PSYC31H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Agnosia, Frontal Lobe, Neuropsychology
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Psyc31: lecture 1 the practice of assessment. Assignment: this person is good at this test but bad at this test; this test profile is similar to this disorder due april 5th. Neuropsychological tests: breath, severity, veracity need for objective testing, to understand the breath, severity, veracity. Drilled holes in people"s brains so the evil beings could leave the body the first (neuro) psychological assessment of abnormality?: the ulti(cid:373)ate (cid:862)binary(cid:863) (cid:374)o (cid:449)i(cid:374) situatio(cid:374) for a(cid:374) e(cid:448)aluee. People with mental illness were thought of as witches. First test of abnormality; test to see whether there were witches, if they survived they were killed because it was assumed they were witches. Educational psychology and assessment: the basic tenets of gall"s system were, the brain is the organ of the mind. All cognitive abilities are an organ of the mind: the mind is composed of multiple distinct, innate faculties. Planted the seeds for what neuroscience/neuropsychology was all about.