chapter 2 Flashcards
cognition includes
orientation, attention, sequencing, memory, reasoning, executive function, problem solving/safety awareness
orientation is the most fundamental skill because
a person has to know where they are in order to do other high level tasks
laria 3 stage model
- arousal & tone - orientation and attention
- processing sensory info - vision, hearing, smell, etc.
- decision making & initiation of action - decide what info to store and what to do with it
3 stages of memory
- intake - any info we take in
- storage - storing info for later
- retrieval - pulling that info when we need it
sensory memory
any sensory information
*we do not have the same same sensory memory our whole life, we replace with new memory
types of sensory memory
echoic and iconic
echoic memory
auditory info
-ex. alarms, doorbells, ringtone
iconic memory
visual memory
-things we put on our front door or laptop screens to remeber whats ours
working/active memory
typically able to recall 5-9 units of either type. if a person cannot recall 5 or more units this could be a working memory problem
articulatory/phonological loop
remebering anything to do with language
-addresses, phone numbers
visuospatial sketchpad
remembering anything visual like a pic
areas of the brain involved with working memory
-frontal lobe (prefrontal lobe - visospatial prefrontal cortex)
-brocas area
-inferior parietal lobe
-inferior temporal lobe
types of long term memory
declarative and nondeclarative memory
declarative memory
memory for facts, trivia, knowledge
-semantic, episodic, and lexical memory
semantic memory
memory for content or concepts
-ex. sports, themes (cooking), life skills (playing an instrument)
*kind of genetic
