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Psych Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an adaptive response? | behavior that maintains the integrity of the individual |
| What happens to pupils during stress? | pupils dilate |
| Respiratory system response to stress | -bronchioles dilate -respiration rate increases |
| Cardiovascular system response to stress | -increased force of cardiac contraction and increased cardiac output -increased heart rate -increased blood pressure |
| GI system response to stress | -decreased gastric and intestinal motility -decreased secretions -sphincters contract |
| Liver response to stress | -increased glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis -decreased glycogen synthesis |
| urinary system response to stress | -increased ureter motility -bladder muscle contracts -sphincter relaxes |
| sweat gland response to stress | increased secretion |
| frontal lobe function | controls voluntary body movement, executive functions such as thinking, judgement, expression of feelings |
| parietal lobe function | -language recognition -interprets touch, pain, taste |
| temporal lobe function | manages hearing, short-term memory, sense of smell |
| occipital lobe function | visual reception and interpretation |
| thalamus function | integrates all sensory input except smell |
| hypothalamus function | controls autonomic nervous system regulates pituitary gland lobes manages appetite and body temperature, blood pressure, thirst |
| limbic system function | emotions |
| pons function | respiration, sleep, dreaming |
| medulla function | heart rate, respiration, reflexes |
| cerebellum function | involuntary movement |
| What conditions are essential to a therapeutic relationship? | rapport, trust, respect, genuineness, empathy |
| What are the four characteristics of a crisis? | -occurs in all individuals at one time or another -precipitated by specific, identifiable events -personal by nature -acute, not chronic |
| What is the goal of crisis intervention? | AT MINIMUM to restore individual to previous functioning level and possibly to higher level by enhancing personal growth |
| definition of recovery | process of movement toward improvement in health and quality of life |
| symptoms of anxiety disorder | chronic, unrealistic, and excessive anxiety and worry |
| safety for benzodiazepines | risk for dependence CNS depression paradoxical excitement taper off if long-term use |
| SSRI safety | dry mouth, NV, sexual side effects serotonin syndrome |
| anticonvulsant safety | can cause blood dyscrasia |
| safety for buspirone | delayed onset of action, not for prn use |
| antihistamine safety | drowsiness, confusion, lethargy |
| propanolol safety | hypotension, dizziness |
| anorexia symptoms | -morbid fear of obesity, preoccupation with food, refusal to eat, excessive weight loss, hypothermia, bradycardia, hypotension, edema, lanugo, bone fractures |
| bulimia symptoms | within normal weight range, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, dental carries |
| What treatments can be used for depression? | group therapy, cognitive therapy, bright light therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation |
| safety for all depression medications | increased suicide risk |
| safety for MAOIs | tyramine --> hypertensive crisis |
| How long is the wash out period for MAOIs? | 2 weeks |
| What are some side effects of tricyclic antidepressants and heterocyclic? | -seizure threshold reduction -arrhythmias |
| What is the main concern with lithium? | toxicity |
| positive symptoms of schizophrenia | delusions, loos association, neologism, clang association, word salad, circumstantiality, perseveration, echolalia, hallucinations |
| negative symptoms of schizophrenia | flat affect, apathy, abolition, sociality, anosognosia, anergia, anhedonia, abstraction, posturing, pacing, regression |
| side effects of antipsychotics | elevated prolactin, amenorrhea, increased risk with dementia, photosensitivity, agranulocytosis, extrapyramidal symptoms, tardive dyskinesia |