Brain Injury
Rosemary had a stroke about a year ago and now she cannot understand what people are saying to her. This is embarrassing for her, so she responds using vague language and tries to make it appear as though she understands. Which area of Rosemary’s brain was likely damaged by the stroke?
What is Wernicke's area?
a therapist employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors, while psychoanalysis involves digging deeply into one’s unconscious.
What is behavior therapist?
The brains ability to change, adapt and reorganize itself is called
What is Plasticity?
The ________ nervous system is responsible for responses such as pupil dilation, increased heart rate, and increased respiration.
What is Sympathetic?
The branch-like fibers extending in clusters from the neuron’s cell body are called ________.
What is a Neuron?
Grandma Beth had a stroke which impaired her ability to speak fluently although she can move all the necessary muscles. What is the most likely location(lobe) of her brain damage?
What is frontal lobe/broca's area?
If Jalen, who is from Indonesia, undergoes counseling for a family problem, his therapist should be aware of his cultural background and the important role his family and community play in his life. This awareness is known as
What is Cultural competency?
Carrie processes visual information using her
What is Occipital lobe
The terms autonomic and somatic refer to the two main subdivisions of the
What is Peripheral Nervous System?
The endocrine system consists of a series of glands that produce chemical substances known as ________
What is Hormones?
Elaina has been diagnosed with a small brain tumor. She first went to see her doctor after experiencing symptoms such as feeling very cold, almost fainting, a reduced appetite, and reduced sexual desire. Which of the following structures is her tumor most likely affecting?
What is Hypothalamus?
If a psychologist does little talking during his appointments and typically has his patients talk about their past, childhood, and whatever else comes to mind at that moment, he probably uses the ________ therapy approach.
A thick band of neural fibers enabling communication between the two brain hemispheres.
What is Corpus Callosum
The ________ nervous system is responsible for stimulating digestion and causing the bladder to contract.
What is Parasympathetic Nervous System
Justin is listening to the radio when he hears the sound of sirens, which he mistakes for the police turning on their sirens behind him. He immediately presses on the brakes, has an accelerated heartbeat and higher blood pressure, as well as sweaty palms. His reaction is known as
What is the fight-or-flight response
On Justin’s 21st birthday, police stopped his car. Justin’s speech was slurred, he couldn’t walk a straight line. The impaired functioning of what part of Justin’s brain is responsible for these difficulties with fine motor coordination & balance?
What is the Cerebellum?
In order to overcome an eating disorder, Sevilla’s therapist works to change her cognitive distortions and self-defeating behaviors by helping her learn to identify such behaviors. What kind of psychotherapeutic orientation does this exemplify?
What is Cognitive-behavior therapy(CBT)?
Sam was getting off an elevator when he dropped an important folder. As he reached down to pick it up, the evaluator doors closed and squeezed his head between them. Ever since the accident Sam has not been the same. For example, he goes to the same video store several times a week and always hands the clerk the same beat-up note with one word on it, Batman. The clerk always asks, “Have you ever seen Batman before?” Sam always shakes his head and replies, “No, it’s the first time. Is it any good?” The clerk always replies, “It’s really great. You’ll love it.” So far, Sam has rented Batman 74 times and can’t remember ever having seen it.
What is the Hippocampus?
What are the two parts of the Central Nervous Systems?
What is the brain and spinal cord?
Psychoactive drugs that mimic a neurotransmitter at the receptor site and, thus, strengthens it effects.
What is Agonists?
Walking down a dark New York street late at night, Crystal suddenly felt the metal barrel of a pistol press against her head behind her ear and heard the instructions “Don’t move a muscle while I slip your wallet out of your pocket.” Unfortunately she did move, the gun was fired, and the bullet entered the brain. Breathing and heart beat stopped almost immediately. Where was the bullet?
What is the medulla?
Dante always tell his children that he loves them no matter what. He is helping them reach their full potential for growth by expressing unconditional positive regard. What therapeutic approach is he using?
What is Humanistic approach?
Cindy has terrible sexual desires that she can just barely restrain. Sometimes she goes from restaurant to restaurant and eats 4-8 meals a day. Sometimes she goes to a water fountain and drinks water for 15 minutes straight. Sometimes she feels tremendous love for her boyfriend and then, without warning, hates his guts. Sometimes she is happy and then suddenly becomes angry. There is a tumor growing in Sharon’s brain
What is the Hypothalamus?
Mark wouldn’t listen because he wanted to show off. Shouting, “Look at me,” he jumped into the pool. He struck his head on the bottom and broke his neck. Although he survived the accident, Mark cannot move any parts of this body or feel any sensations from his shoulders down. However, all his other sensory and motor functions from the shoulders up are completely normal.
What is damage to the Spinal cord?
If Mike, a collegiate soccer player, receives bad news about how she’ll need surgery on her MCL and ACL, the way she judges and considers available options and the effectiveness of these options are known as ________.
What is secondary appraisal?