Physiological Psychology Vocabulary Eppp

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Wernicke's Aphasia

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Cannot comprehend language. speak fluently but meaninglessly. verbal prosody intact. cannot repeat what they hear. Temporal lobe damage to wernicke's area

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Broca's Aphasia

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difficulty with articulation "Broken Speech"
cannot repeat what they hear

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Conduction Aphasia

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Connection between Wernicke's and Broca's damaged. Do comprehend, are fluent, are prosodic. Cannot repeat what they hear.

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Agnosia

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inability to recognize familiar objects or sounds

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Akathesia

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Unable to sit or stand still. Restless

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Akinesia

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Complete or almost complete loss of movement
A = without Kinesia = movement

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Alexia

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Aquired reading disorder

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Anomia

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Type of aphasia where one cannot recall names of objects

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Aphasia

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Disturbance in previously aquired language skills. Such as Broca's or Wenicke's

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Anosognosia

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Failure to recognize one's own symptoms. There is nothing wrong with me.

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Apraxia

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without purposeful movement

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Prosody

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rhythm and pattern of speech

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Dyskinesia

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Dys = problem
Kinesia = movement

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Dystonia

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acute contractions of tongue, face, and neck. Dys = dysfunction Tone = muscle tone

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Akathisia

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a = without
kathisia = sitting
uncomfortable restlessness

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Dystonia

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Dys = disfunction
Tone = muscle tone
acute contractions of tongue, face, and neck

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Akinesia

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A = without
Kinesia = movement

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Alogia

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A = without
Logia = words
poverty of speech

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bradycardia

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brady = slow
cardia = heart

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tachycardia

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tachy = rapid
cardia = heart

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bradykinesia

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brady = slow
kinesia = movement

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Asomatognosia

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A = without
somato = body
gnosia = knowledge
failure to recognize one's own symptoms

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Ataxia

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Incoordination, clumsiness, lack of balance

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Athetosis

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slow writhing movements

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Chorea

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irregular, jerky movements
like in Huntington's

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Dyskinesia

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Dys = dysfunction
Kinesia = movement

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Parkinsonism

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mask like face, hand tremor, rigidity, slow voluntary movements

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Paresthesia

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Altered sensation in the skin causing numbness or tingling

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Tardive Dyskinesia

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repetitive oral and facial grimaces, tongue movements, spasms of the neck and head. jerky movements of the limbs and trunk

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Pronopagnosia

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inability to recognize familiar faces

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echolalia

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parrot like repetition of words or phrases

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Palilalia

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repetition of one's own words, sounds, phrases

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Echopraxia
Echokinesis

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imitate or repeat movement of others

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Deep Dyslexia

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mistakenly reads a word with similar meaning
chair reads as couch

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Surface Dyslexia

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cannot recognize words. sounds them out. the word come would be mispronounced because it is not like similar words like dome

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Neglect

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person neglects first or second half of word

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Constructional apraxia is

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characterized by an inability to copy or draw figures or to arrange blocks in a pattern

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weber's law

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simple increase in stimulus intensity

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fechner's law

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logarithmic increase

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steven's law

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psychological magnitude of a sensation is proportionate to the power of the stimulus

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Tourette's syndrome is affected by

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supersensitivity of dopamine receptors in the caudate nucleus