Week 3 Flashcards
Define a habit
Relatively automatic, repetitive pattern of behaviour with limited variation
Can be useful, dominating, or impoverished and difficult to break
Define a routine
Higher order habit that involves sequencing and combining processes, procedures, steps of occupations
Provide structure for daily life
Loss of routine can be disruptive
Define a role
Normative models for behaviour shaped by culture and society
Dynamic across the life span
Create purpose, identity and structure
Learned through a process of socialisation and acculturation
Define a ritual
Symbolic, reflection or enactment of culture
Create a sense of order and opportunity to carry out a role
Can be religious or secular
Signify transition
Define occupational development
Occupational development is the gradual change in occupation behaviours over time, resulting from the growth and maturation of the individual in interaction with the environment
Define micro, macro and meso level
- Micro - occupational level
- Meso - Individual level
Macro - species level
- Meso - Individual level
Define co-occupation
“when more than one person is engaged in an occupation”
Collective, shared, joint occupations, joint endeavors, co-created occupations
Define multiple determinicity
No single factor determines development
Define a nested occupation
Are those occupations done concurrently with other occupations - doing more than one thing at a time; also referred to as secondary or nested occupations.
Define interactions
Our experiences and conversations that we have with others
Define continuity
Keeping the same occupation but viewing it differently due to e.g. age,
Define occupational engagement
Occupational engagement describes the extent to which a person has a balanced rhythm of activity and rest, a variety and range of occupations, routines, the ability to move around in society and interact socially, and involves interpretation and comprehension emanating from time use experience
Define occupational competence
Occupational competence involves participating in a range of occupations to meet the standards expected of one’s valued roles, so as to sustain a pattern of occupational behaviour that is productive and satisfying
Define the two stages of sleep
Rapid eye movement sleep (REM)—most dreaming occurs
Non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM or Non-REM).
How does sleep change throughout a life time
Becoming shorter and lighter with aging.
Sleep latency changes little over the life course (time it takes to fall asleep).
Time in restorative deep sleep drops off
