Disturbance In Perception Flashcards

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Types of disturbances in perception

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Hallucination, illusion, unreality state

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What is hallucination

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False perceptions experienced in the absence of external stimuli, can involve any of the five senses.

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Hallucinations types

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Olfactory: smelling smells that doesn’t exist
Auditory: hearing voices when none are present
Visual: seeing things that are not there
Gustatory: experiencing taste in the absence of stimuli
Tactile: feeling touch sensation in the absence of stimuli

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Illusion

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False perception with an external stimulus, can involve any of the five senses.

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Unreality states

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Depersonalisation
Derealisation

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Visual illusion

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The individual who sees a rope and perceives that it is a snake.

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Auditory illusion

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The yowling of a cat may be heard by a mother as the cry of her child.

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Depersonalization

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A phenomenon whereby a person experience a sense of unreality or self – estrangement.

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Derealization

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The false perception by a person that the environment has changes while nothing actually has changed

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