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Psych
Med term test 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Therapy which involves associating a negative stimuli with a negative, but undesirable behavior. | aversion therapy |
| Fear of crowds or public places | agoraphobia |
| Fear of enclosed spaces | Claustrophobia |
| Fear of snakes | Ophidiophobia |
| Fear of death | Thanatophobia |
| Fear of strangers | Xenophobia |
| Fear of heights | acrophobia |
| Sexual arousal due to another's pain and humiliation. | sadism |
| Parts of the limbic system | thalamus, limbic lobe, hippocampus |
| The neurotransmitter associated with addiction and signaling pleasure in the brain is: | dopamine |
| Disorder characterized by disturbances in thought and hallucinations | schizophrenia |
| Disorder characterized by alternating periods of mania and severe depression | bipolar disorder |
| Patients with this condition often "make up" symptoms to receive attention, even if they aren't completely aware of their motives | Munchausen Syndrome |
| Disorder characterized by rule-breaking, destructive behavior, and a lack of remorse | antisocial personality disorder |
| Disorder characterized by instability in relationships. Patients are impulsive and experience strong, rapidly changing emotions. | borderline personality |
| An impulse to steal things of little or no value | kleptomania |
| Condition where a patient compulsively pulls out their hair | Trichotillomania |
| Loss of memories which occur after onset | Anterograde amnesia |
| Loss of memories which occur before onset | retrograde amnesia |
| Confusion and irritability due to the presence of toxic chemicals in the body | delirium |
| Becoming sexually aroused by one's own pain and humiliation. | masochism |
| Which axis of the DSM-V is concerned with psychiatric disorders? | axis 1 |
| What is the difference between transsexualism and transvestism? | transsexualism is wanting to live as the opposite sex. Transvestism is when people wear clothes that the opposite sex wears |
| T/F-Elevated levels of norepinephrine can cause aggression and mania. | true |
| schiz/o | split |
| emot/o | moving stirring up |
| acr/o | extremity, highest point |
| agor/a | open area or space |
| path/o | disease |
| phil/o | attraction to |
| man/o | frenzy |
| aut/o | self |