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PSY 657 EXAM 2; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PSY 657 EXAM 2; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS2024-2025
Marijuana - ANSWER is classified as a hallucinogen; induces changes in mood,
thought, and behavior
Heroine - ANSWER is classified as an opiate; alleviates physical pain, induces
relaxation and pleasant reverie, alleviates anxiety and tension
Tolerance - ANSWER a need for markedly increased amounts of the substance to
achieve the desired effect or a markedly diminished
Psychosis - ANSWER gross impairment in reality testing
Double Depression - ANSWER not a formal diagnosis. Used clinically to describe
an individual who has symptoms of both PDD and MDD (Persistent Depressive
Disorder/ Major Depressive Disorder)
Hallucination - ANSWER A common perceptual disturbance, is almost always
auditory, sometimes visual or tactile. Specifically hearing voices from outside of
the head. Voices can be kind or a running commentary. Command hallucinations
order the client to do bad things. Can involve any of the 5 senses. (Visual,
Auditory, tactile, Olfactory, Gustatory)
Delusions - ANSWER belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being
contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument
Prodromal - ANSWER refers to the early symptoms and signs of an illness that
precede the characteristic manifestations of the acute, fully developed illness.
Considered to be an early stage of schizophrenia, characterized by very low-level
symptoms or behavioral idiosyncrasies.
Expressed Emotions - ANSWER type of negative communication involving
excessive criticism and emotional over-involvement directed at a patient by family
members
Positive Symptoms - ANSWER means the presence of symptoms ie.
, Hallucinations/delusions
Negative Symptoms - ANSWER the absence of symptoms ie. Motivation, drive,
initiative, curiosity
Neuroleptics - ANSWER seizing the neuron. 1st Gen antipsychotics are meds like
chlorpromazine, Thorazine, and haloperidol, these were among the first to be used
to treat psychotic disorders, they were sometimes referred to as neuroleptics.
Double Bline Communication - ANSWER type of faulty communication in which
one person ie. The parent presents to another ie. Child ideas, feelings, and demands
that are mutually incompatible
Delerium - ANSWER a disturbance in attention and awareness that is accompanied
by a change in cognition that cannot be better accounted for by a pre-existing or
evolving dementia. Develops over a short period, and tends to fluctuate during the
day.
Dementia - ANSWER progressive deterioration of brain functioning occurring after
the completion of brain maturation in adolescence. Characterized by deficits in
memory, abstract thinking, acquisition of new knowledge or skills, visuospatial
comprehension, motor control, problem-solving and judgment. Now referred to as
Major Cognitive Disorder.
Amnesia - ANSWER total or partial loss of memory. Retrograde amnesia is the
inability to recall events immediately preceding the injury. Anterograde amnesia is
the inability to store effectively in memory events that happen during variable
periods after trauma
Endorphins - ANSWER Opiates produced in the brain and throughout the body that
function like neurotransmitters to dampen sensations. They also play a role in the
body's building up tolerance to certain drugs.
Dyslexia - ANSWER impairment of the ability to read and write. An individual has
problems in word recognition and reading comprehension, markedly deficient in
spelling and memory. Routinely omit, add, and distort words and their reading is
typically painfully slow.
Tourette's disorder - ANSWER: classified as a motor disorder in the
neurodevelopmental disorders in DSM-5; is an extreme tic disorder involving
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