Week 8: Hassulkus: occupation as a source of well-being and development; Space and Place Flashcards

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In Hassulkus's chapter in "The meaning of Everyday Occupations," on Occupation as a source of well-being and development, he discusses what as it relates to well-being?
A. Conncetion
B. Occupations
C. Time
D. Space
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B. Occupations

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” Yi-Fu Tuan, humanistic geographer, describes all of the following components as crucial to obtaining “The Good Life” EXCEPT which?
A. Physical setting
B. Activity
C. Philosophical understanding
D. Social Relationships
E. Yi-Fu Tuan lists all of the above as key elements of the good life

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E. Yi-Fu Tuan lists all as elements of the good life

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," Ryff and Singer (1998) describe six key dimensions of well-being based on a meta-analysis. Which of the following is NOT one of them:
A. Self-acceptance
B. Positive relations with others
C. Autonomy
D. Environmental mastery
E. purpose in life
F. Space and Place
G. Personal growth
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F. Space and Place

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” Ryff and Singer (1998) suggested the definition of well-being by two core features. What are they?
A. Leading a life of purpose and autonomy
B. Leading a life of purpose and mastery
C. Leading a life of purpose and quality connections to others
D. Quality connections to others and personal growth

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C. Leading a life of purpose and quality connections to others.
-They summarize by stating that positive health is ultimately about engagement in living

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Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” describes the concept of acting living as:
A. Fitness and activity as prescriptive, expert-guided, routinized pursuits
B. Representing the participation of the mind
C. An objective view which places emphasis on physical activity
D. Representing participation of the whole person–body, mind, spirit, in a dynamic life

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D. Acting living. Represents a shift away from the view of fitness and activity as prescriptive, expert-guided, routinized pursuits. Instead, active living represents participation of the whole body– mind body, spirt– in a dynamic life, the meaning of which is relative to each person

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," what has the potential to enhance active living?
A. Time
B. Space and Place
C. Positive living conditions 
D. Social connection
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C. Certain positive living conditions in life (wealth, education, age, social support), enhance the possibilities for active living, and, in turn, active living enhances the potential for positive changes in living conditions and determinants of health.

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," sociologist Aaron Antonovsky focused on the resources of life such as education and cultural stability, seeking to uncover what it is about these resources that enable them to promote health. What concept does resulted from Antonovsky's thinking that described one's ability to perceive the world as comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful?
A. Sense of being
B. Sense of coherence
C. Sense of perceiving
D. Sense of believing
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B. Sense of coherence. The internal and external stimuli of a person’s daily living are predictable and understandable, the resources needed to meet the demands posed by these stimuli are available, and the demands of these stimuli and valued–they matter

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What does Hassulkus, in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," describe as the component of Antonovsky's sense of coherence that compelled him during his work on his dissertation on an ethnographic study of family caregiving for elderly in the community?
A. Predictability
B. Manageability
C. Meaningfulness
D. Connection
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B. Manageability
-OT terms, manageability for caregivers meant being able to balance occupational demands of the day and feeling up to challenges that care along

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According to Hassulkus, in his chapter about well-being in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” Ryff and Singer define well-being by two core features: leading a life of purpose and quality connections to others. What do critiques of Ryff and Singer point out?
A. They only discuss the negative of life engagement
B. The characteristics listed may not be universally positive in all cultures and circumstances
C. Oversimplification of positive-negative distinctive
D. B and C
E. A, B, and C

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D. B and C

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Which of the following dos Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations,"NOT mention  as four representations of well-being in modern Western Life:
A. The Good life
B. Positive human health
C. Active Living
D. Sense of mastery
E. Sense of coherence
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D. Sense of mastery

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Which concept does Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," mention which synthesizes the health-promoting power of occupation, containing health-sustaining aspects of life such as affirmation of self and confirmation of accomplishments 
A. Occupational spin-off
B. Occupational synthesis
C. Occupational well-being
D. Cohesion
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A. Occupational spin-off

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According to Hassulkus, in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," The well-elderly study provides a compelling illustration of the power of occupation to enhance \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in people's lives
A. Time use
B. Confidence
C. Well-being
D. lifestyle-redesign
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C. Well-being

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What term does Hassulkus use in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," that has been proven useful in describing situations in which people are experiencing certain aspects of active living and coherence in their lives, while also living with significant health problems and disharmony?
A. Occupational deprivation
B. Alientation
C. Low well-being
D. Relative well-being
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D. Relative well-being

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What term does Hassulkus use in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," that has typically been used to refer to patterned sequences of changes in the human being that occur over a length of time?
A. Human development
B. Lifestyle pathways
C. Psychological lifespan
D. Lifestyle redesign
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A. Human development

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What does Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” suggest as the quintessential goal for occupational therapy researchers?
A. To understand the relationship of rest and play
B. To understand the relationship of time and space
C. To understand the relationship of occupation and lifespan development
D. All of the above

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C. To understand the relationship of occupation and lifespan development.
-States that the embeddedness of occupation in lifespan human development may be the most powerful dimension of the relationship between occupation and well-being. Lifespan meaningful occupation appears to be an absolutely universal phenomenon among all people

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What does Hassulkus in his chapter about well-being in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” mention as problematic in Western Society in regards to occupation?
A. We often focus more on the destination rather than the journey
B. We often focus more on the journey and ignore the destination
C. We fail to recognize the factors that assisted us in reaching our destination
D. All of the above

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A. We often focus more on the destination rather than the journey

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Which of Meyer's four concepts of Meyer's does Hassulkus, in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," draw upon as being important in the transforming development of humans?
A. Doing
B. Being
C. Becoming
D. Belonging
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C. Becoming

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Hassulkus, in his chapter about well-being in "The meaning of everyday occupations," states that he would tend to speak of occupation as:
A. Engaging in time-use activities
B. A means to an end
C. the experience of everyday living
D. Reaching one's end goals
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C. The experience of everyday living. Occupation acts as the vehicle by which people experience their worlds

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According to Hassulkus, in his chapter about Space and Place in "The meaning of everyday occupations," a sense of place:
A. Is never static
B. Holds
C. Changes with development
D. Is where we are
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B. A sense of place holds

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According to Hassulkus, in his chapter about Space and Place in "The meaning of everyday occupations," the key aspect of sense of place is:
A. Location
B. Growth
C. Personal Experience
D. Time
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C. Personal experience.
-“A place is not a place until people have been born in it, have grown up in it, lived in it, known it, died in it–have both experienced and shaped it…no place is a place until things that have happened in it are remembered”

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Term discussed by Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in "The meaning of everyday occupations," which is referred to as the phenomenological link between remembering and place
A. Place Memory
B. Place phenomenology
C. Place vs space
D. Place timing
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A. Place memory

-Place memory is memory of “having been in a place”-memories of lived experience

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” how is place different from space?
A. They are the same
B. Place is larger, more abstract, and more neutral entity than space
C. Space has a geographical component to it
D. Space is a larger, more abstract, and more neutral entity than place

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D. Space is a larger, more abstract, and more neutral entity than place.
-Place is part of space, but is set apart from space by the intentions and concentrated attention that it harbors

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” which of the following is true relating to health and well-being in space and place:
A. Certain aspects of an environment may promote health and well-being
B. Characteristics in the environment can have harmful effects on health
C. Occupational performance results from the dynamic relationship between people and the environments
D. All of the above

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D. All of the above

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” in order for place to be a part of our therapy, we need to consider:
A. The meaning of space
B. Client’s spatial perception skills
C. Accessibility features of environments
D. All of the above

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D. All of the above

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Term used by Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in "The meaning of everyday occupations," meaning the absence of experience of place except at the superficial and casual level 
A. Meaninglessness
B. Lack of experience
C. Spacelessness
D. Placelessness
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D. Placenessless

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Which, according to Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” is an example of placelessness:
A. Re-creations of local landscapes for tourist purposes
B. Skyscrapers and huge structures that lack human scale
C. Strip malls offering uniformity of place
D. Places undergoing continuous redevelopment or urban renewal
E. They are all examples of placelessness

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E. All are examples of placelessness

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According to Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” what do OTs often ignore in therapy ?
A. Clients’ physical abilities
B. Clients’ hobbies
C. Clients’ experiences of being in place
D. The doing and performance in therapy

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C. Clients experiences of being in place. We have ignored our clients’ experiences of being in place b our strong emphasis on doing and performance in therapy (reduced place to placelessness)

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What are the three basic processes mentioned by Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in “The meaning of everyday occupations,”which link people to the home environment
A. Space, Place, Time
B. Social-centered process, person-centered process, body-centered process
C. Social process, modification process, mind process
D. None of the above

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B. Social-centered process (ordering of home based on person’s version of sociocultural rules for domestic order e.g., furniture placement)
Person-centered process (Personalization of home)
Body-centered process (Changing home to accomodate changing physical capacities)

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Which of the following, according to Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in "The meaning of everyday occupations," is not one of the threeaspects of homeyness described by McCracken?
A. Objective
B. Physical
B. Symbolic
C. Pragmatic
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A. Objective

  • Physical: colors, fabrcs, furniture
  • symbolic: reflect home’s personality, intangibles
  • pragmatic: enabling context, status corrector, marketplace corrector
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T/F: According to Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in “The meaning of everyday occupations,” a “special place” is one which society has deemed out of the ordinary

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False. A special place is a place of heightened meaning and keen personal significance; whether or not a place is speical is strictly personal

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All except which of the following are examples of special places which Hassulkus in his chapter about Space and Place in "The meaning of everyday occupations," mentions:
A. Returning to one's homeland
B. A room of one's own
C. Children's places
D. Traveling around the world
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D. Traveling around the world