FA review Flashcards
Operant vs classic conditioning: whats the difference?
-operant conditioning deals with the reinforcement and punishment to change behavior.
Operant conditioning: Negative reinforcement: define
reward them by ceasing a punishment.
-ie. mouse presses button to turn off continuous noise.
Operant conditioning: extinction: define
Discontinuation of reinforcement (positive or negative) eventually eliminates behavior.
-ie. a child who climbs under his desk, a response which has been reinforced by attention, is subsequently ignored until the attention-seeking behavior no longer occurs.
immature ego defense: displacement
- define
- example
-transfer of an impulse toward a safer & less
distressful object.
-husband yelling at his dog after argument w/wife.
immature ego defense: projection
- define
- example
-Attributing an unacceptable internal impulse to
an external source.
-An imcompetent employee cant face the fact that he’s an idiot and blames his boss for being an asshole cuz he’s always on his ass.
Suppression vs repression
-which one is involuntary (and immature)?
repression
Sublimation
- mature or immature
- definition:
- example:
mature
- Replacing an unacceptable wish with a course of action that is similar to the wish but does not conflict with one’s value system.
- Teenager’s aggression toward his father is redirected to perform well in sports.
relationship between DOPAMINE and ACH:
dopamine inhibits ACh.
-Which is why ACh is high in parkinsons and you give anti-ACh (benadryl) with anti-psychotics (which block dopamine so then breaks taken off ACh) - helps prevent dystonia.
schizophrenia
-NT change?
dopamine increased
Order of loss of orientation
1-time
2-place
3-person
Korsakoff amnesia
- cause?
- destruction of which tissue?
- retro or antero?
- anterograde amnesia
- thiamine deficiency
- destruction of mammilary bodies
Wernicke Korsakoff
- symptoms? mnemonic?
- cause? pathophys?
confusion, ataxia, nystagmus (CAN of beer)
-alcohol inhibits thiamine absorption in the gut.
4 components of cognition:
-mnemonic?
memory, attention, language, judgement.
-LJAM
define apraxia
-inability to perform particular purposive actions, as a result of brain damage.
define aphasia
loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage.