AOS 1: Psych Development
A holistic model for considering psychological development and mental wellbeing.
The Biopsychosocial Model.
Relationships and connections with peers would be considered what part of the biopsychosocial model?
Social.
Early approach to brain studies that involves the belief that the mind and brain are one and the same.
Monism (Mind-Body Problem).
Lobe of brain responsible for receiving and processing bodily sensations.
Parietal Lobe.
Belongs to you but others use it more than you do.
Your name.
A period of psychological development during which an individual MUST acquire a new skill or risk it never developing.
Critical Period.
Behaviour/activity that is inconsistent with how an individual usually acts/behaves.
Atypical Behaviour.
Early brain experiment that involves the destruction or removal of part of the brain.
Brain Ablation.
Association area responsible for clear and fluent speech production, along with the lobe it is located in.
Broca's area, located in left frontal lobe.
A word that is always pronounced wrong.
Wrong.
Rafe is considered predisposed to schizophrenia because his father has the disorder. This is an example of what type of influential factor on psychological development?
Hereditary (genetics).
Behaviours that prevent or limit our ability to deal with the demands of everyday functioning.
Maladaptive Behaviour.
CAT (or CT) scans and MRIs are types of ______ neuroimaging techniques.
Structural.
Changes in neurons and synaptic connections that occur due to developmental processes and environmental experiences.
Developmental Plasticity.
You hear me once, you heard me again, and then I die until I am called again.
An echo.
The neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by persistent pattern of inattention, and/or hyperactive-impulsive behaviour that adversely affects development or everyday functioning.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
People who categorise an individual’s behaviour as atypical on the basis that it is extremely uncommon compared to what most people do are adopting which psychological criterion?
Statistical Rarity.
A functional neuroimaging technique that involves using a radioactive tracer injected into a patient's bloodstream.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET scan).
The three processes involved in developmental plasticity.
1) Myelination
2) Synaptogenesis
3) Synaptic Pruning
Months with 28 days.
All of them.
What is one way strategy a psychiatrist may employ to ensure cultural responsiveness towards a new refugee patient from a different cultural who does not speak the same language?
1) Try to learn language / refer to someone who speaks language / employ translator
2) Learn about culture, listen respectfully
3) Develop partnerships/connections within the community to increase understanding
The requirement that health care services be respectful of, and relevant to, the health beliefs, health practices, culture and linguistic needs of diverse populations and communities is referred to as:
Cultural Responsiveness.
Area of the hindbrain that controls vital functions such as breathing rate, heart rate, blood pressure, etc.
Medulla.
The long-lasting decrease in the strength of synaptic transmission that results from repeated low intensity stimulation of the post-synaptic neuron.
Long-Term Depression (LTD).
Turns everything around but does not move.
A mirror.