Intro to psych Flashcards
signal before reflex
respondent conditioning
involuntary behavior
classical conditioning
reinforcing or punishing stimulus after behavior, works with voluntary behavior
operant conditioning
Understand how Brain works on micro scale to generate complex behaviors that when derailed lead to mental illness
bottom up approach
observable behaviors used to generate hypothesis about how the brain works on a micro scale
top down
The three brain areas of interest in psychiatry
limbic (emotion, fear, stress) basal ganglia (motivation, reward) prefrontal cortex (exec fxn)
DSM diagnostic criteria
key symptoms
time course
exclusions of other conditions
impact on function
Pathognomic
distinctively characteristic of a disease/condition. in psych this is not a thing
Mental Status Exam Appearance
hygiene, nourishment, dress, lesions, older/younger than noted
sensorium
level of alertness
awake->somnolent->obtunded->stuporous
Speech
volume, rate, rhythm, inflection
mood
what the patient says is how they are feeling
affect
what the clinician perceives as the emotional state of the patient
thought content
repeated themes, linearity, content, safety
insight vs judgement
insight: awareness and understanding of situation
judgement: actual action taken for that situation
Cognition in MSE qualities
visuospatial, exec fxn, attn, calculation, verbal fluency, short term memory, abstraction, orientation
