Practice Test Terminology Flashcards
(23 cards)
Tessitura
The range of notes within the vocal range where the singer feels most comfortable and sounds best.
The “home base”of a person’s voice where they can sing with ease and expressiveness for an extended period
Meninges
The protective layers around your brain and spinal cord, keeping them safe from harm.
- Consider as the “layers” of a protective helmet around your brain and spinal cord
Ambulation
The ability to walk or move from one place to another, usually with the assistance of one’s legs.
Activities:
- walking
- running
Executive Functioning
The ability of a person’s brain to effectively carry out commands or plans that the person intends to complete.
- Problem Solving
- Pay attention
- Manage tasks
- organize
- Regulate behavior
The Brain’s CEO who oversees and coordinates various cognitive processes
Kinesthetic Perceptual Abilities`
- The body’s internal GPS system
- It is how someone can feel and control their bodies, movements and spatial orientation
Example:
- a basketball player can judge the distance to the hoop accurately for shooting and maintain their balance while dodging others because they have a good sense of how their body is moving and where it is in space
Free Associaion
A person says whatever comes to mind without filtering or editing.
Thoughts flow, naturally, without holding anything back.
William’s Syndrome
Interesting
Dysarthria
A condition that affects the muscles used for speech, making it difficult to pronounce words clearly
- damage resulting from various conditions, such as stroke, brain, injury, or neurological disorders.
Baseline Data
The starting point or the first set of data you gather before making any changes or interventions
Psychosocial
How our thoughts and feelings affect our interactions with people in the world around us
Connection between psychological factors and social factors.
Entrainment
When a person sinks up their actions or rhythms, with each other, or with an outside, beat or pattern.
Attunement
Being “in tune”
- synching up with someone emotionally, or mentally understanding, and connecting with what they’re going through
- Example: if a client expresses feeling overwhelmed, the therapist might respond by saying, “It sounds like you’re really struggling with a lot right now. That must be really difficult.”
- Validation
Sensory Integration
The brain’s ability to process and make sense of information from the senses, like touch, sight, and movement, so we can respond appropriately to the world around us.
Sensorineural
A type of hearing loss caused by problems with the inner ear, or the auditory nerve pathways to the brain.
- this can be caused by various factors: genetics, aging, exposure to loud noise, certain medications, infections, trauma, etc.
Expressive Aphasia (AKA Broca’s)
When someone has trouble getting their words out, or expressing their thoughts, verbally, because of a brain damage in the brains language centers.
-individuals are able to think it but struggle to translate their thoughts into spoken words.
-individual struggle to form sentences, find the right words, or speak in a coherent manner
Aphasia
Loss of the ability to understand or express speech caused by brain damage or stroke
Amygdala
Functions:
- Processing center for emotions
- Preserves Memories
- Attaches memories to emotions
- Fight or Flight Response
Cerebellum
Functions:
- Muscle Control
- Sense of Body Position
- Balance and Equilibrium
- Fine Movement Coordination
Corpus Callosum
Plays a role in
- Movement Control
- Language processing
- Cognitive Functions (Memory + learning)
- Vision
Proprioception
Ability to sense movement, action, and location.
Located in the Cerebellum
Perceptual Processing
Organizing or interpreting information taken in through the sense
Broca’s Aphasia
Those with Broca’s Aphasia may understand speech but are unable to produce full sentences.
They use small phrases and omit words such as “is” “and” and “the.”
Example: Instead of “I will walk the dog” they might say “walk dog”
Global Aphasia
