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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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psychologist

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-conducts evaluations of behavior and practices individual group and family therapy

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psychiatrist

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  • physician who assesses behavior, conducts and prescribes interventions
  • provides ongoing therapy
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Erik Eriksons 8 stages of development

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  • guideline for identifying the psychosocial challenges patients face at different periods in their lives
  • society and culture affect how personality develops
  • completion of each stage supports the healthy development of ego
  • trust vs mistrust
  • autonomy vs shame and doubt
  • initiative vs guilt
  • industry vs inferiority
  • identity vs role confusion
  • intimacy vs isolation
  • generativity vs stagnation
  • ego integrity vs despair
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trust vs mistrust

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stage for infants (birth to 18 months)

  • develop trust with caretaker
  • trust their own body
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autonomy vs shame and doubt

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  • 2-3 years old
  • independence
  • self control
  • language
  • voluntary delaying of self gratification
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initiative vs guilt

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  • 3-6 years old
  • new experiences
  • assertiveness
  • dependability
  • creativity
  • personal achievement
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industry vs inferiority

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  • 7-12 years old
  • need to receive recognition for accomplishments
  • competence
  • self satisfaction
  • trustworthiness
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identity vs role confusion

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  • 12-20 years
  • figure out where you fit in
  • what direction your life should take
  • emotional stability
  • ability to form committed relationships
  • sound decision making
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intimacy vs isolation

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  • 20-35

- mutual self respect and love

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generativity vs stagnation

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  • 35-65
  • adults continue raising children and some become grandparents
  • involve self in teaching, coaching, writing, and social activism
  • serving the community
  • sharing with others
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ego integrity vs despair

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  • 65+
  • adults retire
  • volunteer to feel useful
  • health problems
  • friends die
  • wisdom
  • acceptance
  • self worth
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maslows hierarchy of needs

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  • individuals have needs ranging from basic to complex
  • physiological needs- food, water, air
  • safety- emotionally, physically safe, healthy
  • love and belonging- meaningful relationships
  • self-esteem- confidence, independence
  • self actualization- personal growth, full potential, wisdom
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kubler-ross: five stages of grief

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  • denial- give written information and treatment options
  • anger
  • bargaining- listen with attention and encourage the pt to express their feelings
  • depression- show understanding
  • acceptance- encouragement, support, and additional education
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mini-mental state exam

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  • orientation- ask for date or season
  • registration- say 3 objects and ask the pt to repeat them back
  • attention- ask pt to count back from 100 by 5’s
  • calculation- same as attention
  • language- follow a command, name something you point at, write a sentence etc.
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defense mechanism: apathy

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  • indifference

- lack of interest

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defense mechanism:compensation

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-balancing a failure with accomplishment

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defense mechanism: conversion

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  • transformation of an anxiety into a physical symptom

- ex. i get a headache every time i see my ex

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defense mechanism: denial

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-avoidance of unpleasant or anxiety provoking situations

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defense mechanism: displacement

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-redirection of emotions away from its original subject or object onto a another less threatening subject

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defense mechanism: dissociation

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-disconnection of emotional importance from ideas or event

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defense mechanism: identification

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-attribution of characteristics of someone else to oneself or the imitation of another

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defense mechanism: intellectualization

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-analysis of a situation with facts and not emotions

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defense mechanism: introjection

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adoption of thoughts or feelings of others

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defense mechanism: physical avoidance

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-keeping away from anything that evokes memories of something bad

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defense mechanism: projection

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-transference of a persons unpleasant ideas and emotions onto someone else

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defense mechanism: rationalization

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-explanation that makes something negative or unacceptable seem ok

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defense mechanism: reaction formation

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-belief in and expression of the opposite of ones trues feelings

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defense mechanism: regression

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reversion to an earlier more childlike developmental behavior

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defense mechanism: repression

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-elimination of unpleasent emotions

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defense mechanism: sarcasm

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-use of words that have opposite meaning to be funny, irritating, or insulting

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defense mechanism: sublimation

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  • rechanneling unacceptable urges or drives into something constructive or acceptable
  • ex. i used to pull of fly wings and now im a biology teacher
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defense mechanism: suppression

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-voluntary blocking of an unpleasant experience from ones awareness

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defense mechanism: undoing

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cancelling out an unacceptable behavior with a symbolic gesture
-i had a big fight with my gf but i got her flowers

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defense mechanism: verbal aggression

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-verbal attack on a person without addressing the original intent of the conversation

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