Exam 2 (Ch. 23, 24, 29)

Question 1

Cognition

Answer 1

Thinking, learning, and memory skills

Question 2

Perception

Answer 2

Interpretation of in-coming sensory information

Question 3

Global mental functions

Answer 3

Alertness, orientation, energy, motivation, emotional stability

Question 4

Orientation

Answer 4

Ongoing awareness of the current situation, the environment, and the passage of time.

Question 5

Attention

Answer 5

Active process that allows the individual’s focus on the environmental information and sensations relevant at a particular time. Includes sustained, selective, alternating, and divided.

Question 6

Memory

Answer 6

Allows a person to retain and recall information. Short to long term. Includes working memory and various types of memory such as procedural, prospective, semantic, and episodic.

Question 7

Thought functions

Answer 7

Including recognition, categorization, and being able to generalize ideas.

Question 8

Higher-level cognitive functions

Answer 8

Such as insight/judgment, awareness, concept formation, metacognition, and mental flexibility.

Question 9

Client factors related to cognitive performance

Answer 9

Global mental functions
Attention
Memory
Thought functions
Higher-level cognitive functions

Question 10

Remedial approach

Answer 10

Focuses on restoring cognition to its former level

Question 11

Adaptive (aka functional or comepensatory) approach

Answer 11

Focuses on adapting the task and/or the environment to enhance occupational performance.

Question 12

Transfer-of-training approach or Generalization

Answer 12

The degree to which a learned behavior will be repeated correctly in a new situation, or a learned skill or principle will be applied in a new situation

Question 13

Oriented x 3

Answer 13

Oriented to self, place, and time

Question 14

Recognition

Answer 14

Skill by which a person identifies something seen or encountered in the past.

Question 15

Categorization

Answer 15

Allows us to chunk information (place it into groups) to promote understanding.

Question 16

Domain-specific training (or task-specific training)

Answer 16

Able to learn new skills in a particular setting (usually after much repetition) but cannot transfer or generalize the learning process and skills to a new environment.

Question 17

Executive functions

Answer 17

Higher-order reasoning and planning functions such as goal formation, planning, implementing the plan, and effective performance.