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NUR207 unit one
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| incomprehensibility | the inability of the general population to understand the motivation behind the behavior |
| cultural relativity | behavior is categorized as "normal" or "abnormal" according to one's cultural or societal norms |
| general adaptation syndrome | fight or flight |
| alarm reaction stage | fight or flight is initiated |
| stage of resistance | the individual uses the physical responses from fight or flight to attempt to adapt to the stressor |
| stage of exhaustion | prolonged exposure to the stressor - adaptive energy is depleted |
| anxiety | a diffuse apprehension that is vague in nature and is associated with feelings of uncertainty and helplessness |
| mild anxiety | sharpens senses, increases motivation, increases perceptual field |
| moderate anxiety | attention span and ability to concentrate decrease |
| severe anxiety | attention span is extremely limited and the individual has difficulty even with simple tasks |
| panic anxiety | individual is unable to focus on even one detail within the environment; feeling of terror |
| compensation | covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable |
| denial | refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it |
| displacement | the transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral |
| identification | an attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires |
| intellectualization | an attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis |
| introjection | integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into one's own ego structure |
| isolation | separating a thought or memory from the feeling tone or emotion associated with it |
| projection | attriubuting feelings or impulses unacceptable to one's self to another person |
| rationalization | attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors |
| reaction formation | preventing unacceptable or undesireable thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors |
| regression | responding to stress by retreating to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning |
| repression | involuntarily blocking unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awaremness |
| sublimation | rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into activities that are constructive |
| suppression | the voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness |
| undoing | symbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one finds intolerable |
| anxiety disorders | disorders in which the characteristic features are symptoms of anxiety and avoidance behavior |
| somatoform disorders | disorders in which the charachteristic features are physical symptoms for which there is no demonstrable organic pathology |
| dissociative disorders | disorders in which the characteristic feature is a disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment |
| psychosis | a loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing; characterized by the presence of delusions or hallucinations and the impairment of interpersonal functioning and relationship to the external world |
| stages of grief | denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance |
| anticipatory grief | grieving before the loss occurs |
| bereavement overload | accumulated, unresolved grief |
| prolonged response | an intense preoccupation with memories of the lost entity for many years after the loss |
| delayed or inhibited response | the individual becomes fixed in the denial stage of the grieving process; emotional pain my not be experienced, but anxiety dirorders or sleeping and eating disorders may be evident |
| distorted response | the individual is fixed in the anger stage; normal grieving behaviors are exaggerated; individual turns the anger inward and is unable to function in normal ADLs |
| grief | a response to the loss of a valued entity |
| neuroses | psychiatric disturbances, characterized by excessive anxiety that is expressed directly or altered through defense mechanisms |
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