17.6: Key Terms
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- activities of daily living (ADLs)
- skills required to perform essential and routine tasks independently for oneself (e.g., bathing, toileting) without assistance
- affective learning
- the learning process centered on feelings, including attitudes, interests, and values
- approachability
- easy to talk to or interact with
- coercion
- persuasion through intimidation
- cognition
- the process of knowing, perceiving, thinking, or understanding
- cognitive learning
- learning based on the process of understanding
- consent
- to agree to and permit (something)
- dependability
- reliable or trusted
- direct instruction
- active engagement of the educator and learners
- direct observation of actions
- evaluation method of observing the learner in the normal setting for actions and behaviors illustrating learning acquisition
- direct observation of procedural skills
- evaluation of step-by-step psychomotor tasks
- extrinsic motivation
- a willingness to participate in self-care activities when offered a reward
- health literacy
- the ability of an individual to locate, comprehend, and use health-related material and make healthcare decisions
- health promotion
- improving health
- illiterate
- an inability to either read or write
- intrinsic motivation
- a drive toward achieving personal pleasure or fulfillment
- learning style
- preferred method of learning: auditory, visual, written, or kinesthetic
- literacy
- the ability to read and write
- mammography
- radiographic examination of breasts
- metacognition
- an elevated level of thinking that allows comprehension and examination; higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and command of thoughts and the thinking process
- psychomotor learning
- the development of organized patterns of muscular activities guided by signals from the environment
- return demonstration
- evaluation method whereby the patient showcases the ability to complete the task by performing it back to the evaluator
- skill acquisition
- acquiring a new skill with precision