Ch. 9

Question 1

___ ___ - Capacity for self-reflection. It interacts other brain processes, so that individual’s can function adaptively in their environment.

Answer 1

Self-awareness

Question 2

___ - It often results from focal or diffused brain damage that has altered the functioning of systems necessary for intact awareness.

Answer 2

Unawareness

Question 3

Areas involved and associated deficits:

Damage to ___ ___: Unawareness of hemiplegic limb

Answer 3

Parietal lobe

Question 4

Areas involved and associated deficits (CONT):

Damage to ___ ___ : Unawareness of aphasic errors.

Answer 4

Supramarginal gyrus

Question 5

Areas involved and associated deficits (CONT):

Damage to ___ areas (right parietal region and its connections) and left hemisphere language centers: Altered knowledge or facts about self.

Answer 5

Posterior

Question 6

Areas involved and associated deficits (CONT):

Damage to ___ areas: Deficits in self-awareness with intact functioning of knowledge or facts.

Answer 6

Prefrontal

Question 7

Areas involved and associated deficits (CONT):

Focal lesions in ___ ___ lobe: Unawareness of disordered speech.

Answer 7

Left Temporal

Question 8

Forms of unawareness:

___ : A psychological process where individuals may demonstrate ___ and sometimes angry reactions when given ___ about their ___.

Answer 8

Denial: A psychological process where individuals may demonstrate resistance and sometimes angry reactions when given feedback about their identity.

Question 9

Forms of unawareness (CONT):

___ : Caused due to a neurological lesion where individuals appear to ___ information about themselves. They may seem ___ or even ___ when given information about their deficits and how to manage these deficits. (form of unawareness)

Answer 9

Anosognosia: Caused due to a neurological lesion where individuals appear to lack information about themselves. They may seem perplexed or even indifferent when given information about their deficits and how to manage these deficits. (form of unawareness)

Question 10

Assessment Options

Answer 10

• Client’s verbal description of functioning (Page 275): The researcher or clinician makes a judgment about an individual’s level of awareness. Can do interviews, or spontaneous observations.
• Comparison of client’s reports with other persons’ reports (Page 276):
o Examples: Patient Competency Rating Scale compares clients’ ratings of ability with those by family/ health professionals.
Self-Awareness of Deficits Interview includes both qualitative and quantitative data on self-awareness of deficits.
• Comparison of client’s predicted performance with their actual performance:

Question 11

Management: restorative and compensatory techniques:

Answer 11

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