SCHEMAS, MEMORY, MENTAL IMAGERY, AND
COGNITIVE MAPS – Q&A
1. Spatial Framework Model (Franklin & Tversky):
Correct answer: b – Nadia: "The vertical dimension
seems to have special significance when we try to create
representations of our environment."
2. Phlebotomy Certification:
True – Certification requires education, experience, and
passing an exam including venipuncture and skin puncture.
Qualifications: Excellent eyesight, ability to work under
stress, accuracy and coordination, basic computer skills.
3. Clinical Laboratory Employment Locations:
Hospitals, physician offices, diagnostic laboratories.
4. Complexity of Tasks:
True – Clinical laboratory scientists usually perform more
complex tasks than technicians due to higher
education/experience.
5. Federal Health Legislation Impact:
False – Legislation does not necessarily reduce patient
access.
,6. Demand for Phlebotomists:
True – Demand remains high because doctors require blood
work.
Licensure: True – Most states do not require phlebotomists
to be licensed.
7. Mislabeling Technologists:
False – They are not called laboratory physicians.
8. Role of Clinical Laboratory Tests:
True – Tests assist in detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
CLIA Requirement: Associate's degree for highly complex
tests.
9. Music Therapy / Recreation Therapy:
1,200 clinical hours required for certified music therapists.
American Music Therapy Association founded in the
1950s.
Recreation therapy includes art, music, dance.
VA therapeutic recreation programs: arts and crafts,
outdoor recreation, music therapy.
Demand for massage services is increasing due to baby-
boomers, nursing home residents, and assisted-living health
benefits.
FSMTB licensure exam (MBLEx) established in 1992.
NCCATA promotes arts as therapeutic modalities.
, 10. Medical Transcriptionists / Health Information
Technicians:
True – They translate/edit physician recordings.
Health information administrators work with finance for
revenue monitoring.
Health information management is central to healthcare.
Highest salaries likely in management
companies/enterprises.
Credentialing associations: AHIMA, Professional
Association of Healthcare Coding Specialists, AAPC.
Skills needed: good listening, organization, medical
terminology, word processing, grammar/punctuation.
Median salary: $43,000.
11. Librarians:
Master of library science degree required.