BSNC 1000 FINAL EXAM MODULE 7-10 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Cognition is a mental action or process that involves obtaining knowledge and
understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
Perception - ANSWER Interpretation of the environment based on the acuity of
sensory information.
Awareness - The ability to perceive or be receptive to stimuli in the
environment.
Attention - ANSWER Ability to focus on a certain area of conscious content.
Memory is the retention and recall of previous events and learning.
Declarative memory is the ability to actively learn and recall knowledge, while
memory provides long-term preservation of enormous amounts of information.
Immediate memory, often known as "attention span," is memory that retains
small amounts of information for a short period of time.
Working memory is the ability to actively maintain and alter small amounts of
information.
Procedural memory - ANSWER: Retention and retrieval
of motor abilities.
,Executive function - ANSWER Higher cognitive processes that provide
flexibility, adaptability, and goal-directedness.
Cerebral cortex - ANSWER A part of the brain involved for performing
intellectual activities.
The hippocampus is a part of the brain that is responsible for committing
information to long-term memory.
Confusion - ANSWER: Disruption of awareness, diminished ability to think
effectively, notice, respond to, and remember current stimuli
The frontal lobe is a part of the brain responsible for personality, working
memory, executive function, intellect, and speech.
Delirium is a state of disrupted awareness and disordered cognition that
develops rapidly over hours or days.
- characterised by motor restlessness, temporary hallucinations, and
disorientation.
Dementia - Answer: Acquired and progressive degeneration of all cognitive
processes.
ANSWER: Primary dementia is irreversible and not caused by another
condition.
Secondary dementia - ANSWER Dementia resulting from another disease
process.
, Focal cognitive disorders affect a single area of cognitive function; they can be
connected with a neurocognitive condition or seen independently.
ANSWER Limitations in cognitive functioning (conceptual skills, social skills,
and ADLs) and below-average IQ.
Learning disability - ANSWER Difficulties in receiving and processing data
signals; may occur in people with average or above-average intelligence.
Avoiding substance abuse is an example of ___ prevention of cognitive
problems (ANSWER Primary).
Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent type of dementia.
- Dementia is defined by loss of short-term memory and denial of any memory
loss.
Vascular dementia is caused by brain injury as a result of ischaemic or
hemorrhagic damage.
- Type of dementia caused by cerebrovascular illness.
-The second most frequent type of dementia.
Frontotemporal dementia causes atrophy of the frontal and anterior temporal
lobes.
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