School Neuropsych Flashcards by julia schnack

In what decade did the interest in the school neuropsychology specialization first start?

1980s

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Luria divided each of the three functional units into three zones of functioning. What are they called?

Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary

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In the middle of tessting a ten year old, the student refuses to participate in any further testing. What is the proper legal/ethical thing to do?

Discuss the importance of the evaluation with the student first, but if the student still refuses to participate, respect the rights of the student and do not continue testing.

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A significantly low verbal comprehension index score on the WISC-V could indicate?

a) possible poor language skills
b) limited early language exposure
c) possible hearing concerns
d) any or all of the above

D is the answer

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Which of the following WISC-V or WISC-V integrated subtests has a working memory demand?

Digit span backward

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Which of the following refers to decreased oxygen supply to the brain?

Hypoxia (hypo means lower/ano= no oxygen

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The major shortcoming in the structure of standardized, norm-referenced tests with English learners is?

lack of a norm sample representation based on bilingual development

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Samantha is working on a math assignment and the teacher asks the class to put away their math work and get out their reading books. Samantha continues to work on her math assignment. What type of attentional processing could be impaired in Samantha?

Shifting attention

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What term means impaired face recognition?

Fuchsia form gyrus- prosopagnosia

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What term means an impaired ability to recognize and identify visual information?

Visal agnosia: the What pathway of vision

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The receptive language center of the brain is located where?

Wernicke’s area

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This type of NEPSY II score considers both completion time and the number of errors. What is this type of score called?

Contract Scores (scaled score)

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Design Copying Global Score would be an example of what type of NEPSY II Score?

Process score (allows you to look at the process)

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Pons

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All are examples of Bias except:
a) individuals
b) they
c) another gender
d) opposite gender

d) opposite gender

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the type of memory that refers to general knowledge of the world (eg: facts, vocab, rules) is called:
a) working memory
b) procedural memory
c) episodic memory
d) semantic memory

d) Semantic memory

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What term is used to describe memory retrieval without the aid of external cues?

B) free recall

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Dorsolateral Circuit

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Opioids impact on neurobehavioral circuitry involves which of the following?
a) disrupts frontal cortical behavioral control mechanisms and increases limbic negative affect craving and anxiety
b) enhances frontal cortical behavioral control mechanisms and increase limbic positive affect, craving and anxiety
c) both a and b
d) none of the above

a) disrupts frontal cortical behavioral control mechanisms and increases limbic negative affect craving and anxiety

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The classic case of Phineas Gage illustrated the behavioral effects of damage to what part of the brain?

Orbitofrontal cortex

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In infancy, NVLD children may be initially thought to have any of the following except for one, which one?
a) autistic
b) deafness
c) severe emotional disturbance
d) intellectually disabled

c) severe emotional disturbance

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On the D-KEFS Verbal Fluency test, the third condition requires the child to:

switch between words that fit within a two different semantic categories

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When evaluating repetition errors on a task, errors that occur far apart are likely to reflect?

Immediate memory deficits

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What is the most likely explanation for a pattern of performance where the completion time is above average the error rate is high?

May reflect impulsivity because the work quickly at the expense of accuracy

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This pathway extends from the occipital lobe to the temporal lobe and uses a whole-word approach to reading. What is this pathway called?

dorsal stream (fin at the top)

Chronic stress from abuse or neglect releases cortisol which impacts memory performance, clouds thinking, and reduces volume of what part of the brain?

Hippocampus

Cerebellum

Which type of dyslexia has these associated symptoms? Whole word and phonetic reading are damaged. The child must pronounce the letters, recognize the words, and then say them?

Mixed Dyslexia

Research has shown that there are three key regions in the brain that relate to reading, the parietal-temporal region and the occipito-temporal region and a third one. Where is the third region located in the brain?

Frontal area associated with Broca's area.

Limbic System

This traditional subtype of agraphia is usually associated with writing problems in association with language problems.

Aphasic agraphia

What term is used to describe the ability to determine the quantity of small sets of items without counting?

Subitizing

Using fMRI, verbal dyscalculia has been localized in what part of the brain

Left angular gyrus

Which of the following theories of autism is least supported by empirical evidence?

The limbic system hypothesis

Somatosensory Cortex

Common first aid prodedures for a child having a tonic clonic seizure include all of the following except one, which one? a) place something flat or soft under the child's head b) don't forcefully restrain the child c) put something in the child's mouth so he/she does not bite or swallow their tongue d) turn the child on their side if possible

c) put something in the child's mouth so he/she does not bite or swallow their tongue

Which seizure disorder is often misidentified as ADHD-Inattentive type?

Generalized non-motor or absence

What type of brain injury listed below would not be considered an acceleration/deceleration injury? a) shaken baby syndrome b) stroke or tumor c) front impact car accident with head injuries d) continual headers in soccer

b) stroke or tuor

Amygdala

When the brain recoils and strikes the opposite side of the skill from where the initial impact occurs this is called?

a coup contrecoup injury

This type of hematoma is due to a blood accumulation between the dura mater and the inner skull

epidural hematoma

If a child loses consciousness for more than 6 hours, he/she will be classified as what type of TBI?

Severe TBI

According to Luria what area of the brain is related to cross-modality processing?

Tertiary Zone

In Miller and Maricle's school neuropsych conceptual model what are the subcomponents of visual spatial processing?

visuospatial perception and visuospatial reasoning

The WJ COG pair cancellation test measures what neurocognitive processes?

executive processing, attention/concentration, processing speed

Although this WJ Cog test loads on visual spatial thinking it is also an indirect measure of visual short term emeory. What test is this?

Picture recognition

What is the term called that gets rid of unused neurons and, as a result, improves processing speed?

synaptic pruning

A significantly low working memory index score on the wisc v could indicate

poor encoding of memory, possible language difficulties, poor concentration

This damage occurs when there is a lot of twisting and turning of brain tissue during an accident or injury?

Diffuse axonal injury

A medical condition that is characterized by the ventricles of the brain overfilling with cerebrospinal fluid is called?

Hydrocephalus

Contemporary and historical research indicates that English learners perform?

proportionally more poorly as tests require more development in language tests

What stage in the history of clinical neuropsychology deemphasized localization of brain "lesions" and emphasized the identification of impaired and spared abilities?

the functional profile state

The two cerebral hemispheres are connected by the:

corpus collosum

The subtype of dyscalculia characterized by poos math fact retrieval skills of single digit equations is

verbal dyscalculia

The _________ is the largest "hole" in the skull

Foramen magnum

If a school neuropsychologist becomes board certified from the American Board of School Neuropsychology what is the proprt title that can be used in practice?

The practitioner should continue to use the appropriate title related to thier state certification and/or license but also may indicate that they are or have a Diplomate in School Neuropsychology from the American Board of School Neuropsychology

What does the latin word fasciculus best translate to in English?

Tract

Sensory disorders may be manifested in which way?

Overstimulated, understimulated, sensation seeking

Jamie is continually distracted by the sound of cars passing by the classroom's window that faces a street. What kind of attentional processing is most probably impaired?

Selective/focused attention

Which of the following types of attention is related to short-term memory?

attentional capacity

The ability to learn, store, and consolidate new information over periods of time measured in minutes, hours, days and years in describing:

Learning Efficiency

Using a word bank or prompts (story starters, picture prompts etc) are supports that may be particularly useful for a student with a weakness in which cognitive ability domain?

Long-term retrieval

Which test on the WJIV cog was designed to measure cognitive fluency?

Rapid Picture Naming

Students who have difficulty connecting their thoughts and ideas between paragraphs might benefit from specific training in:

Transition words

Most f the WISC V integrated subtests can be administered after all of the WISC V subtests are administered except one. Which one?

Coing recall

Inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord causes this disease?

Meningitis

The DSM diagnosis characterized by marked delays in reaching developmental motor milestones, difficulty mastering gross motor tasks, difficulty with fine motor coordination, and being poor at sports. What is this disorder?

Developmental coordination disorder

Damage to the cerebellum can cause what types of dysfunction?

Ataxia, dysathria, hypotonia

Which of the following types of attention is related to working memory?

Divided attention

What brain structure serves as a relay station for visual information?

Thalamus- relay for ALL sensory- optic chiasm is just where it crosses over

There are two streams of visual analysis within the brain. Which one recognizes there an object is located and whether it is moving?

Dorsal Stream (dorsal =where, ventral=what)

You suspect a colleague of an ethical violation. What is your first course of action?

talk directly with the colleague first to discuss your concerns and try to resolve the issue at that level first.

What term is used to refer to a concoluted way of saying something?

circumlocution

What term is used to decribe difficulty with pronounciation due to weakness or poor coordination of the muscles of lips, tongue, jaw etc

Dysarthria

What is the name of the insulating sheath around the many nerve fibers that increases the speed at which neural impulses are conducted?

Myelin

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