OPTA 204 (Orientation and attention)
Orientation
- Orientation refers to a person understanding themselves in relation to time and their environment
- Orientation is usually tested in 3 areas:
Person
Place
time
why test orientation
The ability to identify orientation depends on several cognitive abilities
It gives you a very basic idea of their cognition
If they previously had no cognitive issues, this helps you identify how severely their cognition has been affected
Note: loss in orientation might be from a permanent or temporary condition
Cognition in Orientation
- Person: requires retrograde memory
- Place and time: ability to receive information, store it and recall it later (memory): Requires ability to learn new information
-Which sphere do you think people retain for longer vs. which is lost first?
What is Attention?
Attention is a cognitive process that allows us to take in selected information existing in our surroundings. There are many varieties of attention and it can assist us in perception, thought and behavior.
Further Thought in Attention
- We know we need attention to focus information but did you ever think about how we might need it to also block information out?
Types of Attention: Focused
Ability to respond to different kind of stimulations. mind free of extraniuos thought an effort made to keep sensory channels open and then respond.
Types of Attension: Substained
Vigilance maintang attention for a long time, ability to sustain mindful concious processing stimuli who repetitive nonarousingqualities would other wise cause habituary and distraction to other stimuli.
Selective
Activating and inhabiting responses selectively, involves discimination of stimulus information and different responses
alternating
back and forth between mental tasks
divided
ability to do several thing at once
concentration
the ability to do mental work while attending the process of active encoding in working memeory
Vigilence
the ability