PSYC31H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Perseveration, Qualitative Property, Data Comparison
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Examination data o: misinterpreted errors will be on the exam, for sure. The different kinds of examination data: background data. Background data are essential for providing the context in which current observations can be understood. Background data: developmental and medical history. Worse performance than someone who has never had. Experience of major stressor (i. e. child abuse) Affects cognitive performance if test administrator resembles their attacker. Heritable genetic disorders (i. e. many family members with schizophrenia) Divorced family: education and occupational accomplishments (or failures) May hint at motivation, rather than cognition: current living situation, level of social functioning, medication regimen. Can they remember to take their medication (before and after injury) Pain killers, allergy medicines, etc. can make the patient more fatigued may affect cognitive test performance: drug or alcohol dependency. The different kinds of examination data: behavioral observations. How patients conduct themselves in the course of the examination is a source of useful information. Asking for instructions over and over again.
