PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Operationalization, Schizophrenia, Meta-Analysis
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Selective information provided by the client: neuropsychological tests, use of neuroscience, intelligence tests, questionnaires, projective tests, behavioral observations and self monitoring. Major brain networks : intrinsic (default) network, active networks, central executive network, salience network, higher order cognitive and attentional tasks, monitoring external events and internal states. Intelligence tests used to test intellectual strengths and weaknesses especially when mental retardation or brain damage is suspected: the stanford binet and the wechsler family of scales are the best known of the individually administered intelligence tests, criticisms of intelligence tests, little agreement as to what is meant by intelligence, most intelligence tests only assess verbal and analytical abilities, biased toward middle and upper class educated european americans (but note, this depends upon what you mean by biased ) Research designs used in abnormal psychology: case study, naturalistic observation, correlational study, experimental method, single subject design, longitudinal research, epidemiological research, behavioral genetics.
