Tj. Guilmette et al., ORDER EFFECTS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF A FORCED-CHOICE PROCEDURE FOR DETECTION OF MALINGERING IN DISABILITY CLAIMANTS EVALUATIONS, Perceptual and motor skills, 83(3), 1996, pp. 1007-1016
100 disability claimants of the Social Security Administration referre
d for neuropsychological evaluation and 40 undergraduate college stude
nts asked to simulate brain damage were administered a measure for the
detection of malingering, an abbreviated version of the Hiscock Force
d-choice Procedure, and other neuropsychological tests. Half of each g
roup was administered the Hiscock Procedure at the beginning of the ba
ttery; the other half was administered this test last. For both groups
, the results indicated poorer performance on the earlier administrati
on of the abbreviated Hiscock Forced-choice Procedure. Formal measures
for detection of malingering should be an integral and early part of
any neuropsychological evaluation in which the subject has a financial
incentive to perform poorly.