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Activity—From Action to Activity
Author(s) -
Haglund Lena,
Henriksson Chris
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1995.tb00419.x
Subject(s) - terminology , action (physics) , computer science , occupational therapy , management science , psychology , linguistics , engineering , psychiatry , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
In this article, existing terminology concerning occupational performance is reviewed. The authors conclude that the occupational therapy terminology available is insufficient to describe levels of complexity in the performance of an activity. Concepts are suggested to describe the different aspects of an activity, namely operations, single actions, generated actions, action sequences, and simultaneous actions. The suggested concepts are not intended to replace, but to supplement existing terminology.