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OT 121 Terms
Judgement - answer✔mentally examining the aspects of different scenarios and identifying
variations in order to form an opinion/belief- safe vs unsafe, good vs bad, right vs wrong, etc
(ex: knowing when it is safe to cross the street)
concept formation - answer✔using information and memory from past experiences to form an
idea of something (ex: decorating for a holiday, young child thinking Leahy Hall is a hotel)
metacognition - answer✔having awareness, control, and understanding over your own thought
processes and abilities (ex: thinking about where the balls were and how to get to them in life-
sized Hungry Hungry Hippos)
executive functions - answer✔"umbrella term" that involves fronal lobes of the brain- relates to
complex, goal-directed behaviors (ex: getting along with others, managing time, remembering
details)
praxis - answer✔aka motor planning- novel tasks that involve ideation, motor planning,
execution, and feedback/adaptation for future (ex: being told to brush your hair)
cognitive flexibility - answer✔being able to stop what you're doing and move to something
different, changing strategies and set of thoughts (ex: stopping playtime to eat lunch)
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insight & awareness - answer✔understanding strengths and weaknesses (ex: a child jumping
into a pool knowing they can swim)
concentration/sustained attention - answer✔focusing on one thing for a prolonged amount of
time (ex: taking an exam)
selective attention - answer✔deciding what to focus on when two tasks are acting at once (ex:
your mom calls when you are in the middle of a homework assignment)
divided attention - answer✔multi-tasking, focusing on 2 or more tasks at the same time (ex:
making dinner while watching kids in playroom)
shifting attention - answer✔attending to one task and then switching to another (ex: finishing
homework and then taking a shower)
distractibility - answer✔someone's ability to focus on one stimulus without getting distracted
short-term memory - answer✔limited, temporary storage of information for about 30 seconds
(ex: dialing a phone number that is written down)
working memory - answer✔remembering and holding information for some amount of time
(ex: reciting the alphabet backwards)
active memory - answer✔automatically doing tasks that we already know (ex: reciting alphabet
in its normal order)
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long-term memory - answer✔long term storage of past information, ranges from hours to years
(ex: remembering someone's birthday)
auditory discrimination - answer✔discriminating between different sounds, tones and pitches
(ex: knowing what someone's voice sounds like)
tactile discrimination - answer✔touch and texture with any body part (ex: feeling soft/cold ice
cream in your mouth)
olfactory discrimination - answer✔distinguishing different types and intensities of smells
gustatory discrimination - answer✔discriminating between different tastes- sweet, salty, spicy,
sour, bitter
vestibular discrimination - answer✔receptors located in ear, has to do with balance and
balance of movement
proprioceptive discrimination - answer✔receptors located in deep muscles, joints, and tendons-
has to do with positon of body in space and movement without direct vision
depth perception - answer✔aspect of visual discrimination- the way one usually percieves
distance between 2 or more objects
figure ground - answer✔aspect of visual discrimination- ability of visual system to simplify an
image into a main object and background
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OT 121 Terms
Judgement - answer✔mentally examining the aspects of different scenarios and identifying
variations in order to form an opinion/belief- safe vs unsafe, good vs bad, right vs wrong, etc
(ex: knowing when it is safe to cross the street)
concept formation - answer✔using information and memory from past experiences to form an
idea of something (ex: decorating for a holiday, young child thinking Leahy Hall is a hotel)
metacognition - answer✔having awareness, control, and understanding over your own thought
processes and abilities (ex: thinking about where the balls were and how to get to them in life-
sized Hungry Hungry Hippos)
executive functions - answer✔"umbrella term" that involves fronal lobes of the brain- relates to
complex, goal-directed behaviors (ex: getting along with others, managing time, remembering
details)
praxis - answer✔aka motor planning- novel tasks that involve ideation, motor planning,
execution, and feedback/adaptation for future (ex: being told to brush your hair)
cognitive flexibility - answer✔being able to stop what you're doing and move to something
different, changing strategies and set of thoughts (ex: stopping playtime to eat lunch)
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insight & awareness - answer✔understanding strengths and weaknesses (ex: a child jumping
into a pool knowing they can swim)
concentration/sustained attention - answer✔focusing on one thing for a prolonged amount of
time (ex: taking an exam)
selective attention - answer✔deciding what to focus on when two tasks are acting at once (ex:
your mom calls when you are in the middle of a homework assignment)
divided attention - answer✔multi-tasking, focusing on 2 or more tasks at the same time (ex:
making dinner while watching kids in playroom)
shifting attention - answer✔attending to one task and then switching to another (ex: finishing
homework and then taking a shower)
distractibility - answer✔someone's ability to focus on one stimulus without getting distracted
short-term memory - answer✔limited, temporary storage of information for about 30 seconds
(ex: dialing a phone number that is written down)
working memory - answer✔remembering and holding information for some amount of time
(ex: reciting the alphabet backwards)
active memory - answer✔automatically doing tasks that we already know (ex: reciting alphabet
in its normal order)
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long-term memory - answer✔long term storage of past information, ranges from hours to years
(ex: remembering someone's birthday)
auditory discrimination - answer✔discriminating between different sounds, tones and pitches
(ex: knowing what someone's voice sounds like)
tactile discrimination - answer✔touch and texture with any body part (ex: feeling soft/cold ice
cream in your mouth)
olfactory discrimination - answer✔distinguishing different types and intensities of smells
gustatory discrimination - answer✔discriminating between different tastes- sweet, salty, spicy,
sour, bitter
vestibular discrimination - answer✔receptors located in ear, has to do with balance and
balance of movement
proprioceptive discrimination - answer✔receptors located in deep muscles, joints, and tendons-
has to do with positon of body in space and movement without direct vision
depth perception - answer✔aspect of visual discrimination- the way one usually percieves
distance between 2 or more objects
figure ground - answer✔aspect of visual discrimination- ability of visual system to simplify an
image into a main object and background
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