OT500 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Theory - Answer the most complex and well developed entity when compared to other
terms
• A set of interrelated ideas or concepts, assumptions, relationships and propositions
that are used to understand, explain and predict phenomena or behavior
• An image or explanation of why or how a phenomenon occurs, such as a change
process, or how something works
• Provides tools that people use to guide their actions
• Theories can be formal or informal (personal theories which explain cause and effect
or predict behavior or outcomes)
• How can theory serve practice? (vs. how theory can be applied to practice) (Turpin &
Iwama)
• example: Model of Human Occupation
Model - Answer • an organizing framework with which to think about practice in a
systematic way, make concepts and assumptions explicit, provide a vocabulary to
describe the concepts, define the scope of practice, guide thinking and actions (Turpin
& Iwama)
essentially provide an organizing framework with which to think about practice in a
systematic way, and to provide a discourse with which to discuss practice with others
• Often includes a schematic or symbolic representation of the components and the
whole
• May oversimplify or be incomplete, may not be accurate or validated
• Examples of types of models relevant to occupational therapy:
• Biomedical: mechanistic, components of a person
• Biopsychosocial: biological, psychological, social factors - focus on well being
• Socioecological: Patterns of health distribution in society, social determinants of
health
Conceptual Practice Models - Answer Kielhofner: must include theory, practice
resources, research, he included both broad (occupation-focused) and narrow models
in his definition. Sets a higher standard which some models may not meet (PEOP, Kawa
, Model)
• Occupation-focused models: Broad overarching models, such as MOHO, CMOP-E ,
PEO
• Narrow theories or models - (or frames of reference) - refer to discrete performance
areas, provide principles on what assessment to use, what intervention to present (e.g.
biomechanical, motor control, sensory integration, cognitive models), often created by
people outside the field but applied in occupational therapy with assessments and
treatment practices that are created and described by occupational therapists.
Kielhofner calls these conceptual practice models but frame of reference is a term that
is used to describe a set of assumptions that guide one's behavior.
Framework - Answer Descriptive tool that can be used to organize and define concepts,
assists with thinking and can guide action, not as well developed as a model, does not
have practice resources or research.
used to organize & define concepts, assist with thinking & guide action, frameworks
help to lead through a thought process
example: OT practice framework
MOHO Volition - Answer "motivation", personal causation (includes self-efficacy), values
and interests
MOHO Habituation - Answer habituation of "patterns", habits, roles, and routines
"Ability to do" is influenced by objective components and subjective experience -
Answer What is the MOHO Performance Capacity?
MOHO Environment - Answer Spaces, objects, occupational tasks, and social groups,
also culture and economic/political conditions
MOHO Dimensions of Doing - Answer Occupational identity, occupational competence,
and occupational adaptation
PEOP model - Answer "a client-centered model organized to improve everyday
performance of necessary and valued occupations of individuals, organizations, and
populations and their meaningful participation in the world around them" (Baum &
Christiansen, 2005).
Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance Model - Answer PEOP
Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement - Answer CMOP-E
True - Answer T/F Eleanor Clarke Slagle was one of the first students to take a course in
therapeutic occupations at the Hull House.
False - physiatrists, not psychiatrists - Answer T/F One of Beatrice Wade's important
contributions was to keep OT autonomous from psychiatrists.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Theory - Answer the most complex and well developed entity when compared to other
terms
• A set of interrelated ideas or concepts, assumptions, relationships and propositions
that are used to understand, explain and predict phenomena or behavior
• An image or explanation of why or how a phenomenon occurs, such as a change
process, or how something works
• Provides tools that people use to guide their actions
• Theories can be formal or informal (personal theories which explain cause and effect
or predict behavior or outcomes)
• How can theory serve practice? (vs. how theory can be applied to practice) (Turpin &
Iwama)
• example: Model of Human Occupation
Model - Answer • an organizing framework with which to think about practice in a
systematic way, make concepts and assumptions explicit, provide a vocabulary to
describe the concepts, define the scope of practice, guide thinking and actions (Turpin
& Iwama)
essentially provide an organizing framework with which to think about practice in a
systematic way, and to provide a discourse with which to discuss practice with others
• Often includes a schematic or symbolic representation of the components and the
whole
• May oversimplify or be incomplete, may not be accurate or validated
• Examples of types of models relevant to occupational therapy:
• Biomedical: mechanistic, components of a person
• Biopsychosocial: biological, psychological, social factors - focus on well being
• Socioecological: Patterns of health distribution in society, social determinants of
health
Conceptual Practice Models - Answer Kielhofner: must include theory, practice
resources, research, he included both broad (occupation-focused) and narrow models
in his definition. Sets a higher standard which some models may not meet (PEOP, Kawa
, Model)
• Occupation-focused models: Broad overarching models, such as MOHO, CMOP-E ,
PEO
• Narrow theories or models - (or frames of reference) - refer to discrete performance
areas, provide principles on what assessment to use, what intervention to present (e.g.
biomechanical, motor control, sensory integration, cognitive models), often created by
people outside the field but applied in occupational therapy with assessments and
treatment practices that are created and described by occupational therapists.
Kielhofner calls these conceptual practice models but frame of reference is a term that
is used to describe a set of assumptions that guide one's behavior.
Framework - Answer Descriptive tool that can be used to organize and define concepts,
assists with thinking and can guide action, not as well developed as a model, does not
have practice resources or research.
used to organize & define concepts, assist with thinking & guide action, frameworks
help to lead through a thought process
example: OT practice framework
MOHO Volition - Answer "motivation", personal causation (includes self-efficacy), values
and interests
MOHO Habituation - Answer habituation of "patterns", habits, roles, and routines
"Ability to do" is influenced by objective components and subjective experience -
Answer What is the MOHO Performance Capacity?
MOHO Environment - Answer Spaces, objects, occupational tasks, and social groups,
also culture and economic/political conditions
MOHO Dimensions of Doing - Answer Occupational identity, occupational competence,
and occupational adaptation
PEOP model - Answer "a client-centered model organized to improve everyday
performance of necessary and valued occupations of individuals, organizations, and
populations and their meaningful participation in the world around them" (Baum &
Christiansen, 2005).
Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance Model - Answer PEOP
Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement - Answer CMOP-E
True - Answer T/F Eleanor Clarke Slagle was one of the first students to take a course in
therapeutic occupations at the Hull House.
False - physiatrists, not psychiatrists - Answer T/F One of Beatrice Wade's important
contributions was to keep OT autonomous from psychiatrists.
