first test Flashcards
What is near transfer?
Minimal difference between learned information and new area (RT and Speechie)
What is far transfer?
Substantial difference between learned information and new information
What is Transfer?
The application of learned material to new problems, previously unlearned materials and/or unfamiliar context
What is discrimination?
The ability to identify stimuli from a field of competing stimuli
Simultaneous coding
Related to higher thought. Separate elements of the message and synthesized into groups so that all members are retrieved at the same time (simultaneous)
Long-term memory
This is where previously learned information is organized ans stored for retrieval
Working memory
The place where information is kept active by systematic coding , storage, access and retrieval
4 steps for Information Processing
1 Attention
2 Discrimination
3. Organization
4. Memory/Retrieval
What is organization?
Information is categorized for storage and later retrieval
What does ineffective organization cause?
Ineffective organization will negatively impact later recall and overload memory
What is a Language Disorder?
Impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written and/or other symbol systems. This disorder may involve: the form of language (morphology and syntax, phonology) 2. The content of language (semantics) and/or 3. The function of language (pragmatics) in any combination
What is a functional language approach?
It targets language used as a vehicle for comunication The functional approach is a communication first approach. The focus is the overall communication of the child with language impairment and of those wo communicate with the child.
True or False: The functional approach gives more control to a child and decreases the amount of structure in intervention activities.
True
What is attention?
It includes automatic activation of the brain, orientation that focuses awareness, and focus
What is Discrimination?
It is the ability to identify stimuli from a fied of competing stimuli.
