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| Curiouschemistrystudent |
 Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:08 pm |
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Thank you so much for your responses.
There are several aspects of executive functioning phenomena which I
wish to shortly discuss. Main questions are labeled by *
-I have taken the Weshler test (although I do not believe it was a
separate subtest from the main IQ test). It tested recall. Some
individuals are good at multiple choice tests nevertheless they show
difficulty in the recall. *Would someone who functions poor in recall
always have poor executive functioning? I am thinking this is not.
-Sometimes I think that as long as there is a cognitive capacity there
will always be a decent exercise of motivation and thus a decent
mental and emotional health. *Do you think that executive functioning
is at root, merely a problem in cognitive capacity or could it be that
there exist a separate, independent factor that we have to
consider...that of motivation? Possibly that not enough blood is
going to the frontal lobes with people who have poor executive
function, yet functioning motivation.
This brings me to another point. It seems that people have different
modes of living. Some live by practicing executive functioning, while
others seem to live on the basis of supercharging motivation (feeling
their way through life without the practice of executive function).
What do you think?
-At this point I am fairly familiar with several models of executive
functioning; working memory theory, supervisory attention, and
Damasio's theory. I have met individuals who I believe to have
somewhat deficient executive function yet have excellent IQ including
verbal IQ (ACT 34). *This brings me to the point in which I suspect
that certain personality traits can actually diminish executive
functioning in certain tasks; social functioning, maintaining a job,
yet able to display superb functioning on academic matters.
Take three major disorders for instance: schizophrenia, bipolar,
anxiety. They all seem to have deficiency in executive functioning.
It seems to me that anyone who has a cognitive capacity for executive
functioning would not be in such an unhealthy, self-destructive state.
-Any thoughts about executive functioning as a selective traits in our
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