolved out of which parent disciplines?

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What can make an assessment neuropsychological?

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What is the opposite of localisation?

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Which perspective says that the size of a lesion is important but its location is not?

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Which perspective says that the location of the lesion is more important than the size?

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Who said that brain damage needs to be considered measurable and multi-dimensional?

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Which of the following affects the behavioural consequences of a lesion?

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Strategic Lacunar infarcts can have a bigger impact than large infarcts. Which perspective does this support?

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List the most common causes of acquired neuropsychological disorders, from most to least common:
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Traumatic Brain Injury

Stroke

Dementia

Substance Abuse

Oxygen deprivation

Infections

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Ischaemic = _; haemorrhagic=

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What is true of TBI?

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Which of the following are causes of acquired neuropsychological disorders?

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Neuropsychological assessment is the most effective tool for diagnosing:

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Some brain disorders exclusively affect the left or right hemisphere. What is the name of this concept?

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Which brain disorders commonly lateralise?

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Damage to the dominant hemisphere means the patient will most likely:

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Currently, what are the purposes of neuropsychological assessment?

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What questions might be asked when establishing functional capacity?

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In cases of acquired brain injury, time should lead to:

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Over time, dementia usually:

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What is true of forensic neuropsychological assessment?

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What is a psychological test?

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What information can neuropsychological assessment take into account?

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Which of the following are approaches to neuropsychological assessment?

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Which approach uses the Luria-Nebraska?

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What is true of the Fixed Battery Approach?

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What are some disadvantages of the Fixed Battery Approach?

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What is true of the Composite Battery approach?

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What is true of the Syndrome approach?

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What is the name given to a tiny metal object lying on the ground that turns out to be a large object buried deep?

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What are the characteristics of Balint's syndrome?

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What is true of simultanagnosia?

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What do you call it when a person can't voluntarily shift their gaze?

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Completely missing someone's hand when going in for a handshake may be a sign of:

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What is true of the Process approach?

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What is true of Poreh and Kaplan's work?

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80% of people in Western countries begin the Bells Test from the:

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What is the mildest form of neglect?

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In the Bells test, what is the criteria for neglect?

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What is true of Standard conditions?

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What is true of optimal conditions?

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What is true of norms?

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How is premorbid functioning estimated?

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When can people be motivated to under-perform?

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What is true of practise effects?

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What is true of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test?

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What are examples of qualitative data?

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Write in numerals:
Z score: Mean = , SD=
Scaled score: Mean= , SD=
Standard score: Mean of , SD=
T-score: Mean= , SD=

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In a standard scale:
50% of scores are between and
80% of scores are between and
95% of scores are between and
Under is intellectual impairment

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What is true of Pattern Analysis?

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What is true of clinical signifiance?

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What is Veridicality?

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What is Verisimilitude?

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The Trail Making Test Part B correlates highly with the Occupational Therapy Driving Assessment. What is this an example of?

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The Tes of Everyday Attention tests ability to perform real world (albeit anachronistic) applications of cognitive functions. What is this an example of?

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What is the Vector Approach?

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What is true of the BREIF-A?

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What is true of the Cognitive Failures questionnaires?

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Lecture 2

Neuropsych assessment

Clinical neuropsychological applies to:

Clinical neuropsychological assessment means interpreting test performance within the context of:

Clinical neuropsychology evolved out of which parent disciplines?

What can make an assessment neuropsychological?

What is the opposite of localisation?

Which perspective says that the size of a lesion is important but its location is not?

Which perspective says that the location of the lesion is more important than the size?

Who said that brain damage needs to be considered measurable and multi-dimensional?

Which of the following affects the behavioural consequences of a lesion?

Strategic Lacunar infarcts can have a bigger impact than large infarcts. Which perspective does this support?

List the most common causes of acquired neuropsychological disorders, from most to least common: 1. ❌ 2. ❌ 3. ❌

Ischaemic = ___________; haemorrhagic= __________

What is true of TBI?

Which of the following are causes of acquired neuropsychological disorders?

Neuropsychological assessment is the most effective tool for diagnosing:

Some brain disorders exclusively affect the left or right hemisphere. What is the name of this concept?

Which brain disorders commonly lateralise?

Damage to the dominant hemisphere means the patient will most likely:

Currently, what are the purposes of neuropsychological assessment?

What questions might be asked when establishing functional capacity?

List the most common causes of acquired neuropsychological disorders, from most to least common:
1. ❌
2. ❌
3. ❌

Ischaemic = _; haemorrhagic=