Psych Vocab Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Ambivalence | Simultaneously holding two opposing views (schizophrenia) |
Autism | Thinking not bound to reality (private perceptions of pts own world)(schizophrenia) |
Associative Looseness | Jumbled, illogical speech;disorganized thinking;impaired reasoning (schizophrenia) |
Delusion | incorrect view of reality |
Anergia | Lack of energy |
Anhedonia | Lack of motivation |
Perseveration | Repetition of phrases/behaviors |
Confabulation | creation of stories/answers to fill voids (unconscious attempt; person NOT trying to be deceitful) |
Hallucinations | Hearing/seeing something that does not exist |
Illusion | Error in perception (TV cord on bed=snake) |
Agnosia | Failure to identify objects |
Apraxia | Impaired ability to carry out motor activities; no impairment |
Aphasia | Difficulty speaking |
Tardive Dyskinsia | Twisting, writhing movements of face/tongue; difficulty eating/swallowing--irreversible, no tx; late EPS |
Akathisia | Pacing, squirming, uncontrollable need to move, tx:beta-blockers&benzos; early EPS |
Parkinsonism | Slow movement, drooling, tremors, shuffling gait. Tx: antiparkinson drugs; early EPS |
Acute Dystonia | Severe spasms of tongue/face/cheeks/deviation of eyes. Tx: Benadryl IM or IV. Early EPS |
Avolition | Decrease in movement |
Alogia | Absence of speech |
Derealization | False perception that environment has changed |
Depersonalization | Feel they have lost body part or it has changed |
Word Salad | Jumble of words that is meaningless |
Clang Association | Rhyming/Similar sounds |
Echopraxia | Miming another's movements |
Echolalia | Repeating another's words |
Neologism | Made up words or different meaning for a word |
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