Neuro quiz information Flashcards
Which of these assessments is best described by the following statement: assesses a variety of cognitive impairments using standardized and structured observations daily living skills
A-ONE
A ____ approach would be most appropriate for a client who does not show potential to learn.
adaptive
You are working with your client and they are not following commands or responding to normal stimuli. You would consider this a decreased responsiveness to incoming stimuli. You use a cold washcloth to redirect the client and attempt to increase their attention to the task. This client is demonstrating difficulty with ____________________
arousal
T/F: Your client has requested time to talk to their grandchildren on the phone. You agree to allow them to talk during your session as long as the client continues to fold laundry while speaking on the phone. The client is able to continue to fold clothes while speaking on the phone with minimal cues. This is an example of alternating attention.
false
Which of the following occupational challenges is associated with field-dependent behavior
While brushing his teeth, the client leaves the sink area and begins flipping the light switch on and off
The generally accepted definition of orientation includes recognition of oneself in reference to:
person
place
time
situation
Cognitivism is specifically based on all of the following types of memory:
-sensory memory
-working memory
-long-term memory
-declarative
-procedural
difficulty cooking, changing a diaper, and then returning to cooking
poor alternating attetion
difficulty playing a game of chess
poor sustained attention
difficulty attending to a therapist’s instructions in a crowded clinic
poor selective attention
difficulty talking on the phone while shopping
poor divided attention
A main component of this approach is the idea of a macro and micro perspective:
quadraphonic
Evaluation and treatment that focuses on deficits would best be described as a ______ approach.
bottom up
quality of life refers to physical, social, and ____ well-being
emotional
T/F: The right hemisphere of the brain is specifically dominant in promoting attention.
true
A major assumption of the ______ approach is that a deficit only becomes a disability when client cannot perform a task in a given environment.
contextual
Direct instruction is best described as a _________ technique.
behavioral
Which of the following is an example of brain plasticity?
-habituation
-long-term potentiation and long term depression
-experience dependent plasticity
T/F: AOTA does not support providing cognitive-based interventions that include paper-and-pencil tasks, computer training programs, and tabletop skill-building interventions without direct application to occupational performance.
true
Which of the following would be beneficial for a client with ADHD?
text alert reminders
a day planner
revibe band that vibrates and asks the client if they are focused on the task at hand
Which sequence accurately depicts Warren’s Hierarchy Model of Visual Processing?
Scanning-> pattern recognition–> visual memory–> visual cognition
You are conducting a screen with a client, and you ask her to watch a target as you move is in two clockwise and two counterclockwise locations. You are most likely screening for the quality of:
pursuits
T/F: Individuals with cortical blindness can usually detect movement but do not usually detect light.
false
Diplopia often resolves with monocular vision.
true
Which of the following are muscles acting on the eye?
superior rectus
inferior rectus
lateral rectus
levator
superior oblique
inferior oblique
Vision serves as a primary receptor for which functions?
communicative
cognitive
motor
emotive
Which assessment would be the BEST choice to give someone whom you notice is always running into walls and door frames.
visual fields assessment
Which top-down assessment would be a great choice to assess salient features of vision during occupational tasks?
assessment of motor and process skills (AMPS)
which best represents double vision
diplopia
Which of the following represents what is commonly called “near-sightedness”?
myopia
Which visual skill is best demonstrated by the ability to pick up white soap from a white sink counter to wash your hands?
visual figure ground perception
What controls basic visual functions, such as the light (pupillary) reflex, blink response, and accommodation reflex?
brainstem and cerebellum
T/F: Quality of vision does not often have a strong effect on social-emotional learning.
false
What are a primary considerations when planning interventions for a client with low vision.
Environmental set up and organization
Light, color and size of objects to provide visual contrast
Minimizing patterns and background distractions
Occupation focused tasks
Which visual problem would warrant alternate opaque patching of the eyes?
diplopia
Your client presents with vision deficits due to cranial nerve damage affecting the muscles of the eye. Which cranial nerves are most likely to be damaged?
oculomotor (3)
trochlear (4)
abducens (6)
A client presents to your clinic with reported difficulty in finding common objects in his home, and he performed poorly on a Dynamic Object Search Test. Which would be the best intervention for the noted deficits?
You are completing dressing with your client in a rehabilitation setting. You notice that he has difficulty aligning shirt buttons, struggles to perceive is his arms went though his arm hole, and has difficulty discerning which side of the shirt is the front vs the back. He is most likely to have impaired:
spatial relations skills
