class 3 psych vocab
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- cognition
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the act or process of knowing
schizophrenics are unable to produce complex, logical thoughts- have forgetfullness, disinterst and lack of compliance - loose association
- lack of logical relationship between thoughts and ideas that renders speech and thought inexact, , vague, diffuse, and unfocused
- tangentially
- thought and speech of a person that strays from the origional discussion, never returns to the central poiunt, and never answers the origional question
- alexithymia
- difficulty naming and describing emotions
- apathy
- lack of feelings, emotions, interests, or concerns
- anhendonia
- inability or decresaed ability to experience pleasure, joy, intimacy, and closeness
- stigma
- an attribute or trait deemed by the person's socialenvironment as negative, different, and diminishing
- word salad
- series of words that seem totally unrelated
- circumstantial
- thought and speech of a person associated with excessive and unecessary detail that is usually relevant to a question, an answer is eventually provided
- incoherence
- pg 391
- illogical speech
- pg 391
- distractible speech
- pg 391
- clang associations
- pg 391
- poverty of speech
- pg 391
- delusions
- a personal belief based on an incorrect inference of external reality- different types
- auditory halucination
- hearing noises, sounds (usually voice)- voice may be talking about the patient- two or more voices having conversations about the patient- commands (can be dangerous)
- visual hallucination
- flashes of light, geometric figures to complex scenes or visions
- olfactory hallucination
- putrid, rancid, foul smells (blood, urine ,stool)- usually occur with stroke, siezure, dementia
- gustatory hallucination
- putrid, foul taste (blood, urine, stool)
- tactile halucination
- experiencing pain / discomfort, experiencing eletical charges- feel like something is crawling on you
- cenesthetic hallucination
- feeling body functions- feel food digesting
- kinesthetc hallucination
- sensation of movement while standing motionless
- positive symptoms
- delusoiin, hallucinations, formal thought disorder, bizzare behavior- an exaggeration or distortion of normal function- usually resposive to traditional antipsychotic drugs
- negative symptoms
- a diminutive loss of normal function- usually unresponsive to traditional antipyschotics and more responsive to atypical antipsychotics
- pressured speech
- formal and logical speech is replaced by loud, rapid, and confusing language
- affective flattening
- flata affect of emotions, etc.
- alogia
- decreased thought and speech
- avolition/ apathy
- lack of energy of drive/ lack of feewlings, interests, emotions or concerns---lack of goal directed behavior
- attentional impariment
- the inability to focus on one activity in a sustained, concentrated manner
- dopamine
- pg 398- too much can cause psychosis- like cocaine overdose does to dopamine
- seratonin
- implicated in schizophrenia- has a modulating effect on dopamine, and some atypical antipsychotic drugs- too much of this increases dopamines affect
- relapse
- the return of symptoms severe enough to interfere with activities of daily living