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Terms Test One
Psych Nursing
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
01/10/2010

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hypervigilant
Definition
increased alertness or being watchful
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hallucination
Definition
false sensory perception without a stimuli
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concrete
Definition
type of thinking in which a person uses the literal meaning of words
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flight of ideas
Definition
quickly going from one thought to another
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confabulates
Definition
makes up stories due to a memory loss
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aloof
Definition
distancing and reserved
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intrusive
Definition
invades physical or personal space of another
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labile
Definition
unpredictable mood swings
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grandiosity
Definition
belief of an exaggerated self importance
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ruminates
Definition
inability to dismiss a thought
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echolalia
Definition
repeats what others say
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psychomotor retardation
Definition
slow motor movements
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depressed
Definition
feeling of sadness that causes dysfunction
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paranoia
Definition
mistrustful and suspicious of others
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word salad
Definition
individual words that have no connection to each other
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delusion
Definition
false belief that can not be corrected by logic
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hypomania
Definition
a milder form of mania
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compulsion
Definition
repetitive behavior
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ideas of reference
Definition
belief that an event in the environment that has special meaning
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perseveration
Definition
repeats a word or phrase
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clanging
Definition
rhyming words
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echopraxia
Definition
repeats movements of others
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blackout
Definition
no memory or functioning due to alcohol intake
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abstract
Definition
hypothetical thinking
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obsession
Definition
repetitive thought
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catatonic
Definition
immobile and non-responsive
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superficial
Definition
does not talk about anything significant
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blocking
Definition
pauses or hesitates in speech and thought
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psychomotor agitation
Definition
fast motor movements
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poverty of content
Definition
answers questions with limited information
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circumstantiality
Definition
detailed story that eventually reaches a goal
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flat
Definition
blank facial expression
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visible
Definition
seen in the milieu
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anhendonia
Definition
no pleasure
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loose association
Definition
thinking characterized by speech in which ideas change from one subject to an unrelated topic
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guarded
Definition
cautious and defensive
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religiousity
Definition
preoccupied belief in religious ideas
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tangentiality
Definition
no point to the conversation
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manic
Definition
extreme excitement or euphoria that causes increased activity
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amnesia
Definition
unable to recall
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dysthymic
Definition
a milder form of depression
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hypersomnia
Definition
increased sleeping
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neologism
Definition
makes up a new word
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flashback
Definition
reliving a traumatic event
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pressured
Definition
speech that is rapid and has force behind the words
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illusion
Definition
false sensory perception with a stimuli present
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