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The frontal lobe of our brain is a vital function to our everyday life. The frontal lobe helps with our decision making process, like deciding what we want to eat for lunch alongside many other things. Alongside making decisions, our frontal lobe is what develops our personality, and makes us who we are. One psychological test that measures the frontal lobe functionality is the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is used to measure high cognitive processes. The WCST consists of two different card packs having four stimulus cards and 64 response cards in each. The participants are expected to accurately sort through every response card with one of the four stimulus cards given to them based on a set rule.<\/p>\n
Coulacoglou, Carina, and Donald H Saklofske. \u201cWisconsin Card Sorting Test.\u201d Wisconsin Card Sorting Test – an Overview | ScienceDirect Topics, 2017, https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/neuroscience\/wisconsin-card-sorting-test.<\/p>\n
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In the temporal lobe’s medial(inner) region, the hippocampus is located, and it forms parts of the limbic system. The hippocampus is known to be, for the most part, in storing long-term memories and in making those memories resistant to forgetting. The hippocampus also plays a dominant role in spatial processing(storage and retrieval of information within the brain that is needed to both plan a route to the desired location and to remember where an object is located or where an event occurred). We can compare it to MapQuest, Google Map, and Tele Nav; hence a geographical analysis.<\/p>\n
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When a person is diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s, the progressive shrinkage of the hippocampus is responsible for short-term memory loss that is the hallmark symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s. Neuropsychologists give a comprehensive mental cognitive status test that evaluates executive function, judgment, attention, and language. One of the tests given by the psychologists is called an MMSE (Mini-Mental State Exam) and a Mini-Cog test. During the MMSE, a health professional asks the patient a series of questions designed to test a range of everyday mental skills. (Alzheimer’s association, 2021). The score for MMSE is 20 to 24 in a score if 30 suggest mild dementia, 13 to 20 suggest moderate dementia, and less than 12 indicates severe dementia. During the Mini-Cog exam, a person is asked to complete two tasks: Remember and a few minutes later repeat the names of three common objects and draw a clock’s face showing all numbers in the right places and a time specified by the examiner. There are other computerized tests to test memory.<\/p>\n
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Medical Tests for Diagnosing Alzheimer\u2019s.\u00a0(2021) alzheimer\u2019s association. Retrieved from\u00a0https:\/\/www.alz.org\/alzheimers-dementia\/diagnosis\/medical_tests<\/p>\n
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The basic principles of the humanistic approach are understanding the experiences that other people go through and being able to understand how they perceived or understood that experience. It is about putting oneself in someone else\u2019s position and trying to see from their point of view, taking morals and culture into consideration. Lastly, the concept of free will is important to remember and the options that we have in making choices that lead to certain outcomes.<\/p>\n
Behaviorism emphasizes more on things that are seen and not necessarily based on perception. It seeks to document observable habits and what one does instead of what is felt. Over time these different behaviors and patterns are believed to be the determining factor for behavior.<\/p>\n
If I had to pick only one theory I would choose humanism. Although a person may make an observable decision and \u201cdo\u201d one thing it does not necessarily mean the concept or reasoning behind the action should not be taken into consideration. Take conditioning (of any kind) for example. A person may habitually act in a way and respond with a behavior because of consequences but it may not be what they personally would choose if said consequences were not present. With humanism, it is possible to take into consideration the thought process to the same exact observable behavior, but perceive a different type of personality based on the phenomenology of why they chose that decision. I believe humanism takes it a step further and with psychology, perception is important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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