HPHD Flashcards

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Explain the transactional model of stress

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Primary appraisal of the stressor - potential severity
Secondary appraisal - do we have the resources to cope?
If no –> stress
Reappraisal - assess our coping techniques and if they work

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2
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Give the two types of emotion focused coping and examples of each

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Behavioural - talking to friends, alcohol

Cognitive - denial, focusing on positives

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3
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Give examples of problem focused coping

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Using a wheelchair
Get physiotherapy
Any other example where resources are used

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4
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Give three ways doctors can help to improve patient control and examples of each

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Mobilising social support - refer to PALS or support groups
Reduce ambiguity - effective communication
Increase personal control - CBT, pain management

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5
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Give the three stages of sexual response

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Desire, arousal and orgasm

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6
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Give the four categories of sexual dysfunction and examples

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Predisposing - sexual trauma, false beliefs, physical vulnerability
Precipitating - partner problems, life events
Self perpetuating - guilt, shame, anger
Partner perpetuating - pressure to perform, criticism, guilt

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7
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Define identity, orientation, behaviour and expression

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Identity - how the person describes themselves
Orientation - the gender that the person is attracted to
Behaviour - the acts the person actually performs (MSM)
Expression - how people show themselves in society

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8
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Explain the SPIKES tool in breaking bad news

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Setting - one on one in a separate room
Patient’s perception - what does the patient already know? ICE
Invitation - how much does the person want to know?
Knowledge - give a warning shot then tell them
Empathy - show it
Summary/ strategy - refer to support groups and summarise

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9
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Give the three forms of death

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Gradual
Premature
Catastrophic

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10
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What is the primary aim of palliative care?

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To allow the person to die as they want

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11
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Give two reasons why someone might grieve for longer than two years

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Discouragement of grief expression

Discouragement of grief ending

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12
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What conditions might occur if the person has not accepted the death of a loved one after two years?

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PTSD
Anxiety
Depression

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13
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Give the five stages of grief

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Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
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14
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What is adherence?

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The extent to which the patient acts in line with the plan set out by the patient and doctor

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15
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Give some ways that we can measure adherence

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Pill counting
Blood levels
Urine excretion of product
Observing the person take the pills

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16
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Give some reasons that a patient may not adhere to treatment

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Poor education
Side effects experienced
Psychological health
UNINTENTIONAL

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17
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Make the distinction between hazardous and harmful drinkers

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Hazardous - alcohol consumption is too high but they have not yet experienced symptoms or ill health
Harmful - the drinking has started to take a toll on the persons life

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18
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Give the two subsets of alcohol dependence

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Moderate - withdrawal symptoms

Severe - withdrawal symptoms with relief drinking

19
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Give the questions asked as part of the CAGE alcohol tool

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Have you felt the need to CUT DOWN?
Do you get ANNOYED at yourself for drinking?
Do you feel GUILTY after a night of drinking?
Have you had an EYE OPENER to your heavy drinking?

20
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Why has the biopsychosocial model taken over from the biomedical model?

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The biomedical model doesn’t recognise that some diseases are due to psychological problems or social circumstance

21
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What is the flaw with stereotyping?

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It overlooks diversity within a subgroup of people

22
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Describe the cognitive component of stereotyping

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We file things that are similar under schemata within the brain to streamline processing. These are commonly relied upon at times of pressure and stress

23
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Describe the emotional component of stereotyping

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Prejudice. A few negative traits of some people within a schemata group leads us to hold prejudice against the entire group and see them in a bad light

24
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Describe the behavioural component of stereotyping

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Discrimination. Treating people differently based on the prejudices that we hold

25
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Give the two forms of intelligence and state which changes in ageing

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Crystallised - stable throughout life

Fluid - declines with age

26
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Give the five areas of intelligence that decline with age

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Verbal meaning 
Verbal fluency
Inductive reasoning
Numeracy
Spatial orientation
27
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Give the two ways that ageing can be performed successfully

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Disengagement - withdraw from society

Activity - take part in youth culture

28
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Give some factors that open and close the gate in the gate control theory of pain

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Open - negativity, injury, stress, underactivity

Close - positivity, medication, relaxation, exercise

29
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What is the definition of chronic pain? What can we do about it?

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Pain lasting more than 12 weeks
Refer to the pain management programme which helps people take control of their pain with exercise, medications, relaxation and autonomy in ADLs

30
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Give Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development and the ages at which they occur

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Sensorimotor 0-2yrs - babies involved with movement and touch
Preoperational 2-7yrs - egocentricism, language development and ability to order based on one characteristic
Concrete operational 7-12 yrs - shows empathy and thinks logically
Formal operational 12+ yrs - abstract logic and deductive reasoning

31
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Give the criticisms of Piaget’s theory

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It focuses on what the child cannot do, not what they can do

32
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What is Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development?

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Cognition develops based on our social interaction

33
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At what age do we see the first social smile?

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6 weeks. The baby will show preference for faces over objects and find things funny

34
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In attachment theory, what happens when the primary carer leaves the room?

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Anxiety, bed wetting, aggression and clinging

35
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Give the three stages of separation of a baby from its mother

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Protest - clinging behaviours
Despair - intermittent crying
Detachment - apathy on return of the mother

36
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What are the criticisms of attachment theory?

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No impetus given to the father

Too simplistic as does not consider other factors

37
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What is classical conditioning?

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Making the association between two things that are not associated. Pavlov’ dog

38
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What is operant conditioning?

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Using reward and punishment to control behaviours

39
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What is social learning theory?

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We act in concordance with our peers or those whom we wish to emulate

40
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Describe the health belief model

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The person weighs the barriers and benefits against the severity and susceptibility. Take into consideration any external cues

41
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Explain the cognitive dissonance theory

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Used mainly in advertising and health promotion. Creates an uncomfortable situation in someone’s mind to change their behaviour. Shock tactics

42
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What factors affect the theory of planned behaviour?

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Attitude toward the behaviour 
The subjective norm (is it done by their peers)
Subjective control (do they really have a choice)
43
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Give the stages of the transtheoretical model of change

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Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Relapse or maintenance