Midterm Flashcards
(36 cards)
Using the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt test to predict overall brain dysfunction would be an example of what stage in the history of clinical neuropsychology?
A. The integrative and predictive stage
B. The functional profile stage
C. The single test approach stage
D. The test battery/lesion specific stage
C. The single test approach stage
What stage in the history of clinical neuropsychology deemphasized localization of brain “lesions” and emphasized the identification of impaired and spared abilities?
A. The integrative and predictive stage
B. The functional profile stage
C. The single test approach stage
D. The test battery/lesion specific stage
B. The functional profile stafe
All of the following could be a typical role of a school neuropsychologist except for one; which one?
A. Seek to integrate current brain research into educational practices
B. Administer measure exclusively without regard to individual differences
C. Provide educational interventions that have a basis in the neuropsychological or educational literature
D. Act as a liaison between the school and medical community for transition planning for TBI and other children with health impairments
B. Administer measure exclusively without regard to individual differences
Which area of training is more likely to be present in a pediatric neuropsychology program as opposed to a school neuropscyhology program?
A. Functional neuroanatomy
B. Professional ethics
C. Genetic and neurodevelopmental disorders
D. Medical aspects of neuropsychology
D. Medical aspects of neuropsychology
All of the following constitute competency to provide school-based neuropsychological services except one; which one?
A. Take a couple of CEU workshops on the latest neuropsychological instruments
B. Complete a doctoral program with and emphasis in school neuropsychology
C. Become a Diplomate in School Neuropsychology from the ABSNP
D. Complete a postgraduate, competency-based certification program with a strong supervised component
A. Take a couple of CEU workshops on the latest neuropsychological instruments
Which diplomate credentialing boards does not currently require a doctorate in psychology?
A. The American Board of School Psychology
B. The American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology
C. The American Board of Professional Neuropsychology
D. The American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology
A. The American Board of School Psychology
All of the following are valid reasons for a neuropsychological evaluation except for which one?
A. A child returning to school after a head injury
B. A child with a valid large scatter in psychoeducational test performance
C. A child with mental retardation
D. A child who is not responding to multiple intervention strategies
C. A child with mental retardation
It is not uncommon for children who suffer a brain injury to appear to recover and function normally, only to have learning and/or behavioral problems surface later on as their brains mature.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Brain-behavior relationships in adults directly relate to brain-behavior relationships in children.
A. True
B. False
B. False
The central focus of ______ was to understand the traits of common developmental disorders well enough to identify those neurocognitive sub-components that define the disorder.
A. Transactional Model of Child Clinical Neropsychology
B. Cognitive Hypothesis-Testing (CHT) Model
C. Functional Organizational Approach
D. None of the above
C. Functional Organizational Approach
The tenets of ________ were as follows:
-The appreciation of the neuropsychological correlates of psychiatric, neurodevelopmental and aquired disorders of childhood
-The understanding of the neurodevelopmental course of thos disorders
-A recognition of the important of the moderating variables )e.g., cognitive, social, behavioral) on the overall adjustment of children who have neurodevelopmental disorders
A. Transactional Model of Child Clinical Neropsychology
B. Cognitive Hypothesis-Testing (CHT) Model
C. Functional Organizational Approach
D. None of the above
A. Transactional Model of Child Clinical Neropsychology
Which of the theoretical models combines two approaches:
-Individual psychoeducational assessments
-Intervention development and monitoring
Using both behavioral interventions and problem-solving consultation
A. Transactional Model of Child Clinical Neropsychology
B. Cognitive Hypothesis-Testing (CHT) Model
C. Functional Organizational Approach
D. None of the above
B. Cognitive Hypothesis-Testing (CHT) Model
According to the conceptual school neuropsychology model, which two functions or processes lay the foundations for all other higher order processes?
A. Memory and Learning
B. Visual-Spatial Processes and Language Processes
C. Executive Functions and Speed of Cognitive Processes
D. Sensory Motor Functions and Attentional Processes
D. Sensory Motor Functions and Attentional Processes
What test battery was design specifically to test for executive functions across the lifespan? A. NEPSY-II B. D-KEFS C. WISC-V, Integrated D. WJ-IV-COG
B. D-KEFS
Sensory Processing Disorder is an umbrella term used to cover a verity of neurological disabilities that interfere with the normal ability to use sensory information to function smoothly in daily life.
A. True
B. False
A. True
All of the following are subtypes of sensory processing difficulties, except for \_\_\_\_\_\_. A. Understimulatiion B. Sensation seeking C. Overstimulation D. Hypervigilence
D. Hypervigilence
The pyramidal and extrapyramidal neural systems help regulate motor activities in humans
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which of the following neuropsychological terms means the unconscious awareness of sensation coming from one's other muscles A. Graphestheis B. Visual Agnosia C. Propioception D. Asterognosia
C. Propioception
Which of the following neuropsychological terms means an inabilities to assemble, build, draw or copy accurately not due to apraxia of simple movements? A. Constructional Apraxia B. Ataxia C. Dystonia D. Clonus
A. Constructional Apraxia
The pyramidal systems helps regulate motor coordination and maintain posture.
A. True
B. False
B. False
Jimmy has trouble paying attention in class because he is distracted by other things going on in the classroom (e.g., noises made by the air conditioner). What sub-component of attention is Jimmy probably having the most trouble with? A. Sustained Attention B. Shifting Attention C. Attentional Capacity D. Selective/Focused Attention
D. Selective/Focused Attention
Neuroimaging studies have shown that the right prefrontal region of the brain helps regulate sustained attention.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which of the following types of attention is related to short-term memory? A. Attentional Capacity B. Sustained Attention C. Selective Attention D. Divided Attention
A. Attentional Capacity
The ability to attend to more than one stimulus at a time is called \_\_\_\_\_\_? A. Shifting Attention B. Attentional Capacity C. Divided Attention D. Selective Attention
C. Divided Attention
