Occupational Perspective of Human Development

Question 0

Ability to perform those tasks that make it possible to carry out occupational roles in a satisfying manner appropriate for the individual’s developmental stage, culture, and environment (Pedretti)

Answer 0

Occupational Performance

Question 1

Groups of activities and tasks of everyday life, named, organized, and given value and meaning by individuals and a culture (CAOT)

Answer 1

Occupation

Question 2

Changes in the structure, thought, or behavior of a person that occurs as a function of both biologic and environmental influences

Answer 2

Human Development

Question 3

Biologic proliferation of cells, leading to an additive increase in size or number of cells

Answer 3

Growth

Question 4

Emergence or unfolding of individual’s unique genetic potential; occurs more individualistic and in variable schedule

Answer 4

Maturation

Question 5

Process that produces a progressive series of changes that are orderly and coherent and which lead to and end with maturity

Answer 5

Development

Question 6

Act or process of maturing or acquiring skills ranging from simple to complex

Answer 6

Development

Question 7

A fundamental process in human development that involves the acquisition of new behavior as influenced by interaction with environment

Answer 7

Learning

Question 8

Some behaviors are not acquired until sufficient growth and maturation have occurred irrespective of the amount of exposure

Answer 8

Readiness

Question 9

A point where a skill will not be lost even if the child stops performing it for a while

Answer 9

Level of Fixity

Question 10

Tasks that are expected to be accomplished along the way; arise at an approximate period in a person’s life

Answer 10

Developmental Tasks

Question 11

Mastery of specific skills or interaction at certain stage lays the groundwork for more mature behaviors to unfold

Answer 11

Developmental Tasks

Question 12

Sources of Developmental Tasks:

1-3

Answer 12

1. Physical Maturation
2. Cultural and Societal Pressure
3. Personal Values and Aspirations

Question 13

Humans develop ________ in areas of neurophysiological, physical, and psychosocial growth, acquiring skills at a specific period of time

Answer 13

Horizontally

Question 14

Humans develop ________ in a continuous process in each of these areas as they age

Answer 14

Longitudinally

Question 15

Roles of OT in Human Development:

1-2

Answer 15

1. Facilitation of growth and development

2. Habilitation and Rehabilitation

Question 16

Principles of Motor Development:

1-4

Answer 16

1. Cephalocaudal
2. Proximodistal
3. Gross control to Fine control
4. Up from gravity

Question 17

Occupation-based model: recognizes that all factors contributing to the motor behavior are important; gives importance on the interaction of the person, environment, and occupation

Answer 17

Systems Approach