Psych Exam 1 Flashcards
(90 cards)
Down’s syndrome facial features
Flat nasal bridge
Upward slanted palpebral fissures
Leading cause of mental retardation
Down’s syndrome
Beta amyloid encoded on what chromosome
21
Down’s syndrome prone to what disease
Alzheimer’s
Small hands and feet related to
Pradeep Willi
Moderate MR chromosome 15
Prader Willi
Severe MR chromosome 15
Angelman
Second leading cause of mental retardation
Fragile X
Von recklinghausen also called
Neurofibromatosis
Neurofibromatosis also called
Von recklinghausen
Neurofibromatosis chromosome
17
Chromosome 17 deficit
Neurofibromatosis
Huntingtons disease involves death of
GABA & ACh
These both control dopamine, so when lower GABA and ACh, higher dopamine
Familial risk has higher association in _____ vs schizophrenia
Bipolar disorder
What disorder has components of antisocial behavior
Klinefelter syndrome
Hypogonadism, scant body and pubic hair, tall
Klinefelter
Shield chest, webbed neck, congenital heart defects
Turner
What disease makes you susceptible to depression
Turner
Tourette’s chromosome
18
Tourette’s get motor tics by age
7
Tourette’s get vocal tics by age
11
Neurotransmitter defects in Tourette’s
Too much dopamine in nigrostriatal pathway
Obscene words
Coprolalia
Repeat own words
Palilalia