Executive function Flashcards

1
Q

Name processes involved in executive function

A

Memory, Organisation, Planning, Time management, GOAL ORIENTED, Flexibility

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Situations where EF is required

A
Resisting temptation 
Uncertainty (new)
Trouble shooting (flexibility)
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3
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Describe

  1. contention scheduling
  2. supervisory attention system
A
  1. goal directing is automatic, automatically choose one path and inhibit the other
  2. You have to actively choose which routine to do
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4
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Describe Wisconsin card sorting task

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sort my colour / shape/ number - have to change which its sorted by. you have to be able to correct where youre wrong

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5
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what is stroop task

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used to measure your control of inhibition.

you want to read the words but need to inhibit that task to be able to say the colour of the word

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