Chapter 7: Required Actions/Performance Skills

Question 1

observable, concrete, goal-directed actions that are used to perform meaningful tasks

Answer 1

performance skills

Question 2

what are the 3 models used in OT’s understanding of performance?

Answer 2

1) Ecology of Human Performance Model
2) The Person Environment Occupational Performance Model
3) The Person Environment Occupation Model

Question 3

When change happens in either the person, environment or occupation, what happens to performance?

Answer 3

it is affected

Question 4

What are the 5 broad areas of Performance Skill?

Answer 4

1) Motor and Praxis
2) Sensory-Perceptual
3) Emotional Regulation
4) Cognitive
5) Communication/Social Skills

Question 5

ability to carry out sequential movements with the correct timing and transitions between one movement and another

Answer 5

praxis

Question 6

What skill is used when actions require detecting and identifying the sensory info correctly, interpreting what the sensation means and associating it with a past event or memory?

Answer 6

Sensory and Perceptual Skills

Question 7

person’s ability to identify his/her emotions and manage them effectively and appropriately for the activity or setting

Answer 7

emotional regulation

Question 8

allow us to plan and manage our way through the steps of an activity and respond to changes in the environment as they occur

Answer 8

cognitive skills

Question 9

cognitive skills allow us to what?

Answer 9

IDENTIFY problems and SOLUTIONS to the problems

Question 10

What kind of skill occurs through speech, facial expressions, written words, and creative arts?

Answer 10

communication and social skills