When Performing Competency Evaluations Within an Institution, Collateral Sources of Information

question 8

Multiple Choice

When performing competency evaluations within an institution, collateral sources of information can be gathered regarding the defendant's behavior. Some of the individuals that might be able to provide this additional information include:

• A) prison guards, nurses, and mental health professionals.
• B) prison guards, sisters, and the minister.
• C) nurses, ministers, and siblings.
• D) mental health professionals, prison guards, and family members.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Performance

The ability to perform tasks that require attention, memory, reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making.

Information-Processing Strategies

Cognitive approaches and techniques used to encode, store, and retrieve information effectively.

Wagner

Could refer to a variety of subjects, depending on the context, such as Richard Wagner, a renowned 19th-century German composer known for his operas, or the Wagner Act in the context of U.S. labor law.

Educated Mayan

Refers to individuals from the Mayan culture who have received formal education, especially notable during the ancient period for their advancements in astronomy, mathematics, and writing.