Ch 22: Neuropsychology

Question 1

What is neuropsychology?

Answer 1

Branch of neuroscience concerned with understandings of how the brain produces behavior.

Question 2

Experimental branch of neuropsychology

Answer 2

Intact brains

Testing is used to study healthy brains throughout the lifespan

Question 3

Clinical branch of neuropsychology

Answer 3

Brains with lesions

Testing is used to relate behavior changes to the lesion sites

Question 4

What are the 4 steps of the neuropsychological assessment process?

Answer 4

Record/review

Clinical interview

Standardized testing

Report & feedback

Question 5

Cognitive rehab

Answer 5

Systematic functionally oriented service of therapeutic cognitive activities, based on an assessment and understanding of the persons brain behavior deficits.

Question 6

Cognitive rehab process (four parts)

Answer 6

Cognitive education (strengths/weaknesses)

Cognitive training (restorative)

Strategy training (compensatory)

Functional training (daily activities)

Question 7

What are Gall and Spurzheim’s crucial concepts that catalyzed the growth of neuropsychology?

Answer 7

1.cortex performs specific operations in the brain
2.cortex interacts with other regions of the CNS
3.corpus callosum allows communication between two hemispheres
Established the concept of localization of brain function

Question 8

What is the functional systems model?

Answer 8

behaviors consist of a number of simple mental operations, each mental operation is localized in a specific area of the brain

Question 9

Restorative vs compensatory approach

Answer 9

Restorative- based on neuroplasticity, reestablish or develop new functions
Compensatory- based on adaptability, use of strategies that make use of residual intact abilities