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Body Functions OT 121 Exam Study Guide.
Higher Level Cognitive - answer✔Involves judgment, concept formation, metacognition,
executive functions, praxis, cognitive flexibility, and insight, enabling adaptation, abstract
thinking, and future planning.
Judgement - answer✔Mentally examining options, discriminating variation, and weighing
choices to form an opinion or belief.
Concept Formation - answer✔Organizing information, developing ideas based on common
qualities, and linking sensory experiences to form understanding.
Metacognition - answer✔Awareness of one's mental processes, reflecting on one's mental
state, and creating a sense of self in a societal context.
Executive Functions - answer✔Reliant on the frontal lobes, involving complex goal-directed
behaviors, abstract thinking, and organizing actions for appropriateness.
Praxis - answer✔Brain's ability to plan, organize, and carry out sequential, novel movements
with correct timing and transitions.
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Cognitive Flexibility - answer✔Changing strategies of thoughts when confronted with a
problem, allowing switching between concepts.
Insight/Awareness - answer✔Necessary for activities requiring advanced skills, such as skiing,
based on self-awareness and understanding of skill level.
Sustained Attention - answer✔Concentration on one stimulus for a sustained amount of time,
requiring vigilance and receiving sensory information.
Shifting Attention - answer✔Allows engagement in multiple tasks by refocusing concentration
on different stimuli before shifting to another task.
Divided Attention - answer✔Focusing on two or more stimuli simultaneously, utilized for tasks
like talking on the phone and driving.
Concentration - answer✔Requires discriminating what materials to absorb and disregard,
focusing on one or more stimuli within the environment.
Short-term Memory - answer✔A memory store lasting about 30 seconds, allowing recall of
small chunks of information for immediate use.
Working Memory - answer✔Utilizing information from short-term and long-term memory to
hold and manipulate information during complex tasks.
Long-term Memory - answer✔Storing information about past events, sensory experiences, and
self, allowing recall even after years.
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