Introduction to Psychology and Psychiatry Terms
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Who devised the procedure of psychoanalysis?

Sigmund Freud

What is the focus of psychodynamics?

Intrapsychic processes and the role of unconscious motivation in human behavior

What is the meaning of 'Psyche' in Greek?

'The Soul'

How is the mind defined in the text?

<p>The functional capacity of the brain, divided into cognition, conation, and affect</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is mental health defined as in the text?

<p>Psychological well-being or adequate adjustment conforming to community accepted standards of behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three types of body builds mentioned in the Mental Status Examination?

<p>Asthenic (Leptosomatic or ectomorph), Pyknic type (Endomorphic), Athletic type (Mesomorphic)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for motor or verbal repetition without any discernible goal?

<p>Stereotypies</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the automatic copying of the examiner’s movements or postures?

<p>Echopraxia</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for prolonged sustaining of an awkward posture or position?

<p>Catalepsy</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the bending of a wax rod when moving the patient’s arm, which is then maintained in an odd position?

<p>Cerea flexibilitas</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for obsessional motor acts, often seen in obsessive compulsive disorder?

<p>Compulsions</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a sustained subjective feeling state, which can be described by qualities such as happiness, sadness, worry, anxiety, irritability, anger, detachment, and indifference?

<p>Mood</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to more transitory and immediate emotional expressions with described mood content as one component?

<p>Affect</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term describes the affective display to the content of speech and thought, and is characteristic of schizophrenia when inappropriate?

<p>Appropriateness</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for coining of new words or using words in an inappropriate way?

<p>Neologism</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to speech in which sounds rather than meaningful conceptual relationships govern word choice, and is observed in mania?

<p>Clang association</p> Signup and view all the answers

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