EPPP Flashcards
achromatopsia
partial or complete colorblindness due to no function of cone cells or damage to occipitotemporal
agnosia
inability to recognize familiar objects or sounds
akathisia
complete or almost complete loss of movement
anomia
type of aphasia about names of things
apraxia
inability to do purposeful movements despite normal function
aphasia
disturbance in previously acquired language skills
asomatognosia
inability to recognize own body parts
ataxia
lack of balance or coordination
athetosis
writhing involuntary movements
bradykinesia
slow movement
chorea
jerky involuntary movements
dyskinesia
tics, tremors, chorea
dysprosody
disturbance in pitch/rhythm of speech
abulia
a lack of will or initiative for movement (more than apathy but less than akinetic mutism)
agraphia
inability to communicate through writing
Aicardi syndrome
malformation - lack of a corpus collosum
akinetopsia
“motion blindess”, cannot see motion
alien hand syndrome
experiencing limbs acting by themselves
Allan-Herndon-Dudly syndrome
x-linked, mutation of thyroid hormone transporter, problems with speech movement and intellect
amaurosis fugax
temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes
ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (motor neuron disease)
acephalia
absence of a head
angelman syndrome
small head, ID, no speech, balance problems, seizures
hemiplegia
weakness, paralysis
Bell’s palsy
temporary inability to control facial muscles
Capgras delusion
psychiatric disorder when deluded that a friend or close member even pet has been replaced by imposter
cerebral palsy
movement disorder
Cotard’s syndrome
walking corpse syndrome, deluded person is dead, don’t exist, putrefying, lost internal organs, or immortal
cyclothymia
affective personality disorder, bipolar III - numerous periods of depression and elevated mood, not sufficient for an md episode or manic episode
dermatillomania
OCD of picking/biting at skin such as nails or face
dyspraxia
neurodevelopmental disorder, impaired coordination of movement
diplopia
double vision
dysarthria
difficulty pronouncing words
exploding head syndrome
abnormal sensory perception during sleep experiencing auditory hallucinations loud and short frightening noise falling asleep or waking up
macropsia
visual perception in which objects appear larger than normal making the person feel smaller
misophonia
selective sound sensitivity syndrome or sound-rage, intolerance of specific sounds
neurosis
by Freud, past anxieties, now known as psychological trauma
sublimation
redirecting negative instincts
Maslow
(one of) humanistic psychology, hierarchy of needs
ACT
acceptance and commitment therapy, comprehensive distancing, by Hayes, acceptance and mindfulness strategies mixed in different ways with commitment and behavior-change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility, combats FEAR
ACT
acceptance and commitment therapy, comprehensive distancing, by Hayes, acceptance and mindfulness strategies mixed in different ways with commitment and behavior-change strategies to increase psychological flexibility, combats FEAR
FEAR
Fusion with your thoughts
Evaluation of experience
Avoidance of your experience
Reason-giving for your behavior
active recall
claims the need to actively stimulate memory during the learning process, contrasts with passive review
actor-observer bias, or attribution theory
Jones and Nisbett, actors explain their behaviors by reference to the situation because they attend to the situation (not to their own behaviors) whereas observers explain the actor’s behavior by reference to the actor’s dispositions because they attend to the actor’s behavior (not to the situation)
equity theory
justice theory, individuals who perceive themselves as either under-rewarded or over-rewarded will experience distress, and that this distress leads to efforts to restore equity
style of life
Alfred Adler, unity of an individual’s way of thinking, feeling, and acting, individual’s unique, unconscious, and repetitive way of responding to (or avoiding) the main tasks of living
affect heuristic
(a feeling associated immediately with a certain stimuli aka “lung cancer” bad and “mother’s love” good)
Affect Infusion Model (AIM)
Forgas, a strong emotional first impression can inform a decision
agoraphobia
fear of going outside or being in public places
Bandura
social learning (cognitive) theory, the Bobo Doll Experiment, self-efficacy
allochiria
responding to one side of the body as if it was the other side of the body
Allport’s Scale
measure of prejudice: antilocution, avoidance, discrimination, physical attack, extermination
anchoring
placing focus too heavily on one aspect or event, leading to bias
anterograde amnesia
cannot create memories after traumatic event