PSY 246 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: North American Racing Team, Malingering, Mini–Mental State Examination
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Organicity: neuropsychological assessment concerned primarily with determining whether brain damage was present; before advent of neuroimaging techniques; if present, neuropsychologist spent lots of time doing behavioural testing to attempt to localize the damage. Many terms: patient, subject, participant, or client. No typical client: motor vehicle accidents, disease, falls; all ages. Referral may come from neurologist, medical personnel, family members, court, insurance agency, or client may refer self voluntarily. Neurology: the medical specialty that diagnoses, studies, and treats disorders of the cns. Neurologist: a special type of physician who diagnoses and treats disorders of the nervous system (cns and pns) Radiologists: have specialized training in obtaining and interpreting images of the human body and/or treating conditions using radiological science; use x-rays, ct scans, or mris. Clinical neuropsy(cid:272)hology: (cid:862)the (cid:271)ra(cid:374)(cid:272)h of (cid:374)europsy(cid:272)hology (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith psy(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al assess(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, (cid:373)a(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, a(cid:374)d reha(cid:271)ilitatio(cid:374) or (cid:374)eurologi(cid:272)al disease a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)jury(cid:863) Experimental psychology: focuses on how human behaviour arises from brain activity.
