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impulsivity CONCEPT
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the tendency to act without adequately assessing context

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impulsiveness

Definition contributed by Anonymous

Asserted relationships to other concepts

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Tasks that are asserted to measure impulsivity

Task Contrast Measure
Information Sampling Task
  • probability of the participant's decision being correct based on the available evidence at the time of the decision
Dickman Impulsivity Inventory
  • functional vs dysfunctional impulsivity
UPPS-P Impulsivity Scale
  • impulsivity
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale
  • impulsiveness
I7 impulsiveness and venturesomeness questionnaire
  • impulsivity
Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire: Control vs. Impulsivity Scale
  • score on control-vs.-impulsivity traits
Early Childhood Behavioral Questionnaire
  • impulsivity
Children's Psychiatric Rating Scale
  • impulsivity
big five questionnaire
  • emotional instability
adolescent symptom inventory
  • ADHD Hyperactivity / Impulsivity - Severity Score
matching familiar figures test
  • response time * accuracy compared to median
Cambridge Gambling Task
  • decision making latency in ascending versus descending betting condition
test of variables of attention
  • target frequent commission
sustained attention to response task
  • speed versus accuracy
delayed memory task
  • commission errors (false alarms)
immediate memory task
  • commission errors (false alarms)

Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

Two models of impulsivity: relationship to personality traits and psychopathology.
Swann AC, Bjork JM, Moeller FG, Dougherty DM
(Biol Psychiatry)
2002 Jun 15