Steve Prefontaine's Psychiatry Run-Through Flashcards
(167 cards)
Classical conditioning
Learning in which a natural response (salivation) is elicited by a conditioned or learned, stimulus that previously was present in conjunction with an unconditioned stimulus;
usually deals with involuntary response
Operant conditioning
Learning in which a particular action is elicited because it produces a punishment or reward;
usually deals with voluntary response
Operant conditioning: Positive reinforcement
Desired reward produces action (mouse presses button to get food)
Operant conditioning: Negative reinforcement
Target behavior (Response) is followed by removal of aversive stimulus (mouse presses button to turn off continuous loud noise)
Operant conditioning: punishment
Repeated application of aversive stimulus extinguishes unwanted behavior
Operant conditioning: extinction
discontinuation of reinforcement (+ or -) eventually eliminates behavior;
can occur in operant or classical conditioning
Transference
Patient projects feelings about formative or other important persons onto physician (e.g. psychiatrist is seen as parent)
Countertransference
Doctor projects feeling about formative or other important persons onto patient (e.g. patient reminds physician of younger sibling)
Dissociation
Temporary, drastic change in personality, memory, consciousness, or motor behavior to avoid emotional stress;
Example would be multiple personality disorder
Displacement
Transferring avoided ideas and feelings to some neutral person or object (vs. projection);
e.g. Mother yells at child because husband yelled at her
Fixation
Partially remaining at a more childish level of development;
Identification
Modeling behavior after another person who is more powerful;
e.g. abused child identifies with an abuser
Isolation
Separating feelings from ideas and events;
e.g. describing murder in graphic detail without emotional response
Projection
Attributing an unacceptable internal impulse to an external source;
e.g. a man who wants another woman thinks his wife is cheating on him
Reaction formation
Replacing a warded off idea or feeling by an (unconsciously derived) emphasis on its opposite (vs. sublimation);
A patient with libidinous thoughts enters a monastery
Repression
Involuntary withholding an idea or feeling from conscious awareness
Splitting
Believing that people are either all good or all bad at different times due to intolerance of ambiguity;
commonly seen in borderline personality disorder
Sublimation
Replacing an unacceptable wish with a course of action that is similar to the wish but does not conflict with one’s value system
Suppression
Intentional withholding of an idea or feeling from conscious awareness
Evidence of child abuse
Healed fractures on x-ray (spiral fractures are highly suggestive), burns, subdural hematomas, retinal hemorrhage or detachement;
usually biological mother
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
onset before 12;
limited attention span and poor impulse control;
continues into adulthood in 50% of cases;
decreased frontal lobe volume/metabolism;
treat with methylphenidate, amphetamines, atomoxetine, and behavioral interventions
Conduct disorder
Repetitive and pervasive behavior violating the basic rights of others;
after age 18 many meet criteria of antisocial personality disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder
Enduring pattern of hostile, defiant behavior toward authority figures in the absence of serious violations of social norms;
Tourette syndrome
Onset before age 18;
sudden, rapid, recurrent, non-rhythmic, stereotyped motor and vocal tics that persist for more than 1 year;
Coprolalia (obscene speech) in 10-20% of patients;
treat with antipsychotics