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What is the 1st level of Maslows hierarchy of needs?
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Physical.
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What does phobia mean?
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Fear
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What is the 4th level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
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Self-esteem, success in work, prestige in community, respect others in peer group.
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What is the 2nd level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
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Safety and security
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What is alternative medicine?
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Medical techniques that are not a standard Western approach.
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What are patient perceptions?
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The way they believe things to be.
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What is stress?
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A body's response to change.
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What is fear?
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A normal reaction to genuine danger.
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What does rationalization mean?
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Inventing acceptable reasons for our behaviour.
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What are defense mechanisms?
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Unconscious mechanism for psychological coping, adjustment, or self-preservation in the face of stress or a threat.
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What is a superego?
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Part of the personality that includes values and standards promoting proper behaviour.
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Who is Sigmund Freud?
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Austrian physician who used a three part organizational model to explain the structure of the personality?
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What are the stages of grief?
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Denial
Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance |
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What are some disorders associated with long term stress?
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Hypertension, heart disease, ulcers, headache, backache
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What does psychosocial growth include?
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Emotional and social development.
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What does anhedonia mean?
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Without pleasure.
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What is a hallucination?
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Any unreal sensory perception that occurs with no external cause.
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What is autism?
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Abnormal development of social interaction, impaired communication, and repetitive behaviours.
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What is schizophrenia?
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Disorders characterized by fundamental distortions of thinking and perception, coupled with affects that are inappropriate or blunted. Intellectual capacity is usually intact.
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What is GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)?
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Most common diagnosed, but not specific to any particular situation or circumstance. Fear and apprehensive with symptoms.
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What is libido?
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Normal psychological impulse drive associated with sensuality, expressions of desire, or creativity.
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What is dementia?
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Progressive loss of memory, personality alterations, confusion, loss of touch with reality and stupor.
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What is borderline personality disorder?
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Impulsive, unpredictable mood and self-image, resulting in unstable interpersonal relationships and a tendency to see and respond to others as unwaveringly good or evil.
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What is parasomnia?
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Abnormal activation of physiological functions during the sleep cycle.
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What is anorexia nervosa?
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Prolonged refusal to eat adequate amounts of food and an altered perception of what constitutes a normal minimum body weight caused by an intense fear of becoming obese. Primarily affects adolescent females; emaciation and amenorrhea result.
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What is OCD?
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Characterized by recurrent, distressing, and unavoidable preoccupation or irresistible drives to preform specific rituals.
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What is bipolar disorder?
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Disorder characterized by swings between an elevation of mood, increased energy and activity (hypomania and mania), and a lowering of mood and decreased energy and activity (depression).
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What is kleptomania?
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Uncontrollable impulse to steal.
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What does agor/a mean?
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Marketplace
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What does phil/o mean?
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Attraction
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What does ped/o mean?
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Child
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What does pyr/o mean?
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Fire
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What does -phobia mean?
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Fear
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What does anthrop/o mean?
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Man
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What does claustr/o mean?
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A closing
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What does orex/o mean?
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Appetite
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What does somat/o mean?
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Body
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What does an- mean?
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Without
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What does acr/o mean?
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Heights, extremes
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What does bi- mean?
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Two
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What does psych/o mean?
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Mind
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What does klept/o mean?
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Steal
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What does kathis/o mean?
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Sitting
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What does hedon/o mean?
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Pleasure
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What does dys- mean?
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Abnormal
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What does echo- mean?
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Reverberation
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What is dysphoria?
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Generalized negative mood characterized by depression.
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What is the most appropriate reaction to genuine danger?
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Fear (Fight or flight)
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What are coping tools that helps up deal with conflict or stress?
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Defense mechanisms.
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Eye contact, gestures, and concept of time are all an area of what?
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Cultural differences.
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When does a child discover his or her surroundings?
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Infancy (birth to 1 year)
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What gesture is considered disrespectful in some Asian cultures?
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Direct eye contact.
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What are characteristics of schizophrenia?
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Hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorder.
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What is the 3rd level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
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Social
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What does GAD stand for?
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Generalized anxiety disorder.
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What part of the personality is designed to promote proper behaviour?
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Superego
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Who created a model to explain the structure of personality?
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Dr. Sigmund Freud
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What should a MA do when a patient is angry?
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-Listen
-Allow the patient to cent -Always focus on objective facts and solutions -Talk about what really caused the problem and how it can be solved. |
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What does PTSD stand for?
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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What is the name of the three-part organizational model that Sigmund Freud used to explain the structure of personality?
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Id
Ego Superego |
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What does the patient or family do when they are in the acceptance phase?
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-Patient or family can use this time together to make plans, such as:
Finalizing a will Completing advance directives Preparing for the funeral Give away personal items Emptying closets of clothes |
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Why is understanding the developmental stages beneficial?
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Understanding the developmental stages is beneficial because MA's can use age appropriate responses and modify the interaction approach.
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At what stage does peer pressure become an issue and the person is concerned with conforming to peers in dress, language, and goals?
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Adolescent (12 to 18 years)
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What is the goal to embracing diversity?
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To be knowledgeable and sensitive to cultural attitudes and behaviors, This enables effective communication
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What happens if you are not knowledgeable about different cultures?
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-You may have unrealistic expectations about patient behavior.
-This will prevent effective communication between you and culturally diverse patients. -It will create a barrier. |
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What are the common reactions to illness?
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Anger, anxiety, and defensive behaviour.
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