RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
,Theory - self-actualization - VERIFIED ANSWERSMaslow
Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR) - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe risk in a control group minus the
risk in a treatment group
The concomitant use of MAOIs and St. John's wort can lead to - VERIFIED
ANSWERSserotonin syndrome
Relative Risk Reduction (RRR) - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe percentage of risk removed by the
treatment
True randomization sample - VERIFIED ANSWERSno bias in sample selection
Stratified sample - VERIFIED ANSWERSa selective reproduction of the population
non-probability sampling - VERIFIED ANSWERSa sampling technique in which there is no
way to calculate the likelihood that a specific element of the population being studied will be
chosen
Reliability - VERIFIED ANSWERSthe concept that results can be repeated and are not just a
fluke
Validity - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe results indicate what the researcher thinks they indicate
Internal validity - VERIFIED ANSWERSincludes research design and steps of the scientific
method
External validity - VERIFIED ANSWERSincludes assessment of the interference's or causal
relationship
Retrospective study - VERIFIED ANSWERSexisting data are analyzed, either qualitatively or
quantitatively
Veracity - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe healthcare provider must be truthful and avoid deception
LACE Essentials - VERIFIED ANSWERSLicensure
Accreditation
Certification
Education
Licensure - VERIFIED ANSWERSgranting of authority to practice
Primary prevention - VERIFIED ANSWERS-preventing the health problem
-most cost-effective form of healthcare
-immunizations
,Secondary prevention - VERIFIED ANSWERS-detecting the disease
-screening
Tertiary prevention - VERIFIED ANSWERS-minimizing negative disease induced outcomes
-disease already present
-adjust therapy to avoid further damage
Conditions that originate during brain development - VERIFIED ANSWERS-schizophrenia,
depression, autism, ADHD
The Reptilian Brain - VERIFIED ANSWERSBrainstem and Cerebellum
Brainstem Structure - VERIFIED ANSWERSPons, medulla oblongata, midbrain
Brainstem Function - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Regulates blood pressure, respiration, level of
arousal, and digestion
-Information relay to cerebellum
Brainstem effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSimpaired inhibition, anxiety, depression,
and personality changes
Brainstem specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSPTSD, paralysis, psychosis,
coma, and death
Cerebellum function - VERIFIED ANSWERScoordinates balance, posture, movement, memory,
impulse control, cognition, language
Cerebellum effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSdamage can cause ataxia, tremors,
emotional blunting, and lack of inhibition
cerebellum specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSautism and ADHD,
depression, bipolar do, schizophrenia
The emotional brain - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe Limbic System
The Limbic system major structures - VERIFIED ANSWERSAmygdala, Hippocampus
Amygdala key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERSRegulates basic, powerful emotions: fear,
rage, sexual desire
Amygdala effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSIrritability, anger, aggression
Amygdala specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSPTSD, panic do, depression,
autism, and schizophrenia
, Hippocampus key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERSInvolved in memory and converting short-
term memory into long-term memory, learning
Hippocampus effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSImpaired memory and attention
Hippocampus specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSPTSD, Alzheimer's,
dementia, and major depression
Thalamus key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERS-relay station that connects the cortex to the
limbic system for sensory information
-Influences affect, mood, and body movements associated with strong emotion
Thalamus effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSimpairment when people are overwhelmed
with information
Thalamus specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSSchizophrenia, PTSD,
memory problems
Hypothalamus key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERSmaintains homeostasis, controls basic
needs (eating, drinking, temperature regulation, sleep-wake cycle)
Hypothalamus specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSDepression, anorexia,
violence
Hypothalamus effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSdisturbed sleep, eating, changes in
body temperature, emotional instability
Cerebral Cortex - VERIFIED ANSWERSfrontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe
The thinking brain - VERIFIED ANSWERSCerebral cortex
Frontal lobe major structures - VERIFIED ANSWERSmotor strip, supplemental motor area,
broca's area, prefrontal cortex
frontal lobe key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERS-executive functioning and personality
-higher-order planning, speech, motivation
-involved in emotional experience and expression of mood
prefrontal cortex regions - VERIFIED ANSWERS-orbitofrontal, dorsolateral, medial
part of the brain's reward system - VERIFIED ANSWERSmedial prefrontal cortex
works with amygdala to control emotional regulation and processing - VERIFIED
ANSWERSdorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)
METHODOLOGY
,Theory - self-actualization - VERIFIED ANSWERSMaslow
Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR) - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe risk in a control group minus the
risk in a treatment group
The concomitant use of MAOIs and St. John's wort can lead to - VERIFIED
ANSWERSserotonin syndrome
Relative Risk Reduction (RRR) - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe percentage of risk removed by the
treatment
True randomization sample - VERIFIED ANSWERSno bias in sample selection
Stratified sample - VERIFIED ANSWERSa selective reproduction of the population
non-probability sampling - VERIFIED ANSWERSa sampling technique in which there is no
way to calculate the likelihood that a specific element of the population being studied will be
chosen
Reliability - VERIFIED ANSWERSthe concept that results can be repeated and are not just a
fluke
Validity - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe results indicate what the researcher thinks they indicate
Internal validity - VERIFIED ANSWERSincludes research design and steps of the scientific
method
External validity - VERIFIED ANSWERSincludes assessment of the interference's or causal
relationship
Retrospective study - VERIFIED ANSWERSexisting data are analyzed, either qualitatively or
quantitatively
Veracity - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe healthcare provider must be truthful and avoid deception
LACE Essentials - VERIFIED ANSWERSLicensure
Accreditation
Certification
Education
Licensure - VERIFIED ANSWERSgranting of authority to practice
Primary prevention - VERIFIED ANSWERS-preventing the health problem
-most cost-effective form of healthcare
-immunizations
,Secondary prevention - VERIFIED ANSWERS-detecting the disease
-screening
Tertiary prevention - VERIFIED ANSWERS-minimizing negative disease induced outcomes
-disease already present
-adjust therapy to avoid further damage
Conditions that originate during brain development - VERIFIED ANSWERS-schizophrenia,
depression, autism, ADHD
The Reptilian Brain - VERIFIED ANSWERSBrainstem and Cerebellum
Brainstem Structure - VERIFIED ANSWERSPons, medulla oblongata, midbrain
Brainstem Function - VERIFIED ANSWERS-Regulates blood pressure, respiration, level of
arousal, and digestion
-Information relay to cerebellum
Brainstem effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSimpaired inhibition, anxiety, depression,
and personality changes
Brainstem specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSPTSD, paralysis, psychosis,
coma, and death
Cerebellum function - VERIFIED ANSWERScoordinates balance, posture, movement, memory,
impulse control, cognition, language
Cerebellum effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSdamage can cause ataxia, tremors,
emotional blunting, and lack of inhibition
cerebellum specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSautism and ADHD,
depression, bipolar do, schizophrenia
The emotional brain - VERIFIED ANSWERSThe Limbic System
The Limbic system major structures - VERIFIED ANSWERSAmygdala, Hippocampus
Amygdala key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERSRegulates basic, powerful emotions: fear,
rage, sexual desire
Amygdala effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSIrritability, anger, aggression
Amygdala specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSPTSD, panic do, depression,
autism, and schizophrenia
, Hippocampus key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERSInvolved in memory and converting short-
term memory into long-term memory, learning
Hippocampus effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSImpaired memory and attention
Hippocampus specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSPTSD, Alzheimer's,
dementia, and major depression
Thalamus key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERS-relay station that connects the cortex to the
limbic system for sensory information
-Influences affect, mood, and body movements associated with strong emotion
Thalamus effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSimpairment when people are overwhelmed
with information
Thalamus specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSSchizophrenia, PTSD,
memory problems
Hypothalamus key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERSmaintains homeostasis, controls basic
needs (eating, drinking, temperature regulation, sleep-wake cycle)
Hypothalamus specific psychiatric conditions - VERIFIED ANSWERSDepression, anorexia,
violence
Hypothalamus effects of damage - VERIFIED ANSWERSdisturbed sleep, eating, changes in
body temperature, emotional instability
Cerebral Cortex - VERIFIED ANSWERSfrontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe
The thinking brain - VERIFIED ANSWERSCerebral cortex
Frontal lobe major structures - VERIFIED ANSWERSmotor strip, supplemental motor area,
broca's area, prefrontal cortex
frontal lobe key functions - VERIFIED ANSWERS-executive functioning and personality
-higher-order planning, speech, motivation
-involved in emotional experience and expression of mood
prefrontal cortex regions - VERIFIED ANSWERS-orbitofrontal, dorsolateral, medial
part of the brain's reward system - VERIFIED ANSWERSmedial prefrontal cortex
works with amygdala to control emotional regulation and processing - VERIFIED
ANSWERSdorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC)
