PSYC32H3 Chapter 6: CHAPTER 6 -feb 24.docx
22 Apr 2015
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Contextualizes how a neuropsychologist takes the data and puts it on data. Essential for providing the context in which current observations can be understood. How long did it take you to finish school. Classes you did best/worst on, normal cognitive variability. How far up, how often did you change jobs , exposure to toxins on the job. Current living situation: who lives with you, if you have a social. Behavioural observations: support or not, of useful information. Raw scores when taken alone are meaningless. Must be converted to some type of qualitative data. As actuarial approach developed by ralph reitan exemplifies the quantitative method (know about reitan a little bit) It relies on scores, derived indices, and score relationships for diagnostic predictions. If this thing is this, then it means that. You don"t use the tests to diagnose an injury but rather to see what happened. Scores are summary statements about observed behavior.
