
Executive Function– refers to the ability to plan, initiate, complete, and oversee goal-directed behavior coordinates attention, memory, and problem solving abilities to function creatively, competently, and independently. Make sure that the solution is working/worked and adapt as neededĥ.Identify all possible solutions to the problem.Problem solving involves five components: Problem Solving– refers to the ability to think or reason about things may involve decision making. During retrieval, stored information is called back (recalled) when it is wanted or needed.Ĥ. During storage, information to be remembered is “put in a good place” in the brain. During encoding, information to be remembered is analyzed/processed. Sometimes, memory is described in terms of three stages: encoding, storage, and retrieval. Prospective Memory- ability to remember what needs to be remembered for example: meeting friends at a certain place in two hours taking a medication at the right time.

TYPES OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES HOW TO

Alternating attention- ability to shift the focus of attention and move between different tasks.Sustained attention- ability to maintain concentration on a single activity.Focused attention- ability to briefly respond to a specific visual, auditory, tactile stimuli.

Attention– refers to the ability to concentrate often broken down into four types: Orientation– refers to awareness of person, place, time and circumstance.Ģ. Examples of these are: orientation, attention, memory, problem solving, and executive function:ġ. Many processes make up cognitive-communication. Cognitive-communication abilities are those thought processes that allow humans to function successfully and interact meaningfully with each other.
