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USMLE1 Psych 2
Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| EEG waveform for awake (eyes open) state | B for Beta. BATS Drink Blood at night. |
| which EEG waveform is highest frequency, lowest amplitude? | Beta - awake state. BATS Drink Blood at night |
| EEG waveform for awake (eyes closed) state | A for alpha. BATS Drink Blood at night |
| EEG waveform for light sleep (Stage 1) | T for theta. BATS Drink Blood at night |
| EEG waveform for Deeper Sleep (Stage 2) | Sleep spindles & K complexes. BATS Drink Blood at night |
| EEG waveform for Deepest non-REM Sleep (Stage 3/4) | D for delta. BATS Drink Blood at night |
| which EEG waveform is lowest frequency, highest amplitude? | D for Delta. BATS Drink Blood at night |
| When do sleepwalking, bedwetting take place in sleep? | Stages 3/4 -- deepest sleep, delta waves (lowest frequency, highest amplitude) |
| When do erections take place? | REM sleep (stage 5) |
| What stage of sleep does brain use the most O2? | REM |
| What is responsible for extraocular movement in REM sleep? | PPRF |
| what drug given for night terrors or sleepwalking? | benzodiazapines (shortens stage 4 sleep) |
| What drug given for enuresis? | Bed-wetting - imipramine (shortens stage 4 sleep) |
| Classical conditioning | pair natural response with artificial stimulus (salivate when hear bell ring) |
| Operant conditioning | positive/negative reinforcement |
| Id | Primal urges/sex/aggression |
| Ego | mediate between unconscious and external world |
| Superego | morality and conscience |
| Displacement | mom yells at kids because she's mad at dad |
| identification | abused child becomes abuser |
| isolation | isolate events from feelings - describe murder with no emotion |
| projection | man thinks wife is cheating on him (he wants another woman) |
| reaction formation | pervert becomes a monk |
| gamophobia | gamete-phobia; fear of marriage |
| algophobia | alg - pain; fear of pain |
| acrophobia | fear of heights (Father) |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| adjustment disorder | psychosocial stressor --> anxiety/depression --> impairment (< 6 mo) |
| generalized anxiety disorder | uncontrollable anxiety for at least 6 months; unrelated to specific person/event/thing; bad sleep, fatigue, bad concentration. |
| Malingering | fakes a disorder for gain (avoid work, obtain drugs) |
| factitious disorder | creates symptoms to assume sick role and get medical attn |
| Munchausen's syndrome | chronic hx of multiple hospital admissions and willingness to receive invasive procedures |
| Munchausen's syndrome by proxy | illness in child is caused by parent; unconscious motivation; form of child abuse - must report. |
| somatoform disorders | psych drive create physical symptoms; tests are negative for something wrong. |
| conversion | motor or sensory sx's that suggest a neuro or physical disorder, but tests show nothing wrong |
| somatoform pain disorder | prolonged pain not completely explained by illness |
| hypochondriasis | preoccupation with having a serious illness in spite of medical reassurance |
| somatization disorder | complaints in multiple organ systems with no identifiable underlying physical findings |
| body dysmorphic disorder | preoccupation with minor or imagined physical flaws; seek cosmetic surgery |
| pseudocyesis | false belief of being pregnant associated with objective physical signs of pregnancy |
| Cluster A personality disorders | Weird PiSS; Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal; can't develop meaningful social relationships; no psychosis; genetic assc with schizophrenia; |
| Cluster B personality disorders | Wild BAHN; Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic, Narcississtic; dramatic, emotional, erratic; genetic assn with mood do's and substance abuse |
| Cluster C personality disorders | Worried to be DOA; Dependent, OCD, Avoidant; genetic assn with anxiety do's |
| Paranoid | Cluster A, personality do - distrust, suspicious |
| Main defense of paranoid person | projection - you say someone else is feeling something, but really, it's what you want. |
| Schizoid | Cluster A, personality do; voluntary social withdrawal, limited social expression; content with being isolated; hermit |
| Schizotypal | Cluster A, personality do; interpersonal awkwardness, odd beliefs or magical thinking; eccentri appearance; Merlin |
| Antisocial | Cluster B, personality do; disregard for rights of others; criminal |
| Borderline | Cluster B, personality do; unstable mood and interpersonal relationships; impulsiveness; sense of emptiness; females more than males |
| Histrionic | excessive emotion; attn seeking; sexually provocative |
| Narcissistic | Cluster B, personality do; grandiosity, sense of entitlement; react to criticism with rage; demand top/best services |
| avoidant | cluster C personality do; sensitive to rejection, socially inhibited; timid, feelings of inadequacy |
| obsessive-compulsive | cluster c personality do; preoccupation with order, perfectionism, control |
| dependent | cluster c, personality do; submissive and clinging, excessive need to be taken cared of, low self confidence |