PSYCH NP REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE ANSWERS
simultagnosia - answer Inability to comphrehend more than one element of visual scene
at a time
anosognosia - answer Ignorance of illness
apraxias - answer Inability to carry out specific tasks
astereognosis - answer Inability to recognize objects by touch
adiadochokinesia - answer Inability to perform rapid alternating movements
Name four disturbances of attention - answer Hypervigliance, selective inattention,
distractibility, trance
What is hypervigilance? - answer excessive attention and focus on all internal and
external stimuli
What is selective inattenion? - answer Blocking out only things that generate anxiety
What is distractability? - answer Inability to concentrate attention
What is trance? - answer focused attention and altered consciousness
Name 4 disturbances in preception - answer Hallunications, hypagonic experiences,
depersonalization, and derealization
Name 5 physiological disturbances associated with mood - answer anorexia,
hyperphagia, insomnia, hypersomnia, durinal variation
What is hyperphagia? - answer increased appiette or intake of food
What is hypersomnia? - answer excessive sleeping
What is durinal variation? - answer mood regularly worse in the morning, immediately
after waking, then improves as the day goes on
The loss of normal speech melody is? - answer Dysprosody
The repetitive fixed pattern of physical action or speech is? - answer Sterotypy
The pathological imiatation of movements of one's person is? - answer Echopraxia
Temporary loss of muscle tone and weakness precipatated by variety of emotional
states is? - answer Cataplexy
, Ingrained, habitual involuntary movements are? - answer Mannerisms
Subjectuve feelings of muscular tension secondary to psych meds is? - answer
Akathisia
Coherent patients that never gets to the point has a disturbance in the form of thought -
answer Tangentality
Sundowning is usually associated with? - answer Being over medicated
What are neologisms? - answer new words created by patients
What is loosening of associations? - answer Flow of thoughts in which ideas shift from
one subject to another in completly unrelated way
Define flight of ideas - answer rapid, continious verbalization or play on words that
produces a shift from one idea to another, ideas tend to be connected
What is blocking? - answer an abrupt interruption in a train of thinking before an idea or
though is finished
Narcolepsy - answer Sudden attacks of irresistible sleepiness
Klein-Levin Syndrome - answer affects young men, periods of sleepiness alternate with
confusional states, ravenous hunger and protracted sexual activity
Nocturnal myoclonus - answer repetitive myoclonic jerking of the legs, awakening both
patients and their partners
Describe Cluster A personality disorders - answer odd, ecentric
Describe Cluster B personality disorders - answer dramatic, emotional, erratic
Describe Cluster C personality disorders - answer anxious and fearful
COMPLETE ANSWERS
simultagnosia - answer Inability to comphrehend more than one element of visual scene
at a time
anosognosia - answer Ignorance of illness
apraxias - answer Inability to carry out specific tasks
astereognosis - answer Inability to recognize objects by touch
adiadochokinesia - answer Inability to perform rapid alternating movements
Name four disturbances of attention - answer Hypervigliance, selective inattention,
distractibility, trance
What is hypervigilance? - answer excessive attention and focus on all internal and
external stimuli
What is selective inattenion? - answer Blocking out only things that generate anxiety
What is distractability? - answer Inability to concentrate attention
What is trance? - answer focused attention and altered consciousness
Name 4 disturbances in preception - answer Hallunications, hypagonic experiences,
depersonalization, and derealization
Name 5 physiological disturbances associated with mood - answer anorexia,
hyperphagia, insomnia, hypersomnia, durinal variation
What is hyperphagia? - answer increased appiette or intake of food
What is hypersomnia? - answer excessive sleeping
What is durinal variation? - answer mood regularly worse in the morning, immediately
after waking, then improves as the day goes on
The loss of normal speech melody is? - answer Dysprosody
The repetitive fixed pattern of physical action or speech is? - answer Sterotypy
The pathological imiatation of movements of one's person is? - answer Echopraxia
Temporary loss of muscle tone and weakness precipatated by variety of emotional
states is? - answer Cataplexy
, Ingrained, habitual involuntary movements are? - answer Mannerisms
Subjectuve feelings of muscular tension secondary to psych meds is? - answer
Akathisia
Coherent patients that never gets to the point has a disturbance in the form of thought -
answer Tangentality
Sundowning is usually associated with? - answer Being over medicated
What are neologisms? - answer new words created by patients
What is loosening of associations? - answer Flow of thoughts in which ideas shift from
one subject to another in completly unrelated way
Define flight of ideas - answer rapid, continious verbalization or play on words that
produces a shift from one idea to another, ideas tend to be connected
What is blocking? - answer an abrupt interruption in a train of thinking before an idea or
though is finished
Narcolepsy - answer Sudden attacks of irresistible sleepiness
Klein-Levin Syndrome - answer affects young men, periods of sleepiness alternate with
confusional states, ravenous hunger and protracted sexual activity
Nocturnal myoclonus - answer repetitive myoclonic jerking of the legs, awakening both
patients and their partners
Describe Cluster A personality disorders - answer odd, ecentric
Describe Cluster B personality disorders - answer dramatic, emotional, erratic
Describe Cluster C personality disorders - answer anxious and fearful
