Exam 2-Unit 9: Cognition Flashcards
Orientation x4 means…
Aware of person, place, time, & situation.
Types of attention
Focused attention: ability to directly respond to specific stimuli.
Sustained attention.
Selective attention.
Alternating attention.
Divided attention: Being able to process more than one piece of information at a time.
Habits & Routines…automatic & semi-automatic?
Habits = automatic
Routines = semiautomatic
Behavior stems from what 2 systems?
Cognitive & automatic systems.
Strategy training teaches clients what? Using what model?
Teaches new ways to handle problems.
General model is: Acquisition, Application, Adaptation.
Severe memory impairments necessitate which memory strategy?
Passive memory strategy, where caregivers set up & maintain external memory strategy/system (clients passively engage).
Internal memory compensatory strategies:
Rehearsal
Visual imagery
Semantic elaboration (make up a story to help remember)
First-letter mnemonics
External memory strategies
Planners, organizers, ATs for cognition.
Metacognitive Strategies
Metacognition, thinking about the way we think…
Teach clients how to evaluate & assess their own performance & develop ways to overcome.
Task/Environmental Modification Training
Demands of task and/or environment is changed. Client is not expected to change–change circumstances instead.
Mild or major neurocognitive impairment strategies?
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy: Combined reality orientation (group format) to address confusion & disorientation, & reminiscence therapy.
Intervention targeting processing speed of clients?
Process-Specific Training
(linked with Attention Process Training & Limb Activation Therapy)
What is the best Predictor of Functional Performance?
Executive Function
