Vocab Unit 1 (2)

Question 1

Milieu Therapy

Answer 1

A scientific structuring of the environment in order to effect behavioral changes and to improve the psychological health and functioning of the individual

Question 2

Pyschotherapy

Answer 2

Purpose is to assist the client to more effectively deal with emotional and social problems. May be a nurse, social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist.

Question 3

Mood

Answer 3

An individual’s sustained emotional tone, which significantly influencs behavior, personality, and perception

Question 4

Congruence with mood affect

Answer 4

Outward emotional expression is consistent with mood

Question 5

Constricted or Blunted Affect

Answer 5

Minimal outward emotional expression is observed

Question 6

Flat Affect

Answer 6

There is an absence of outward emotional expression

Question 7

Appropriate Affect

Answer 7

The outward emotional expression is what would be expected in a certain situation (crying upon hearing of a death)

Question 8

Inappropriate Affect

Answer 8

The outward emotional expression is incompatible with the situation (laughing upon hearing of a death

Question 9

Depressed Mood

Answer 9

1. An overwhelming feeling of sadness
2. Loss of interest in regular activities

Question 10

Irritable Mood

Answer 10

Easily annoyed and provoked to anger

Question 11

Anxious Mood

Answer 11

Demonstrates or verbalizes feeling of apprehension

Question 12

Elated Mood

Answer 12

1. Expresses feelings of joy and intense pleasure
2. Is intensely optimistic

Question 13

Euphoric Mood

Answer 13

1. Demonstrates a heightened sense of elation
2. Expresses feelings of grandeur

Question 14

Fearful Mood

Answer 14

Demonstrates or verbalizes feeling of apprehension associated with real or perceived danger

Question 15

Guilty Mood

Answer 15

1. Expresses a feeling of discomfort associated with real or perceived wrongdoing
2. May be associated with feelings of sadness and despair

Question 16

Labile Mood

Answer 16

Exhibits mood swings that range from euphoria to depression or anxiety

Question 17

Persecutory Delusion

Answer 17

A belief that someone is out to get him or her in some way

Question 18

Grandoise Delusion

Answer 18

An idea that he or she is all-powerful or of great importance

Question 19

Reference Delusion

Answer 19

An idea that whatever is happening in the environment is about him or her

Question 20

Control or Influence Delusion

Answer 20

A belief that his or her behavior and thoughts are being controlled by external forces

Question 21

Somatic Delusion

Answer 21

A belief that he or she has a dysfunctional body part

Question 22

Nihilistic Delusion

Answer 22

A belief that he or she, a part of the body, or even the world does not exist or has been destroyed

Question 23

Contents of thought

Answer 23

1. Delusions
2. Suicidal or Homicidal ideas
3. Obsessions
4. Paranoia/suspiciousness
5. Magical Thinking
6. Religioisity
7. Phobias
8. Poverty of content (little information conveyed by the client because of vagueness or sterotypical statements or cliches)

Question 24

Insight

Answer 24

1. Ability to solve problems and make decisions
2. Knowledge about self
3. Adaptive/maladaptive use of coping strategies and ego defense mechanisms

Question 25

Flight of ideas

Answer 25

Verbalizations are continous and rapid and flow from one to another

Question 26

Associative looseness

Answer 26

Verbalizations shift from one unrelated topic to another

Question 27

Circumstantiality

Answer 27

Verbilizations are lengthy and tedious and because of numerous details, are delayed reaching the intended point

Question 28

Tangentiality

Answer 28

Verbalizations are lengthy and tedious and never reach an intended point

Question 29

Neologisms

Answer 29

The individual is making up nonsensical sounding words, which only have meaning to him or her

Question 30

Concrete thinking

Answer 30

1. Thinking is literal, elemental 2. Absence of ability to think abstractly 3. Unable to translate simple proverbs

Question 31

Clang associations

Answer 31

Speaking in puns of rhymes; using words that sound alike but have different meanings

Question 32

Word Salad

Answer 32

Using a mixture of words that have no meaning together; sounding incoherent

Question 33

Perseveration

Answer 33

Persistently repeating the last word of a sentence spoken to the client

Question 34

Echolalia

Answer 34

Persistently repeating what another person says

Question 35

Mutism

Answer 35

Does not speak (either cannot or will not

Question 36

Poverty of speech

Answer 36

Speaks very little, may respond in monosyllables