ssx to suggestibility

Question 1

what is a syndrome

Answer 1

group of signs and symptoms that, together, make a recognizable condition

Question 2

discuss neurosis

Answer 2

mental illness s loss of contact c reality - exaggerated forms of normal reax to stressful events

maladaptive reactions ro stress - nerves, anxiety

can still impair function

Question 3

2 components of neurosis

Answer 3

vulnerable personality

stress factors triggering the reax

Question 4

discuss psychosis

Answer 4

mental illness c loss of contact c reality

not understandable and cant be empathized

impairs mental function - madness, delusions, hallucinations

Question 5

general and persistent anxiety c:
- apprehension
- motor tension
- autonomic overact

Answer 5

generalized anxiety disorder

Question 6

ssx of anxiety and depression but neither dominates

Answer 6

mixed anxiety and depression

Question 7

recurrent attacks of severe anxiety not restricted to any particular situation or set of circumstances

Answer 7

panic disorder

Question 8

anxiety evoked only or predominantly by well-defined situations or objects external to the subject

Answer 8

phobic disorder

Question 9

fear of pen spaces, crowds, and difficulty of immediate easy escape

Answer 9

agoraphobia

Question 10

fear of scrutiny by other people in comparatively small groups, leading to avoidance of social situations

Answer 10

social phobia

Question 11

recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive acts

Answer 11

OCD

Question 12

delayed or prolonged response to stressful event or situation of threatening or catastrophic nature,

Answer 12

PTSD

Question 13

primary vs secondary consciousness

Answer 13

primary - sensory awareness, attention, perception, memory, emotion and action

secondary - self awareness

Question 14

discuss freud’s theory of consciousness

Answer 14

conscious - what we are aware at point in time

pre conscious - what we could become aware if we put attention

barrier to censor unwanted wishes and desires

unconscious - pushed or repressed out of conscious mind; inaccessible but still influences the behavior/feelinfs

Question 15

confusion or impaired awareness of time, place, person

Answer 15

disorientation

Question 16

very mild form of altered mental status in which a patient has inattention and reduced wakefulness

Answer 16

clouding of consciousness

Question 17

severe drowsiness in which patient can be aroused by moderate stimuli and then drift back to sleep

Answer 17

lethargy

Question 18

has lessened interest in the environment, slowed response to stimulation and tends to sleep more than normal with drowsiness in between sleep states

needs physical but non painful stimuli

Answer 18

obtundation

Question 19

only vigorous repeated painful stim will arouse the back to unresponsiveness

Answer 19

stupor

Question 20

unarousable unresponsiveness

Answer 20

coma

Question 21

acute reversible mental disorder c some confusion and impairment of consciousness

associated with emotional lability, hallucinations or illusions, and inappropriate, impulsive, irrational or violent behavior.

Answer 21

delirium

Question 22

coma in which a patient appears to be awake with eyes open but cannot be aroused - vegetable

Answer 22

coma vigil

Question 23

disturbed consciousness with hallucinations

Answer 23

twighlight state

Question 24

pathological sleepiness or drowsiness from which one can be aroused to a normal state

Answer 24

somnolence

Question 25

state of impaired awareness inclination to sleep

Answer 25

drowsiness

Question 26

relates to the amount of effort exerted in focusing on certain aspects of an experience, activity, or task

Answer 26

concentration/focus

Question 27

example of selective attention

Answer 27

listening to lecturer in a lecture hall

Question 28

example of sustained attention or vigilance

Answer 28

lecture is mildly interesting and u listened for whole duration

Question 29

example of divided attention

Answer 29

at the same time u listen to prof you are writing notes and reading textbook

Question 30

what is distraction in attention

Answer 30

during the lecture the is ambulance passing by

Question 31

what is inhibition in attention

Answer 31

able to ignore the noise of siren

Question 32

what is disengagement in attention

Answer 32

if fire alarm of schoool rings and you see smoke

Question 33

what is set shifting in attention

Answer 33

u change attention and behavior - hurry to get out

Question 34

what are the disturbances of attention

Answer 34

distractability - inability to focus; does respond tot ask but responds to unrelated stimuli

selective attention - blocking out those that generate anxiety

hypervigilance - excessive attention and focus to all stim; delusional/paranoid

trance - sleeplike state; hypnosis, dissociative disorders, ecstatic religous exp

disinhibition - reduction of inhib func of cerebrum; greater freedom to alcohol, ego

Question 35

what is suggestibility

Answer 35

compliant and uncritical response to an idea or influence

Tendency (of a hypnotized patient) to accept signals and information with a relative suspension of normal critical judgment

Question 36

shared psychotic disorder - formed by 2/3 persons involving a common delusional system

Answer 36

folie a deux

Question 37

artificially induced alteration of consciousness - inc suggestibility and receptivity

Answer 37

hypnosis