PPT-Malingering, Feigning, and Negative Response Bias in Psychological Injury and Law

Gerald Young PhD Ontario Psychological Association 68 th Annual Conference February 21 2015 AGENDA Malingering Part I New Literature Review Part II Young 2014 Malingering Feigning and . 18 No 4 pp 425436 1995 Copyright 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA All rights reserved 0160252795 950 00 0160252795000208 The Expert Deposes but the Court Disposes The Concept of Malingering and the Function of a Medical Expert Witness Holly A. Miller, Ph.D.. College of Criminal Justice. Sam Houston State University. Overview . Malingering . Theory and assessment. Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test. Development of the M-FAST. Rachael Field: Senior Lecturer and ALTC Fellow 2010 (QUT). James Duffy: Lecturer (QUT). Introduction – An uncomfortable Pop-Quiz. Do you think law student psychological distress is a serious issue?. Scott Bevis . Clinical Psychologist. Dynamic Minds Psychology. ‘Resilient Tomorrow’ . TIO. Conference . October 2014. Overview. . The problem at hand. Work injury & the biopsychosocial model. Practical Strategies Conference . June 11, 2015. Dr. William H. . Gnam. , PhD, MD, FRCPC. Psychiatrist. w. illiam.gnam@gmail.com. Outline. Introduction: . The diagnostic . m. ethods of psychiatry. Clinical Descriptions and Essential Features. Selection bias Information bias Confounding bias Bias is an error in an epidemiologic study that results in an incorrect estimation of the association between exposure and outcome. Is present when th Mgr. Pavel Reich. 1. Outline. Hidden bias as a form of doublespeak. Presidential Debates. Example of the use of hidden bias. Results of the analysis. 2. Doublespeak. Doublespeak - language that pretends to communicate but really doesn’t. It is language that makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant appear attractive or at least tolerable. Doublespeak is language that avoids or shifts responsibility, language that is at variance with its real or purported meaning. It is language which conceals or prevents thought; rather than extending thought, doublespeak limits it (Lutz 1990:1). Jean M. Williams and Carrie B. . Scherzer. . “I knew I was in trouble when I heard snap, crackle and pop, and I wasn’t having a bowl of cereal.”. Nick Kypreos, ice hockey, Toronto Maple Leafs . What can go wrong?. Samples that do not represent every individual in the population fairly is said to be biased.. Bias is the one thing above all to avoid when sampling.. We need to be sure that the statistics we compute from the sample are representative of our population.. The most commonly discussed forms of bias occur when the media support or attack a particular political party, candidate, or ideology, but other common forms of bias include:. Advertising bias. , when stories are selected or slanted to please advertisers.. in a Negative . Hydrogen. . Ion. . Source. . Operation. with . Caesium. M. Bacal. 1. , M. Sasao. 2. ,. . M. Wada. 3. ,. R. McAdams. 4. 1 . UPMC, LPP, . Ecole. . Polytechnique. , France. . 2. Background Information. SB 288 Legislation Impact on High School Testing. Eligibility Rule for End of Course Examinations. State Board of Education and NDE Leadership Guidelines . Nevada Test Advisory Committee Recommendations. Avoiding Bias in interviewing Storytellers. By Michael Preston Ed.D.. What is Bias?. Bias is prejudice against a person or group of people when compared to others. These biases are usually based on prior attitudes, first impressions, or socially constructed stereotypes. . Copyright: WB Saundershttp://www.elsevier.com/ Postprint available at: Linköping University Electronic Presshttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva126832 1 Psychological aspects of ACL injur