Cognitive Basics
What are the five levels of the cognitive hierarchy?
What are arousal, orientation, attention, memory, and executive functions?
What is the ability to focus on one specific stimulus called?
What is focused attention?
What are the three main stages of memory processing?
What are encoding, storage, and retrieval?
Which lobe of the brain plays a major role in perceptual processing?
What is the parietal lobe?
What is one way to help prevent cognitive fatigue during therapy?
What are taking frequent rest breaks?
What does cognition involve?
What are the mental processes of receiving, processing, and using information to create ideas and goal-directed actions?
What type of attention involves concentrating on something for an extended period?
What is sustained attention?
What type of memory temporarily holds information, approximately 7 ± 2 items or chunks?
What is short-term memory?
What is the ability to identify an object using touch without looking at it called?
What is stereognosis?
What type of treatment focuses on restoring lost function through exercises and specific training?
What is remedial treatment?
What is arousal?
What is a person's level of consciousness and responsiveness to sensory stimulation?
What type of attention allows someone to focus on relevant information while ignoring distractions?
What is selective attention
What type of memory involves remembering how to perform an action or skill?
What is procedural memory?
What is the inability to recognize objects through touch called?
What is tactile agnosia?
Name one external memory aid that can help someone with memory impairment.
What are calendars, alarms, or memory books?
What three areas are assessed when determining orientation?
What are person, place, and time?
What type of attention involves switching between tasks with different cognitive requirements?
What is alternating attention?
What type of memory involves remembering to complete something in the future, such as an appointment?
What is prospective memory?
What is unilateral neglect?
What is reduced awareness of sensory information from one side of the body or environment?
What is errorless learning?
What is guiding a client through a task to help them complete it without making errors?
What is the highest level of the cognitive hierarchy?
What are executive functions?
What type of attention involves completing two or more tasks at the same time?
What is divided attention?
What are the three types of memory retrieval?
What are free recall, cued recall, and recognition?
What is the difference between ideational and ideomotor apraxia?
What is ideational apraxia involving difficulty planning a sequence or knowing how to use tools, while ideomotor apraxia involves difficulty performing a movement on command?
How can regular physical activity benefit brain health?
What is helping maintain cognitive functioning and preventing age-related brain structural and functional losses?