40 Questions
What is the definition of judgment in the context of cognitive function?
The ability to assess a situation correctly and act appropriately within that situation
What is characterized by clouding of conscious, with quantitative changes in mental processes?
Confusion
What is the term for the ability to understand the objective condition of one's illness?
Insight
What is a cognitive disturbance characterized by the inability to maintain attention and focus on one topic?
Distractibility
What is a disturbance of consciousness characterized by clouding of conscious, with qualitative changes in mental functions?
Delirium
What is the primary difference between elation and euphoria?
Euphoria is a subjective experience, while elation is an objective observation.
What is the definition of ambivalence?
The holding of two opposing emotions, attitudes, ideas, or wishes toward the same person, situation, or object.
What is the primary characteristic of labile mood?
Unstable and rapidly shifting emotions.
What is the definition of anxiety?
A state of uneasiness, uncertainty, or dread resulting from a real or perceived threat.
What is the primary difference between anxiety and panic?
Panic is a sudden, overwhelming anxiety, while anxiety is a gradual build-up of fear.
What is the primary characteristic of autistic thinking?
Egocentric and fantasy-based thinking
Which of the following is NOT a component of the composition of mind?
Physical Appearance
What is the primary purpose of testing to abstract using proverbs?
To assess formal thought disorder
What is the term for the emotional state of an individual?
Affect
What is the primary characteristic of a symptom in psychiatry?
Both subjective and objective evidence of disease
What is characterized by complete suppression of motor activity and no response to external or internal stimuli?
Stupor
What is the term for a heightened feeling of psychological wellbeing that is inappropriate to apparent events?
Pleasurable affect
What is the term for a condition in which the emotional tone is in harmony with the accompanying ideas, thoughts, or speech?
Appropriate affect
What is the term for a state of altered consciousness characterized by detachment from the environment for several minutes, during which actions may be performed without conscious volition?
Twilight state
What is characterized by memory loss, traveling away from home or from one's usual work place, and flight as well as forgetfulness?
Fugue
What is a false fixed belief that is not consistent with a person's educational and cultural background?
Delusion
What type of delusion involves a false belief that one is being controlled by persons or objects?
Delusion of influence
What is a type of depressive delusion that involves a false belief of self-blame, guilt, or sin?
Delusion of unworthiness
What is a type of delusion that involves a false belief that one is a very powerful and important person?
Delusion of grandeur
What is a false belief that one's lover is unfaithful?
Delusion of infidelity
What is the primary difference between fear and phobia?
Fear is a response to a specific danger, while phobia is an intense, irrational fear.
What is the term for a monotonous repetition of a movement without a purpose?
Stereotypy
What is the term for a subjective feeling of uneasiness and inability to sit still?
Restlessness
What is the term for excessive motor and cognitive overactivity in response to inner tension?
Psychomotor agitation
What is the term for the imitation of another person's movements?
Echopraxia
What type of hallucination involves smelling smells that do not exist?
Olfactory
What is the term for the experience of a familiar situation as novel?
Jamais vu
What is the term for the loss of memory for recent events?
Anterograde amnesia
What is the term for the phenomenon of filling gaps in memory by fabrication?
Confabulation
What is the term for the experience of a new situation as previously experienced?
Déjà vu
What type of hallucination involves experiencing taste in the absence of stimuli?
Gustatory
What is the term for the loss of memory for remote events?
Retrograde amnesia
What is the term for excessive memory, where unnecessary details are mentioned?
Hypermnesia
What is the term for the false perception that the environment has changed?
Derealization
What is the term for the experience of self-estrangement?
Depersonalization
Test your knowledge of cognitive functions in psychology, including orientation, judgment, insight, and attention. Learn about the different types of impairments and how they affect an individual's behavior.
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