Psychology of Everyday Life - University of Portsmouth

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How did early cultures treat mental illness?
Exorcism
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What did Hippocrates call the imbalance of bodily fluids which he attributed to mental disorders in brain pathology
4 Humours
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In the Renaissance, who was the first medical practitioner to specialise in mental illness
Johann Weyer
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What was the life expectancy of those undergoing coma therapy in the 19th century
50%
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What did Richard Lucas find in his 15 year study of 24,000 couples
That, on average, happiness remained the same after marriage
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What magic ratio did John Gottman discover needed to maintain a healthy relationship, defined by positive to negative interactions
5:1
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What percentage of people diagnosed with unipolar depression commit suicide
7-15%
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What percentage of suicides are associated with mental disorder
50%
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what were anxiety disorders originally known as
neurosis
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What neurotransmitter is associated with panic disorders when in high amounts
Norepinephrine
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What percentage of the population has OCD
2%
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A new therapy to prevent and treat PTSD is to...
Administer stress hormones
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What is the name of the stress test devised by Allen, Kennedy, Cryon, Dinon and Clarke 2014
Trier social stress test
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What is nicotine
Stimulant-euphoriant
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What are delirium tremens
Severe alcohol withdrawal reaction that includes hallucination
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What year was viagra marketed in the US
1998
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Roughly how long does a PET scan take
45-60 seconds
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What muscle type is found in the walls of hollow organs
Smooth muscle
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Where is serotonin mainly found and produced in the brain
Raphe nuclei
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What is a slow cortical potential
when brain waves drift off, then go back to normal
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What is long term potentiation
The link between cell A and cell B is strengthened so stimulation of cell A leads to reliable stimulation of cell B
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What are neurotrophins
They induce survival, development and function of neurons
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What is neurofeedback
Learning to monitor and control your own brainwave activity
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What is dysthymia
Having fewer than 5 symptoms of depression
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Bowlby 1969 identified three types of attachment
Secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-resistant
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According to Taylor et al 2002 a loving relationship between the caregiver and child promotes
a regulatory activity of the HPA
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What is the function of oxytocin
Surges childbirth and strengthens social bonds
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Consumate love is the sum between...
intimacy, passion and commitment
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Examples of tricyclic antidepressants
Amitryptiline, disipramine, doxepin, nortryptiline
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MAOIs.....
are effective with overeating, oversleeping and intense anxiety and block mao production in the liver and allows tyramine to accumulate
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A manic episode mood disorder is characterised by...
a risk for violence, impulsive behaviour, racing thoughts and delusions of grandeur
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Mania is associated with...
low levels of 5-HIAA
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Inidviduals who experience panic attacks show irrelagular activity of...
norepinephrine in the locus coeruleus
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Sustained cortisol release prevents...
new memories being made
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PTSD is associated with hyperresponsive ...
Amygdala
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What hormone helps the brain to grow and is released under stress
DHEA
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What paraphilia is an attempt to reduce the fear of castration
voyeurism
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4 characteristics of abnormal functioning
Deviance, distress, dysfunction and danger
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How many were killed during the european witch craze
60,000-300,000
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when was the last execution for witchcraft in england
1682
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