Test 1 Flashcards
What is the DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual -
it lists the
* psychological disorders
* the symptoms and how long you must have the symptoms
What is a Psychiatrist?
They’re the ones that prescribe medication
What is a Psychologist?
They’re the ones that do psychotherapy and talk therapy
What is SES?
Socio Economic Status
What is a risk factor?
statistical significant association between a psychological disorder and a specific factor
What did people believe back then?
they believed there were spirits and they would drill holes to peoples’ head
What did Hippocrates believe in?
He believe something was wrong with the brain.
What did Plato believe in?
He believed it was the family that was the cause
What did Freud believe in?
Something in your childhood happened and you blocked it but influences your behaviors today
What is Id?
when you want immediate gratification of your impulse
ex: sex/aggression
What is Ego?
Deals with personality that figures out a plan
What is Superego?
Where your conscious lies; feels guilt
What is a Defense Mechanisms?
Normal healthy ways to dealing with anxiety
What are the defense mechanisms?
Repression Reaction Formation Projection intellectualization Regression sublimation
What is Repression?
blocking painful feelings away from your awareness
What is reaction formation?
unconciously blocking painful feelings away from your awareness and does the opposite
ex: mom not loving child
What is projection?
attribute your weakness to someone else
What is intellectualization?
overly logical in place of an emotion
ex: saying facts that don’t really relate to the feelings
What is regression?
Reverting to an earlier stage in development
What is sublimation?
frustrated impulses in an acceptable way
ex: going to the gym
What is vicarious learning?
Learning through the actions of others
What is a cognitive model?
the way one thinks about things in an influenced psychology
What is humanistic?
trying to reach their own potential
ex: ideal self vs. true self
What is dominant?
gene that will be expressed in the offspring
What is recessive?
gene that will not be expressed unless paired with another recessive
What are the three that can cause depression if its too low?
Dopamine, Seratonin, and Noreprenephrine
What is the Peripheral nervous system?
the nerves that carry information to the nervous system
What are pons?
Controls movement; integrates movement with the left and right side of your body
What does the thalamus do?
relays information to the cerebral cortex
What does the hypothalamus do?
releases stress hormones (adrenaline)
What does the amygdala do?
Quickly deciphers until the cerebral cortex says its not real
What is the corpus callosum?
thick fiber that connects the right and left hemisphere
What does negative emotion do?
it increases electrical emotion in the right hemisphere
What does positive emotion do?
increases electrical activity in the left hemisphere
What does the cerebral cortex do?
thinks in a deeper level
Note: early childhood trauma destroys the cerebral cortex
What does the occipital handle?
vision
What does the parietal handle?
senses: touch and body sensation
what does the temporal handle?
hearing and speech
what does the frontal handle?
thinks things through
What is in the Endocrine system?
Pituitary gland, thyroid gland, and pineal gland
What does the pituitary gland handle?
growth
What does the thyroid gland handle?
rate of metabolism
what does pineal gland handle?
sleep
What is a CT scan?
number of different angles that are collected giving a cross section; gives a clearer image than an xray and uses radiation
What is an MRI?
Allows you to see tissue of the brain and uses strong magnetic waves
What is an fMRI?
increase in blood flow within the brain with increase activity
What is a PET scan?
radioactive substance that is injected in the blood flow
What is an experimental study?
the one that gets the independent variable
What is an independent variable?
the variable the experimenter changes
What is prevalence?
the total number of cases that are given in a specific number of time
What is incidence?
the number of new cases that are given in a specific number of time.
In a clinical interview what is good to know when you first meet the patient?
The history of the symptoms the patient has and both or all perspectives if it is dealing with a behavior
What does positive mean?
They have what you’re measuring
What does negative mean?
They don’t have what you’re measuring
what is false positive?
It first test positive but realize you’re wrong
What is false negative?
the test failed and it was really wrong
What is true positive?
subsequent evidence test was positive
What is outcome evaluation?
given after a period of time assessing their improvement
What is reliability?
the consistency of the test
What is validity?
does the test measure what it says what its going to measure
What is predictive validity?
will this test predict how the person will behave
What is construct validity?
does this test relate to other measures in a consistent matter
What is discriminant validity?
the test should not correlate different constructs
What is behavioral validity?
does the test correlate with behavioral measures?
In a clinical interview what type of questions should you ask?
What medication are you taking?
Why are you coming in just now?
What have you tried to resolve the situation?
What are your goals?
What does a Psychoanalytic do?
talks about dreams
What is cognitive?
the way they think about the situation (they’re interpretation)
What is the mental status exam?
Assessing the client’s psychological, cognitive and behavioral function
What is the rorschach? What is the reliability and the validity?
ten ink blacks - 5 black and 5 color and asks the client what do they see
Reliability: low
validity: low
What is a Tat?
An actual sketch where the patient needs to tell a story
What is an MMPI?
600 questions; different dimensions that has a lie scale
What is the Neuropsychology test?
9 designs for them to draw
With the IQ test, what is the age group for WAIS-IV and WISC-IV?
WAIS-IV - ages 17 & above
WISC-IV - ages 6-16
What is verbal comprehension?
understanding social expression; ability to understand words
What is perceptual reasoning index-
“what’s missing in this picture”
What is perceptual speed index?
visual motor coordination
What is self monitoring?
For them to be more aware on symptoms when it shows up
EEG has to deal with…
Brain waves
High frequency is …
Beta
when you’re relaxed you’re…
alpha
What is comobidity?
two or more different disorders
What is another term for retardation?
Intellectual Developmental disorder
How do you know if you’re retarded?
70 or less IQ
impairment in adaptive function
you find out by age 5 or 6 and before 18
What if you’re retarded but you’re over 18?
It’s called dimensia
What causes retardation?
down syndrome
women who smoke while pregnant
radiation while pregnant
What is PKU?
missing an enzyme that causes physical abnormalities
What is fragile X syndrome?
they’re not making enough protein
What is Assburger?
mild condition of autism
What causes Autism?
genetic chromosome abnormality and if the father is old
What is ADHD?
Attention deficit hyperactive disorder
How are people with ADHD treated?
medication
giving them a stimulant (increases dopamine in the brain)
guidelines, structure and discipline
What is reactive attachment disorder?
doesn’t trust the adult will attend to them ; don’t react to nurture, comforance, and nurturance
What is disinhibited engagement disorder?
socialize very easily become superficially attached to strangers
What is oppositional defiant?
argumentative among other people; blame other people and very invective
What is conduct disorder?
basic rights of other people are ignored, destruction of property; bullying
What is intermittent explosive disorder?
consistently angry; responds physically or verbally with anger for minor problems
What is Enuresis?
What is primary and what is secondary?
urinates into their clotes and bed 2/week for 3 months; they have to be at least 5 years old
Primary: they were never able to control their pee
secondary: they were able to control their pee before but not anymore
What is encopresis?
Repeated bowel movement in your clothes and has to happen for 3 months
