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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL COMPARISON BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL AGES

  • US 20120115116A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2011
  • Published: 05/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In connection with a psychological test wherein an examinee enters into a computer information pertaining to the examinee'"'"'s chronological age and subjectively expected lifespan and responds to cues by entering into the computer subjective point values for significant events occurring in predetermined time segments in said expected lifespan, and wherein the computer calculates from the point values and the expected lifespan the psychological age of the examinee, a method for providing a visible indication on a screen of the computer of the examinee'"'"'s chronological age and the psychological age, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) establishing on the computer screen a lifespan time scale representing the examinee'"'"'s entered expected lifespan;

    (b) providing a first indicator representing the examinee'"'"'s chronological age at a first location on the lifespan time scale corresponding to said chronological age; and

    (c) providing a second indicator representing the examinee'"'"'s calculated psychological age at a second location on the lifespan time scale corresponding to said psychological age;

    wherein spacing on said lifespan time scale between said first and second indicators represents the difference between the examinee'"'"'s chronological age and calculated psychological age.

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