A Person Who Has Been Diagnosed with a Cognitive Disorder

question 79

Multiple Choice

A person who has been diagnosed with a cognitive disorder and is experiencing the inability to plan, initiate, monitor, and stop complex behavior is most likely experiencing

• A)apraxia.
• B)deficits in executive functioning.
• C)deficits in motor skills.
• D)echolalia.

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Definitions:

Attribution

The process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events, typically as being either internally (personally) or externally (situationally) driven.

Primary Drive

refers to the innate biological instincts, such as hunger and thirst, that motivate behavior required for survival.

Response Characteristic

A specific reaction or behavior exhibited by an individual in response to a stimulus or situation.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than the information that follows.