CSP EXAM STUDY GUIDE (TERMS BASED ON STUDY GUIDE FOR
CERTIFIED SPECIALIST IN PSYCHOMETRY) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS!!
Anhedonia - (Correct Answer) - Inability to experience pleasure
Aneurysm - (Correct Answer) - Defiency in wall of an artery (balloons out)
Apraxia/dyspraxia - (Correct Answer) - Impairment in ability to carry out voluntary movement
Ateriovenous Malformation (AVM) - (Correct Answer) - Congenital collections of abnormal
blood vessels. Arteries connect directly to veins
Agraphia/dysgraphia - (Correct Answer) - Loss of ability to produce written language
Akinesia/dyskinesia - (Correct Answer) - Slowness of movement
Alzheimer's Disease - (Correct Answer) - Most common type of Dementia
Amnesia - (Correct Answer) - Memory Loss
Aphasia/dysphasia - (Correct Answer) - Impairment in use of language
Ataxia - (Correct Answer) - Incoordination; associated with lesions of cerebellum
, Cerebral Palsy - (Correct Answer) - Persistent disorder of movement and posture due to non-
progressive disorder of the immature brain
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - (Correct Answer) - Sudden failure of blood supply to part of
the brain; stroke
Dementia - (Correct Answer) - Acquired cognitive impairment
Dysarthria - (Correct Answer) - Difficulty in speech production; problem of articulation
Dyslexia - (Correct Answer) - Acquired disorder of reading
Encephalopathy - (Correct Answer) - Inflammation of CNS (due to chemical, allergic or toxin
reaction, NOT infection)
Epilepsy - (Correct Answer) - Recurrent seizures
Hemianopsia/Hemianopia - (Correct Answer) - Visual field defect; half of lateral of each visual
field is lost
Hemiparesis - (Correct Answer) - Muscular weakness affecting one side of the body
Hydrocephalus - (Correct Answer) - Excess CSF
CERTIFIED SPECIALIST IN PSYCHOMETRY) WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS!!
Anhedonia - (Correct Answer) - Inability to experience pleasure
Aneurysm - (Correct Answer) - Defiency in wall of an artery (balloons out)
Apraxia/dyspraxia - (Correct Answer) - Impairment in ability to carry out voluntary movement
Ateriovenous Malformation (AVM) - (Correct Answer) - Congenital collections of abnormal
blood vessels. Arteries connect directly to veins
Agraphia/dysgraphia - (Correct Answer) - Loss of ability to produce written language
Akinesia/dyskinesia - (Correct Answer) - Slowness of movement
Alzheimer's Disease - (Correct Answer) - Most common type of Dementia
Amnesia - (Correct Answer) - Memory Loss
Aphasia/dysphasia - (Correct Answer) - Impairment in use of language
Ataxia - (Correct Answer) - Incoordination; associated with lesions of cerebellum
, Cerebral Palsy - (Correct Answer) - Persistent disorder of movement and posture due to non-
progressive disorder of the immature brain
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - (Correct Answer) - Sudden failure of blood supply to part of
the brain; stroke
Dementia - (Correct Answer) - Acquired cognitive impairment
Dysarthria - (Correct Answer) - Difficulty in speech production; problem of articulation
Dyslexia - (Correct Answer) - Acquired disorder of reading
Encephalopathy - (Correct Answer) - Inflammation of CNS (due to chemical, allergic or toxin
reaction, NOT infection)
Epilepsy - (Correct Answer) - Recurrent seizures
Hemianopsia/Hemianopia - (Correct Answer) - Visual field defect; half of lateral of each visual
field is lost
Hemiparesis - (Correct Answer) - Muscular weakness affecting one side of the body
Hydrocephalus - (Correct Answer) - Excess CSF
