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ADULT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY MIDTERM
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2024/2025.
Cultural idiom - ANSWER -A behavior or linguistic term, phrase, or
way of talking about symptoms, problems, or suffering among

individuals with similar cultural backgrounds to express or

communicate essential features of distress (e.g., stating, "I feel so

depressed" to express low mood or discouragement that does not

meet the threshold for major depressive disorder



Cultural explanation - ANSWER -A label, attribution, or feature of an

explanatory model that provides a culturally coherent concept of

etiology or cause for symptoms, illness, or distress (e.g., the

attribution of psychopathology to "stress," spirits, or failure to follow

culturally prescribed practices).



Cultural syndrome - ANSWER -A cluster or group of co-occurring,

distinctive symptoms found in specific cultural groups, communities,

or contexts (e.g., ataque de nervios [attack of nerves]). The syndrome

may or may not be recognized as an illness in the local cultural

,context (i.e., it might be labeled in nonmedical ways), but such

cultural patterns of distress and features of illness may nevertheless

be recognizable by an outside observer.



Central Nervous System - ANSWER -Brain and spinal cord



Peripheral nervous system - ANSWER -Nerves that originate in the

spinal cord and connect the spinal cord to the organ of the body.



Autonomic nervous system (Function) - ANSWER -Regulates

involuntary body functions such as heartbeat, blood flow, breathing,

and digestion.



How is the autonomic nervous system divided? - ANSWER

sympathetic (SNS) and parasympathetic (PNS)



Sympathetic Nervous system - ANSWER -Fight, flight, freeze.

Situations that require alertness and energy.



Parasympathetic nervous system - ANSWER -Rest and Digest.

,Conserves and restores. This can be used for calming purposes.


Regarding the PNS and SNS, do they work together? - ANSWER -Yes.

The PNS and SNS work together to respond to the body's needs.



What are all of the brain lobes? - ANSWER -Frontal, temporal, parietal,

occipital, cerebellum



Cerebellum - ANSWER -Controls your movement. Motor skills.



Frontal Lobe - ANSWER -Decision making, correctionaltiy,

personality. This is the last lobe that fully develops.



Parietal lobe - ANSWER -Touch and taste



Occipital Lobe - ANSWER -Vision and depth perception



Temporal Lobe - ANSWER -Hearing and memory processing

, What is the Soma? - ANSWER -The soma is the cell body of a neuron

that contains the nucleus which is the genetic material of the cell. what

are dendrites? - ANSWER -Short fibers that extend from the soma

which recieve input



Axon - ANSWER -Nerve fiber that extends from the soma. The long

part. It transmits signals through electrochemical process to other

neurons, muscles, or glands.



What are the primary neurotransmitters? - ANSWER -Serotonin,

Dopamine, and Norepinephrine.



What does serotonin do? - ANSWER -It is the feel good chemical.

Serotonin helps regulate mood and social behavior, appetite,

digestion, and sleep, memory, and sexual desire and function.

Serotonin is also connected to depression medication.



What does Norepinephrine do? - ANSWER -It is the stress hormone.

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