Dr. Lowry is a neuropsychologist, and he is in charge of coordinating the treatment of a patient with a brain injury. What factor should he consider as he designs the treatment?
a. Where are the patient's specific deficits?
b. What are the patient's specific strengths?
c. Will the treatment require too much of the staff's time and energy?
d. all of the above
Question 2
Harvey, who is undergoing a neuropsychological evaluation, fails very easy test items and performs below chance levels on alternative-choice test items. According to Rogers et al. (1993) and others, the examiner should suspect
a. localization of brain injury in the frontal lobes.
b. localization of brain injury in the temporal lobes.
c. inappropriate test selection by the examiner.
d. malingering.
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