Chapter 9

Question 1

The ability to be aware of yourself and surroundings

Answer 1

Consciousness

Question 2

______ is necessary for speech

Answer 2

Consciousness

Question 3

An act of the will

Answer 3

Voluntary

Question 4

Aware of self and others

Answer 4

Conscious

Question 5

Movements of the body

Answer 5

Motor act

Question 6

A voluntary, conscious motor act

Answer 6

Speech

Question 7

The awareness of us from the inside; mental conversation, memory, decision making

Answer 7

Internal, subjective

Question 8

Someone outside can see your wakefulness, attention, etc.; people’s observations

Answer 8

External, objective

Question 9

Consciousness is both _____ and _____

Answer 9

Subjective, objective

Question 10

What does SOAP stand for?

Answer 10

Subjective, objective, assessment, plan

Question 11

What are the 2 types of consciousness?

Answer 11

Core and extended consciousness

Question 12

Our sense of ourselves and objects here and now; sense of the relationship between objects and ourselves

Answer 12

Core consciousness

Question 13

Thinking about ourselves in the past and future; depends on long term memory and core consciousness

Answer 13

Extended consciousness

Question 14

What are 2 important factors of extended consciousness?

Answer 14

Long-term memory, core consciousness

Question 15

Like a web

Answer 15

Reticular

Question 16

Series of specialized nuclei in the core of the brainstem, travels through the thalamus and projects to the cortex

Answer 16

Reticular activating system

Question 17

What are the 3 functions of the reticular activating system?

Answer 17

Arousal, wakefullness, consciousness

Question 18

What disorders may appear if there is damage to the reticular activating system?

Answer 18

Coma

Question 19

15 point scale that attempts to measure a person’s level of consciousness

Answer 19

Glasgow coma scale