HSCO 508 Exam 2 Allen Cognitive Disabilities Model

HSCO 508 Exam 2 (2023/2024) Allen Cognitive Disabilities Model

Complete Question and Answers - Liberty University

• 3 processes of cognition

ANS: 1. Perceiving information

• Making sense of info
• Using info

• 3 components of cognition

ANS: 1. Attention

• Memory
• Executive functioning

• Cognition influences the ability to what?

ANS: Engage in daily functions

• 5 components of attention

ANS: 1. Automatic processing

• Controlled processing
• Selective attention
• Divided attention
• Sustained (vigilance) attention

• Automatic processing

ANS: Highly familiar and practiced

• Controlled processing

ANS: Conscious, slower, easily interrupted, requires effort 1 / 2

• Selective attention

ANS: Sorting out or filtering of info; includes external and internal distractors

• Divided attention is the same as what?

ANS: Multitasking

• What is sustained (vigilance) attention?

ANS: The ability to sustain attention over time

• 4 types of memory

ANS: 1. Short-term

• Long-term
• Working
• Procedural

• Short-term memory

ANS: Easier to remember chunks of info; 7 items +/- 2 items

• 2 types of long term memory

ANS: 1. Semantic

• Episodic

• Semantic memory

ANS: Memory for facts, is created and forgotten easily

• Episodic memory

ANS: Memory for events that happened to you; is organized when event

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