Capacity and Informed Consent

The video discusses the development of a new instrument to assess capacity for informed consent, differing from the MacArthur instrument. It explores issues around capacity in the civil system, focusing on the appreciation component. The video explains competency in informed consent, dividing it into evidencing a choice, understanding, appreciating, and reasoning. The new instrument shows a lower percentage of incapacity compared to the MacArthur instrument.

What is the primary focus of the speaker's work at the University of Southern California?

• Analyzing criminal behavior

• Studying the history of psychology

• Creating an instrument to assess capacity for informed consent

• Developing a new legal framework

Which of the following is NOT a component of competency according to the speaker?

• Understanding

• Appreciating

• Memorizing

• Evidencing a choice

What does the speaker argue is necessary for someone to be deemed competent?

• Agreeing with the majority opinion

• Being over 18 years old

• Having a medical degree

• Forming beliefs about the intervention that are not patently false

How does the speaker's instrument differ in its findings compared to the MacArthur instrument?

• It finds a higher percentage of individuals incapable

• It finds a lower percentage of individuals incapable

• It does not assess appreciation

• It only assesses reasoning

What is the gold standard instrument mentioned by the speaker?

• The Yale instrument

• The Harvard instrument

• The Stanford instrument

• The MacArthur instrument