Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Nursing Psycholgy
vocab
28
Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/11/2007

Additional Psychology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Psychomotor retardation
Definition
Markedly slowed speech & body movements
Term
Labile affect
Definition
Mood, affect, or behavior that is subject to frequent or unpredictable changes (glossary)
Term
Blunted affect
Definition
lack of emotional reaction; the incapacity for commitment & ascetic tendencies
Term
Euthymia
Definition
Normal, homeostatic mood state
Term
Denial
Definition
avoidance of disagreeable realities or threats by ignoring or refusing to recognize them; an unconscious defense mechanism that might not be adaptive
Term
Religious Ideation
Definition
Someone that is preoccupied with religion
Term
Delusions
Definition
A false belief brought about without appropriate external stimulation and inconsistent with the individual’s own knowledge and experience.
Term
Delusions
Paranoid
Definition
Oversuspiciousness leading to persecutory delusions
Term
Delusions
Grandiose
Definition
A false sense of possessing wealth or power. One’s unrealistic and exaggerated concept of self-worth, importance, wealth and ability
Term
Delusions
Somatic
Definition
False belief involving functioning of one’s body
Term
Delusions
Nihilistic
Definition
A delusion that everything has ceased to exist
Term
Delusion
Reference
Definition
A delusion that causes the patient to read an unintended meaning into the acts or words of others; often the interpretation is of slight or ridicule
Term
Delusions
Influence
Definition
The false belief that one can control others
Term
Illusions
Definition
Misinterpretation of sensory input; observed w/ alcoholic withdrawal,
Term
Hallucinations
Definition
False sensory perceptions not associated w/ real external stimuli (Varcarolis, p. 15)
*Auditory /Hearing voices when none are present
*Visual /seeing things that are not there
*Olfactory /smelling smells that do not exist
*Tactile /Feeling touch sensations in the absence of stimuli
*Gustatory/ Experiencing taste in absence of stimuli
Term
Preoccupations
Definition
The state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect. Something that preoccupies or engrosses the mind:
Term
Obsessions
Definition
Pathologic persistence of an unwilled thought, feeling, or impulse to the extent that it cannot be eliminated from consciousness by logical effort.
Cant stop from thinking about something.
Term
Compulsions
Definition
Uncontrollable impulse to perform an act or ritual repeatedly; might be in response to an obsession, as in obsessive-compulsive disorder. The act or ritual serves to decrease anxiety. Examples include hand washing, cleaning, and checking (i.e. whether a door is locked)
Term
Flight of ideas
Definition
Speech pattern demonstrated by a rapid transition from topic to topic, frequently without completing any of the preceding ideas; prominent in manic states
Term
Loose Associations
Definition
an aspect of thought disorder wherein the patient has difficulty sticking to one topic and drifts off on a train of associations evoked by an idea from the past.
Term
Circumstantiality
Definition
Digression of inappropriate thoughts into ideas, eventually reaching the desired goal.
Term
Tangentiality
Definition
Ability to have goal-directed association of thought. never gets to desired goal from desired point.
Term
Thought blocking
Definition
is characterized by regular interruptions in the stream of thought. This is more than simply losing one's place, it is a complete halt to the process of thought
Term
Ambivalence
Definition
A state in which two opposite strong feelings exist simultaneously-(love-hate) relationships. Schizophrenics patients might be immobilized by their ambivalence regarding a matter as simple as deciding whether to drink orange juice or apple juice for breakfast.

Unable to chose between two items
Term
Perseveration
Definition
Involuntary repetition of the same thought, phrase, or motion response to different questions or situations associated with brain damage
How are you doing Harry”? Fine nurse, just fine. “Did you go for a walk Harry”? and Harry responds, fine nurse just fine. Are you going out today? And again, Harry responds, fine nurse, just fine?
Term
Neologis
Definition
Words a person makes up that have meaning only for a person himself, often part of a delusional system. eg. “I am afraid to go to the hospital because the Norks are looking for me there”
Term
Echolalia
Definition
Repeating the speech of another person. eg. The nurse asks, “Tell me your name.” The client responds, “Tell me your name”.
Term
Echopraxia
Definition
Repeating the movements of another person. eg. Each time the nurse moved or gestured with her hands, the client copied her gestures
Supporting users have an ad free experience!