PSYB64 - Lecture 10 Test Questions
and All Correct Answers.
Clinical Psychology - Answer A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people
with mental, emotional and behavioral disorders.
Neuropsychology - Answer A specialty field within clinical psychology that focuses on the
diagnosis and treatment of patients with cognitive impairments resulting from aging, disease or
injury.
Neuropsychology vs. Neurology - Answer - Neurologists graduate from med school (MD),
neuropsychologists graduate from psych department university program(PHD).
- Neurologists assess and treat physical consequences of a disease or injury, neuropsychologists
assess and treat the psychological consequences of disease or injury.
- e.g. soldier experiences concussion
Neurologist may treat bleeding and swelling in the brain, neuropsychologists may treat deficits
in attention and memory.
Neuropsychological Assessment - Answer A process of gathering information about a client's
brain functioning on the basis of performance on psychological tests in order to develop an
informed treatment plan.
Montraeal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) - Answer •Assesses multiple domains of cognitive
functioning:
•Short-term memory
•Visuospatial abilities
•Attention, concentration
•Working memory
•Language functions
Abstract reasoning
Conditions that cause neurocognitive disorders - Answer •Alzheimer's Disease
•Vascular (Disease)
•Hemorrhagic stroke
•Ischemic stroke
•Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs)
•Substance/Medication-Induced Neurocognitive Disorders
, •Prion Diseases
•"Mad-cow" disease
•Brain Tumors
•Infections
•Epilepsy
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) - Answer Neurodegenerative condition associated with aging that
results in dementia, a loss of normal cognitive and emotional functions.
-Early stages: memory loss, especially episodic
-Progression: deterioration of problem solving, language, social behaviour. Possible
hallucinations and delusional thinking
-•Definitive diagnosis is only possible with autopsy
•However, probable Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed on the basis of:
•Genetic testing or family history
•Clear evidence of learning or memory impairments
•A steady, gradual loss of cognitive function without plateaus
•Diagnostic methods for probable Alzeihmer's
•Biomarkers in the CSF and blood
•PET scans (amyloid proteins)
•MRI scans (small blood vessel disease)
•Alzheimer's disease risk increases with age
•5% to 10% in people aged between 60 and 74 years
•About 25% in people over 74 years
•
•Genetics
•In a minority of cases, Alzheimer's disease is inherited as a dominant trait due to mutations on
one of three genes:
•Genes for amyloid precursor protein (APP) on chromosome 21
•Genes for presenilin 1 protein (PRESN1) on chromosome 14
•Genes for presenilin 2 protein (PRESN2) on chromosome 1
•Ꜫ4 variant of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, located on chromosome 19, is the most
reliable genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
and All Correct Answers.
Clinical Psychology - Answer A branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people
with mental, emotional and behavioral disorders.
Neuropsychology - Answer A specialty field within clinical psychology that focuses on the
diagnosis and treatment of patients with cognitive impairments resulting from aging, disease or
injury.
Neuropsychology vs. Neurology - Answer - Neurologists graduate from med school (MD),
neuropsychologists graduate from psych department university program(PHD).
- Neurologists assess and treat physical consequences of a disease or injury, neuropsychologists
assess and treat the psychological consequences of disease or injury.
- e.g. soldier experiences concussion
Neurologist may treat bleeding and swelling in the brain, neuropsychologists may treat deficits
in attention and memory.
Neuropsychological Assessment - Answer A process of gathering information about a client's
brain functioning on the basis of performance on psychological tests in order to develop an
informed treatment plan.
Montraeal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) - Answer •Assesses multiple domains of cognitive
functioning:
•Short-term memory
•Visuospatial abilities
•Attention, concentration
•Working memory
•Language functions
Abstract reasoning
Conditions that cause neurocognitive disorders - Answer •Alzheimer's Disease
•Vascular (Disease)
•Hemorrhagic stroke
•Ischemic stroke
•Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs)
•Substance/Medication-Induced Neurocognitive Disorders
, •Prion Diseases
•"Mad-cow" disease
•Brain Tumors
•Infections
•Epilepsy
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) - Answer Neurodegenerative condition associated with aging that
results in dementia, a loss of normal cognitive and emotional functions.
-Early stages: memory loss, especially episodic
-Progression: deterioration of problem solving, language, social behaviour. Possible
hallucinations and delusional thinking
-•Definitive diagnosis is only possible with autopsy
•However, probable Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed on the basis of:
•Genetic testing or family history
•Clear evidence of learning or memory impairments
•A steady, gradual loss of cognitive function without plateaus
•Diagnostic methods for probable Alzeihmer's
•Biomarkers in the CSF and blood
•PET scans (amyloid proteins)
•MRI scans (small blood vessel disease)
•Alzheimer's disease risk increases with age
•5% to 10% in people aged between 60 and 74 years
•About 25% in people over 74 years
•
•Genetics
•In a minority of cases, Alzheimer's disease is inherited as a dominant trait due to mutations on
one of three genes:
•Genes for amyloid precursor protein (APP) on chromosome 21
•Genes for presenilin 1 protein (PRESN1) on chromosome 14
•Genes for presenilin 2 protein (PRESN2) on chromosome 1
•Ꜫ4 variant of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, located on chromosome 19, is the most
reliable genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's
