FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CH, 22 PSYCH

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FREE MEDICAL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CH, 22 PSYCH

VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: delusion

Answer:

a fixed false belief that cannot be changed by logical reasoning or evidence

Question 2: euphoria

Answer:

exaggerated feeling of well-being

Question 3: anxiety disorders

Answer:

chracterized by unpleasant tension,distress,and avoidance behaviour,ie/phobias,ocd,post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 4: personality disorders

Answer:

lifelong personality patterns marked by inflexibility and impairement of social functioninh

Question 5: neuroleptic drug

Answer:

any drug that favourably modifies psychotic symptoms

Question 6: sexual disorders

Answer:

disorders or paraphilias and sexual dysfunctions

Question 7: psychopharmacology

Answer:

Treatment of psychiatric disorders with drugs

Question 8: affect

Answer:

the external expression of emotion,or emotional response

Question 9: schizoid

Answer:

emotionally cold & aloof; indifferent to praise or critism or to the feelings of ohers;few friendship and rarely appearsto experience strong emotions,such as anger or joy

Question 10: sexual masochism

Answer:

sexual gratification is gained by being humiliated,beaten,bound,or othewrwise mafe to suffer by another person

Question 11: insight-oriented therapy

Answer:

face to face discussion of life problems and associated feelings

Question 12: conversion disorder

Answer:

physical symptom w/no organic basis,appearing as a result of anxiety and conflict

Question 13: phenothiazines

Answer:

tranquilizers used to treat psychoses

Question 14: apathy

Answer:

absence of emotions; lack of interst or emotional involvement

Question 15: sedatives

Answer:

drugs that lessen anxiety

Question 16: pedophilia

Answer:

sexual urges and fantasies involving sexual activity w/prepubescent child

Question 17: fetishism

Answer:

the use of nonliving objects(articles of clothing) as substitutes for a human sexual love object

Question 18: dementia

Answer:

loss of intellectual abilities w/impairement of memory,judgment,and reasoning as well as changes in personality

Question 19: family therapy

Answer:

treatment of an entire family to resolve and understand conflicts

Question 20: anorexia nervosa

Answer:

an eating disorder of excessive dieting and refusal to maintain a normal body weight

Question 21: supportive pschotherapy

Answer:

offering encouragement, support, and hope to patients facing difficult life transitions and events

Question 22: phobia

Answer:

irrational or disabling fear of an object or situation

Question 23: cognitive beaviour therapy

Answer:

conditioning is used to relieve anxiety and improve symptoms of illness

Question 24: free association

Answer:

psychoanalytic technique in which the patient verbalizes, without censorship, the passing contents of his or her mind

Question 25: group therapy

Answer:

group of patients with similar problesm gain insight into their personlities through discussion and interaction with eachother

Question 26: fugue

Answer:

amnesia w/flight from customary surroundings

Question 27: mood disorders

Answer:

prolonged emotion dominates a persons life; examples are biploar and depressive disorders

Question 28: bipolar disorder

Answer:

alternating periods of mania and depression