PSYCH352 Lecture Notes - Discriminant, Schizophrenia, Acculturation
10 Mar 2013
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History and background of the quantified process approach. In the past, clinicians in the field of neuropsychology have favored the used of standardized achievement-oriented testing procedures: others have argued that such an approach does not accurately reflect the problem- solving deficits of brain-injured patients. A contrasting process approach emerged to address these problems this approach is known as the quantified process approach and it relies greatly on the use of case studies, non-standardized measures, and qualitative observation of patients" performance. Much of the influential work in the american process approach was conducted in boston hence, termed boston process approach (a. k. a. Proponents of the quantified process approach started to develop new psychometrically sound measures based on advancements in cognitive information processing models these new measures may be classified under the analytical approach to neuropsychological assessment. Some differences between the quantified process approach and other approaches.
