MOHO

Question 1

When was MOHO first introduced?

Answer 1

1980s, first book in 1985.

Question 2

Why learn about MOHO?

Answer 2

helps explain the relationship between the P-E-O and provides an evidence base for occupation focused practice.

Question 3

What are the three key factors?

Answer 3

1. Personal factors
2. Environmental factors
3. Doing and its consequences

Question 4

What comes under personal factors?

Answer 4

Volition, Habituation and performance capacity.

Question 5

What is volition?

Answer 5

The process by which persons are motivated toward and chose what they do

Question 6

What is habituation?

Answer 6

the process whereby doing is organised into patterns and routines

Question 7

What is performance capacity?

Answer 7

The underlying objective mental and physical abilities and te lived experiences that shapes performance

Question 8

What are the three types of thought patterns of volition?

Answer 8

Interests, values and personal causation

Question 9

What is the volition process?

Answer 9

Volition thoughts and feelings are embedded in a cycle of:

• anticipating possibilities for doing
• choosing what to do
• experiencing what one is doing
• interpreting the experience subsequently

Question 10

What are the two types of habituation?

Answer 10

Habits and roles

Question 11

What are habits?

Answer 11

How people organise their routines into patterns of behaviour. Reflected in routine ways of performing, typical use of time and styles of performance

Question 12

What is the purpose of roles?

Answer 12

They shape ones attitudes and actions, and also influence a persons sense of identity/ who they are,

Question 13

What are the types of environments?

Answer 13

• Physical environment
• Social environment
• Occupational forms (tasks)

Question 14

What is occupational forms?

Answer 14

the typical way a particular occupation is done

Question 15

What is an occupation setting?

Answer 15

Unique configurations of spaces, objects, occupational forms and social groups that constitute a meaningful contect for performance

Question 16

What is the influence of the environment?

Answer 16

1. It provides opportunities and resources for choosing and doing
2. Creates conditions that make demands and place constraints on choosing and doing

Question 17

What are the three levels/dimensions of doing?

Answer 17

• occupational participation (participating in an occupation that has personal and social meaning in everyday life)
• occupational performance (doing a specific occupational form)
• occupational skill (goal directed, observable actions that a person uses while performing)

Question 18

What are the three types of skills?

Answer 18

Motor skills: actions of moving self or objects
Process skills: logically sequencing actions over time, selecting and using appropriate materials and adapting performance when encountering problems
Communication and interaction skills: actions to convey intentions and needs, and to coordinate social interaction

Question 19

What is occupational adaption?

Answer 19

the construction of a positive occupational identity and competence in ones occupations in ones environments over time.

Question 20

What is occupational identity?

Answer 20

A persons sense of who they are and wish to become as an occupational being, generated from their history of occupational participation

Question 21

What is occupational competence?

Answer 21

The degree to which a person sustains a pattern f occupational participation consistent with their occupational identity