NHA CCMA Ch 5 Psychology Written Exam 2023.

NHA CCMA Ch 5 Psychology Written Exam ology - ANSWER the study of behavior and of the functions and process of the mind psychologist - ANSWER A person who specializes in the study of the structure and function of the brain and related mental processes of animals and humans psychiatrist - ANSWER a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating chemical dependencies, emotional problems, and mental illness physiological - ANSWER referring to the body and its functions Pyschosocial - ANSWER how social environments and interactions affect a persons psychology. ego - ANSWER a part of the mind that senses and adapts to reality autonomy - ANSWER the right to make one's own personal decisions, even when those decisions might not be in that persons best interest initiative - ANSWER the ability and tendency to start an action guilt - ANSWER a remorseful awareness of having done something wrong industry - ANSWER competence in performing task inferiority - ANSWER a personal feeling or sense of being inadequate self-consciousness - ANSWER a feeling of anxiety or constant awareness of other's perception of oneself generativity - ANSWER the concern for establishing and guiding the next generation that stems from a sense of optimism stagnation - ANSWER the result of stopping progression or forward movement intergrity - ANSWER the state of being whole, honest, fair dementia - ANSWER a progressive mental disorder characterized by decline of mental functioning and impairment of memory, judgement, and impulse control advanced directives - ANSWER a document that communicates a patients specifics wishes for end of life should the patient become unable to do so durable power of attorney for health care - ANSWER a document in which patients designate someone to make healthcare decisions for them if the are unable to do so themselves therapeutic communication - ANSWER the purposeful use of verbal actions and interactions to build and maintain helping relationships with patients and families braille - ANSWER system of writing for the blind the uses that letters represented by raised dots empathy - ANSWER conveyance of an objective awareness and understanding or the feelings, emotions and behaviors of patients including trying to envision what it must be like to be in their situation hospice - ANSWER a service that provides care in varity of setting for patients who have terminal illness that are not expected to lie longer than 6 months objective - ANSWER referring to date or information the observer can see measure or otherwise detect