Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

CAN > Virtual reality and mental health > Flashcards

Virtual reality and mental health Flashcards

1
Q

TOPIC 1: virtual reality and its applications

A
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Who developed the first commercial VR system in 1956?

A

Morton Heilig

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Who created the head-mounted display in 1967?

A

Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Virtual reality gives a ‘sense of being there’.
The immersive nature of virtual reality environments is unique because it allows for real time experience of emotions.

What are 2 body responses that occur during virtual reality?

A

stress

increased heart rate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

How is VR used in experimental psychology?

A

Aims to understand human cognitive processes, such as sense of presence, perception or proprioception

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

How is VR used in neuropsychology?

A

Aims to assess cognitive functions, such as memory or planning

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

How is VR used in clinical psychology

A

Aims to assess and treat mental health disorders

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

VR has low ecological validity

True or false

A

FALSE

VR has high ecological validity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Virtual reality has been used as a tool to understand the underlying mechanisms of the what conditions? 10 conditions

A
  • eating disorders
  • agoraphobia with or without panic disorder
  • phobias
  • anxiety disorders
  • social anxiety
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • autism
  • dementia
  • brain injuries
  • psychosis
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What are some psychological processes that can trigger psychosis? 12

A
  • interpersonal sensitivity
  • childhood bullying, victimisation
  • physical assault
  • perceived ethnic discrimination
  • social defeat
  • population density and ethnic density
  • paranoid ideation
  • anomalous experiences
  • self-confidence
  • self-comparison
  • physiological activation
  • behavioural response
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Virtual reality is used to study what triggers or maintains a psychotic episode

true or false?

A

TRUE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Treatment of mental health problems using VR. What are 4 benefits?

A

enables the assessment of symptoms as they occur

typically used as an exposure technique

helps the patient to build up sufficient coping

strategies in a safe environment

enables a tailored intervention with virtual reality assisted therapy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What are 3 limitations of VR?

A
  • small amount of studies available
  • more research is needed to ensure VR’s effectiveness when compared with other treatments
  • older VR headsets could cause cyber-sickness, leading to participant drop out
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

How is VR used in PTSD therapy?

A

aims to help soldiers who have come back from a war zone and that have been exposed to traumatic events to overcome symptoms of PTSD.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

How is VR used in PTSD prevention?

A

aims to expose soldiers to war events that could trigger PTSD before they are deployed to war zones. Soldiers are given strategies that would help them to prevent the development of PTSD when and if exposed to traumatic events.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Virtual reality embedded in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) allows for what?

A

tailored treatment that meets the needs of the service user exposure of service users to situations and environments in a controlled manner

enables them to try new coping strategies in real time

17
Q

An exploration and critique of the research evidence and challenges facing VR in mental health

A
18
Q

What are the four ‘P’s of VR?

A

Personalise: Right assessment and treatment for the right person at the right time

Predictive: Help to establish which individual factors play a role in the onset of mental health problems

Preventative: Improve functioning and wellness

Participatory: Interactive and responsive environments

19
Q

What is Neuropsychology?

A

A branch of psychology that aims to determine how the structure and the function of the brain relates to specific psychological processes

20
Q

How can VR help researchers and clinicians? 5 things

A

Presents high ecological validity by being able to simulate naturalistic environments

Systematically increases ecologically relevant attentional demands

Allows for timing and control over distractions, stimulus load and complexity

Allows for the maintenance of standardised protocols

Potential for diagnostic utility of VR tests in neuropsychological assessment

21
Q

What is the CANTAB (Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery) ?

A

a comprehensive system of neuropsychological tests

used worldwide to assess neurocognitive functioning

22
Q

How does one demonstrate high spatial working memory?

A

ability to retain spatial information

manipulate the remembered items in working memory

23
Q

Participants with Schizophrenia displayed worse results in VR, how? 3 things

A

needed longer time to locate targets

had difficulties in pointing and navigating accurately

had difficulties recalling spatial sequences.

24
Q

To test executive functioning, what test could be used?

A

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

25
Q

What are the weaknesses of executive functioning tests?

A

The moment you know the solution, the test can’t be administered a second time.

Test-retest reliability is very poor

26
Q

Social cognitive research

is the study of?

A

Mental processes involved in perceiving, attending to, remembering, thinking about, and making sense of the people in our social world

27
Q

Limitations of current approaches?

A
  • they study a single participant’s brain in isolation

* participants are often isolated from natural environments

28
Q

What is theory of mind (ToM)?

A

The ability to understand other people’s beliefs, intentions and emotions

29
Q

What is the Sally-Anne task?

A
  • widely used to test theory of mind
  • participants watch an interaction between two dolls
  • participants predict the behaviour of one of the dolls based on an understand of what the doll ‘believes’
30
Q

What happens to children with autism who take this test and what happens to adults with autism who take this test?

A

Children with autism:
often fail to answer this question correctly.

Adults with autism:
adults with autism pass this test.

31
Q

Paper-and-pen and computer-based assessments do not replicate the complexity and challenges of everyday life, and therefore have limited ecological validity

true or false?

A

TRUE

CAN (5 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions