Attention
What is attention? (multiple answers can apply)
Is taking possession of the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seems several simultaneously possible objective or trains of thought.
What is memory? (multiple answers can apply)
Memory is the ability to retrieve information using internal and external memory strategies.
What is executive functioning?
Executive functioning is capacities that enable a person to engage successfully in independent, purposeful, self serving behavior.
What is social communication?
Social communication is the use of language in social context.
What is an example of sustained attention? (multiple answers can apply)
- Driving your car and focusing on the road
- Washing the dishes
What is semantic clustering?
It is used to group information into categories in order to enhance understanding and retrieval of information. Breaking the list into smaller information categories, based on the meaning of the words.
Name 1 component of executive functioning. (multiple answers can apply)
1. Inititation & Drive
2. Response Inhibition
3. Task Persistence
4. Organization
5. Generative Thinking
6. Awareness
What is social cognition?
One's knowledge of social of social rules and conventions, which guides interpretation of others' social actions as well as generation of our social actions and responses
What is the difference alternating and divided attention?
- Alternating you're switching back and forth
- Divided you're multi-tasking
What is association strategy?
An internal memory strategy you all could utilize to remember each other's names. The visual/verbal association strategy is used by linking verbal information with visual information.
What is awareness?
Awareness is self-monitoring and applying behavior modifications.
Name 2 deficits related to TBIs. (multiple answers can apply)
- Egocentricity
- Insensitivity
- Execessive talking
- Failure to maintain appropriate social boundaries
- Unable to initiate social contact or maintain a social interaction
Name 2 strategies you can use to assist with attention? (multiple answers can apply)
1. Reduce clutter
2. Build in breaks
3. Alarms/or lists
4. Timer
5. Time Pressure Management
Rote rehearsal is repetition. Repeating back important information in your head.
What is an example of organization? (multiple answers can apply)
- planning a trip
- creating a budget
- correctly following a recipe
- coaching a team
What is egocentricity?
Egocentricity is the tendency to focus on oneself, often to the exclusion of considering others
What are the 5 types of attention?
Focused attention, sustained attention, divided attention, alternating attention, and selective attention.
What are two examples of external memory aids?
1. Writing
2. Electronics
3. Memory books
What are the 4 W's we should consider when making a plan for an event?
- What, where, when, who
What are the 4 aspects of social communication?
social interaction, social cognition, pragmatics, and language processing