Exam 2-Unit 13: Perception & Praxis

Question 1

What is the process of Perception?

Answer 1

Stimulus–>Organization–>Interpretation/Evaluation

Question 2

What is the process of Sensory-perceptual memory?

Answer 2

Encoding–>Storage–>Retrieval

Question 3

Agnosia: Sensory or Perceptual deficit?

Answer 3

Perceptual: inability to interpret sensations & hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage (Occipitotemporal border).

Question 4

Somatognosia?

Answer 4

Lack of awareness of body structure & relationship of body parts to self & other parts (lesion in the Dominant Parietal Lobe).

Question 5

Unilateral neglect?

Answer 5

(Attention based)–typically R Parietal lobe damage.
–addressed using restorative or compensatory techniques