Final Exam Flashcards
Inattention?
fails to give class attention difficulties maintaining attention doesn't seem to listen when spoken to directly doesn't follow thru w/ instructions difficulties organizing tasks & activities
ADHD is composed of symptoms in 3-Areas?
1) short attention span
2) impulsivity
3) hyeractivity
Hyperactivity?
fidgets w/ hands/feet or moves around in seat
leaves seat in classroom or in other situations
runs about during inappropriate times
difficulties playing or engaging in leisure activties quietly
talks excessively
Impulsivity?
blurts out answer before the question has been completed
difficulty awaiting their turn
interrupts or intrudes on others
4-Autism spectrum disorders?
1) (classic) Autism
2) Aspergers disorder
3) Retts disorder
4) Distintegrative disorder
Classic Autism?
most sever & most understood
pts have trouble interacting w/ others
*often make REPEATED, ROBOTIC MOVEMENTS
*developmental delays = COMMON
Aspergers disorder?
*language development = NORMAL
IQ = avg or above
-typically w/ uneven abilities
Retts disorder?
rare genetic disorder = due to defect in a single gene
*Affects more girls then boys = M/C IN GIRLS
Disintegrative disorder?
*language development: normal in early development, followed by
WORSENING ABILITIES in language,
social interactions and everday functions
Asperger disorder involves
a. significant problems forming social relationships
b. repetitive behavior
c. in contrast to autistic disorder, in Asperger disorder there is
NORMAL cognitive development and little/no developmental
language delay
Rett’s disorder involves
a. diminished social, verbal, and congitive development after 4yrs of normal functioning b. occurs only in GIRLS c. stereotyped, hand-wrining movements d. Mental Retardation
Childhood disintegrative disorder involves
a. diminished social, verbal, cognitive, and motor development after
2yrs of normal functioning
b. Mental retardation
Eating disorders
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Rumination disease
Pica
Eliminating disordes
Enuresis
Encopresis
Anorexia nervosa
a. disturbance in the way in which ones body wt or shape
b. refusal to maintain body wt at normal
b. intense fear of gaining wt or becoming fat
c. Amenorrhea: lack of 3 consecutive menstural cycles
course of anorexia
unremitting until death
episodic
a single episode w/ return to normal wt
people w/ these disorders often appear odd or eccentric
a. paranoid
b. schizoid
c. schizotypal
d. passive aggressive
Paranoid
a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others
such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent
Schizoid
detachment from social relationships
-a restrictive range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings
*Schizotypal
social and interpersonal deficit marked by acute discomfort and reduced capacity for close relationships
-characterized by a need for social isolation
cognitive or perceptual disortions and eccentricities of behavior
People with these disorders often appear dramatic, emotional, or erratic?
a. antisocial
b. borderline personality disorder
c. histrionic personality disorder
d. narcissistic
Antisocial
disregard for and violation of the rights of others
occurring since 15yrs
Borderline Personality Disorder?
instability of interpersonal relationships
instability of self-image
Marked impulsivity
Histrionic personality disorder
excessive emotionality and attention seeking
Narcissistic
Gransiosity = in fantasy or behavior
Need for admiration
Lack of empathy
People with these disorders often appear ANXIOUS OR FEARFUL?
a. Avoidant
b. Dependent
c. Obsessive Compulsive
Aviodant
social inhibition
feeling of inadequacy and hypersensitivity
*(-) EVALUATION
Dependent
excessive need to be taken care.
leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation
Obsessive Compulsive
preoccupation w/ orderliness
perfectionism, mental and interpersonal control at expense of Flexibility, Openness, and Efficiency
Infancy-Childhood Human Sexuality
responses w/ sexual excitement-signs start very early in childhood
parent rxns w/ reflexes of their children will be very important in their sexual learning
2-5 yrs old human sexuality
sexual identity starts = male/female
sexual games when they are alone
Games such as doctor and nurse
3yrs old human sexuality
conscious about parent disapproval regarding self-tough
Frustration: when they are told “thats not allowed” or “dont touch yourself” usually leads to sexual dysfunction
4yrs old human sexuality
self origin and birth questions
5yrs old human sexuality
beginning of relationships w/ peer group
learning thru tricks, jokes or by observing their parents
6-7 yrs old human sexuality
knowledge of anatomical differences
start hiding genitals
start questioning themselves
interest for the forbidden
3-causes of sexual disorders?
a. hostile relationship w/ parent
b. rxn to threats
c. ambivalence of messages
8-9 yrs old human sexuality
the child is conscious of the erotic content of his or her games
12-19 yrs old human sexuality
psychological and social rxns together w/ biological changes
sexual fantasies
masturbation
great influences from social environment
young adults human sexuality
sexuality becomes independent from peer pressure
normal secuality
a. being able to establish sexual experiences w/out any guilty complex
b. marriage
c. feelings of love and sexually attracted to the spouse
d. the capacity for normal emotional relationships must exist
Psychosocial Factors
sexual id
gender id
sexual orientation
sexual behavior (physiological response)
sexual identity vs gender identity
sexual id = either XX or XY
gender id = “i am male” or “i am female”
sexual orientation
describes the object of a persons sexual impulse
a. heterosexual
b. homosexual
c. bisexual
sexual behavior
is a physiological response
4-phases of sexual response
phase 1 = desire
phase 2 = excitement
phase 3 = orgasm
phase 4 = resolution
Phase 1 of sexual response
DESIRE
-sexual fantasies and the desire to have sex
Phase 2 of sexual response
EXCITEMENT
phase 2 of sexual response is brought on by?
psychological stimulation: -fantasies & presence of a loved obj fiso stimulation -kissing, stroking, bonner, pussy gets wet, nipples erect -clitoris becomes hard and turgid -labia minora becomes thick
Phase 2 sexual response with continued stimulation?
testicles = increase size x 50%
clitoris elevates and retracts behind the symphysis pubis
nipple = increase size x 25%
specific color changes: labia minora become bright or deep red
increased HR/RR/BP
Phase 3 of sexual response
ORGASM
Phase 3 of sexual response consists of?
- subjective sense of ejaculation followed by violent emission of semen
- (4-5) rhythmical spasms of the prostate, seminal vesicles, urethra
- (3-15) involuntary contractions of the uterus
- lasts from 3-25 seconds
Phase 4 of sexual response
RESOLUTION: disgorgement of bld from the genitalia which brings the body back to its resting state
Phase 4 sexual response: If orgasm occurs?
a subjective sense of well-being
general relaxation
muscular relaxation
Phase 4 sexual response: if orgasm doesn’t occur?
lasts from 2-6 hours
ass. w/ pain & irritability
Refractory period
may last from several minutes to several hours after orgasm
men cannot be stimulated to further orgasm
2-Types of Homosexuality?
1) Predominantly homosexual
2) Less predominantly homosexual
3-Etiologies of Homosexuality?
1) genetic factors
2) psychological theories
3) learning theories
The essential features of PARAPHILIAS?
recurrent, intense arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behavior
Paraphilia behavior involves?
1) non-human objects
2) suffering or humiliation of oneself or ones partner
3) children or other non-consenting person
* all occur over a period of at least 6mo
Sexual Dysfunctions
disturbance in the processes that characterize the sexual response cycle or by pain associated with sexual intercourse
-2 subtypes: Lifelong and Acquired
2-Subtypes of sexual dysfunctions
1) Lifelong type
2) Acquired type
Sexual Masochism Disorder
giving/receiving pleasure involving pain or humiliation
Hypoxyphylia
sexual arousal by O2 deprivation
Voyeuristic disorder
peep and tom
act of observing an ususpecting person who is naked
Female sexual inerest/Arousal disorder
inability to produce lubrication
Vaginismus (penetration disorder)
involuntary spasm of muscles of the outer 1/3 vagina that interferes w/ sex
Tx for arousal disorders
viagra, vasomax, alprostadil, antianxiety agents
horm therapy
individual therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
dual-sex therapy
group therapy
Gender id disorder
cross-gender identification
Gender id disorder in BOYS
feminine activities
cross-dressing
insist on sitting to urinate
dislikes penis, wishs to have vagina
Gender id disorder in GIRLS
wear masculine clothing
prefer boys as playmates
wish they had a penis
Anxiety symtoms
headache perspiration palpitations stomach discomfort restlessness
Etiology of pathological anxiety
psychoanalytic theories
behavioral theories: social learning theories & classical conditoing
Biological science theories: CNS theory (NT imalance)
Agoraphobia
anxiety about being in a place/situation from which escape may be difficult
Specific phobia
fear that is excessive or unreasonably cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific obj or situation
-flying, dogs, shots
Social phobia (social anxiety disorder)
fear of social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people
Obsessive Compulsion Diorder is related to other disorders
body dysmorphic disorder hoarding trichotillomania (hair pulling) excoriation substance/medication induced OCD
Somatic symptom disorder
pt with no medical explanation
criteria: 2GI, 1sex, 1pseudoneurological symptom
Conversion disorder
neurological symptoms (paralysis, blindness, paresthesia) that is medically unexplained
Hypochondriasis
excessively worrying about having a serous illness
Dissociative amnesia
can’t remember info related to traumatic event
can’t be explained by normal forgetfulness
Localized amnesia
loss of memory for the events of a short period of time
generalized amnesia
loss of memory for a whole lifetime of experience
Selective (systematized) amnesia
failure to recall some but not all events during a SHORT period of time
Dissociative Fugue
unexpected TRAVEL away from home
confusion about personal identity
Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality)
having 2 or more distinct identities/personalities
inability to recall important personal info that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness
Depersonalization disorder
persistent and recurrent experiences of feeling detached from and as if on e is an outside observer of ones mental processes or body
reality testing remains intact
