Vocab Test

Question 1

Sequelae –

Answer 1

a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury. E.g., one of the sequelae of social anxiety can be low mood

Question 2

Egosyntonic –

Answer 2

aspects of a person’s thoughts, impulses, attitudes, and behaviour that are felt to be acceptable and consistent with the rest of the personality.

opposite of egodystonic

Question 3

Egodystonic –

Answer 3

aspects of a person’s thoughts, impulses, attitudes, and behaviour that are felt to be UNACCEPTABLE and distressing.

opposite of egosyntonic.

Question 4

Aetiology –

Answer 4

the causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition. E.g., the importance of parental modelling in the aetiology of anxiety disorders.

Question 5

Regression to the mean –

Answer 5

the phenomenon whereby if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on its second measurement.

Question 6

Premorbid –

Answer 6

preceding the occurrence of symptoms of disease or disorder.

Question 7

Prodromal –

Answer 7

relating to or denoting the period between the appearance of initial symptoms and the full development of a disorder.

Question 8

Relating to or denoting the period between the appearance of initial symptoms and the full development of a disorder.

Answer 8

Prodromal

Question 9

Preceding the occurrence of symptoms of disease or disorder.

Answer 9

Premorbid

Question 10

Phenomenon whereby if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on its second measurement.

Answer 10

Regression to the mean

Question 11

The causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.

Answer 11

Aetiology – E.g., the importance of parental modelling in the aetiology of anxiety disorders.

Question 12

Aspects of a person’s thoughts, impulses, attitudes, and behaviour that are felt to be acceptable and consistent with the rest of the personality.

Answer 12

Egosyntonic – opposite of egodystonic

Question 13

Aspects of a person’s thoughts, impulses, attitudes, and behaviour that are felt to be UNACCEPTABLE and distressing.

Answer 13

Egodystonic

Question 14

A condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury.

Answer 14

Sequelae – E.g., one of the sequelae of social anxiety can be low mood.

Question 15

Sociotropy -

Answer 15

over-investment in social relationships

Question 16

The over-investment in social relationships

Answer 16

Sociotropy

Question 17

What does trans-diagnostic mean?

Answer 17

Treatment works across different diagnosis’s.

Question 18

What is diagnostic instability?

Answer 18

When the diagnosis often changes/switches.