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Who originally said that change is the only constant? - Answer-Roman philosopher Lucretius 2,000 years ago When was Darwins Origin of Species written? - Answer-1859 Describe Darwin's theory of natural selection. - Answer-There is, he argued, tremendous variation among the members of any given species. Some of these variations are well suited to current conditions; others are not. Individuals with favorable variations are more likely to survive and reproduce, so succeeding generations are ...

Intra vs. Inter Individual Differences - Answer-Intra: Variations in criminal conduct with an individual between time and situation Inter: Variation in criminal conduct between indiviuals Forensic psychology - Answer-Any application of psychology to the legal system Criminological psychology - Answer-Specific psychological study of criminal behaviour otherwise known as correctional psychology Crime Desistance - Answer-Decreased criminal activity Cognitive Social Learning Theory - Answer-A...

Personality - an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting Ethnopsychology - The study of how various cultures define and create personality identity and mental health Enculturation - The social process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations through both informal and formal processes Cultural Configuration - cultures are formed through the unconscious selection of cultural traits to form a cohesive pattern shared by all members of the cul...

Bifurcated - Answer-divided into two branches; forked Child Savers - Answer-Nineteenth-century reformers who developed programs for troubled youth and influenced legislation creating the juvenile justice system; today some critics view them as being more concerned with control of the poor than with their welfare. Crime Control Model of Criminal Justice - Answer-An orientation to criminal justice in which the protection of the community and the apprehension of offenders are paramount Cycle ...

UNIT 1 What is "sociological imagination"? How might it be used to study a particular issue? - A term coined by C. Wright Mills: "the awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society. The capacity to shift from one perspective to another-from the political to the psychological; from examination of a single family to comparative assessment of the national budgets of the world." According to Marx, what is the basis of the conflict between the bourgeoisie an...

Which of the following would a social psychologist most likely study? a) does exposure to media violence increase aggression b)do divorce rates differ within socioeconomic classes c) what factors contribute to the development of depression d) Are ppl with higher IQs happier than those with lower IQs - Answer-does media exposure violence increase aggression Although related to other fields, social psychology is distinct in that its emphasis is on - Answerunderstanding the immediate situatio...

Authority - Answer-based on someone's else's language logic - Answer-- based on reason intuition - Answer-- a way of knowing spontaneous instinctive processes rather than on logic or reasoning - spontaneous perception or judgment not based on reasoned mental steps Variable - Answer-- A factor that can change in an experiment with different conditions dependent variable - Answer-The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested. Frequency - Answer-The numbe...

What is personality? - Answer-Permanent traits and unique characteristics that give consistency and individuality to a person's behaviour Traits - Answer-Individual differences in behaviour, consistency of behaviour over time, stability of behaviour across situations. Characteristics - Answer-Unique qualities of an individual that include attributes like temperament, physique, intelligence. Scientific theory - Answer-Set of related assumptions that allows scientists to use logical deducti...

Wrote the Communist Manifesto. Spoke of a class struggle - Answer-Karl Marx A workplace characterized by low wages, lack of benefits, long hours, and poor working conditions. - Answer-Sweatshop An economy characterized by part-time, low paid, temporary positions. - Answer-Gig Economy The struggle between capitalist and worker - Answer-Class Struggle A document discussing class struggle - Answer-The Communist Manifesto Marx's term for the working classes. People who work so that capitalist...

PMH-APRN - Answer-a nurse with graduate-level training who provides psychiatric-mental health care and promotes mental health across the lifespan -assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families who have psychiatric and/or substance disorders -work in a variety of health care settings and practices and are eligible for reimbursement through private insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency - Answer-ANA Standards and Scope: Standard ...

Mental Status Exam (MSE) - Answer--best tool for establishing a psychiatric diagnosis -combination of observations, impressions, & interpretation of client responses -Eval of patients: • appearance • behavior • speech • affect • thought process • thought content • cognition mental health - Answer-"a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to ...

PMH-APRN - Answer-a nurse with graduate-level training who provides psychiatric-mental health care and promotes mental health across the lifespan -assess, diagnose and treat individuals and families who have psychiatric and/or substance disorders -work in a variety of health care settings and practices and are eligible for reimbursement through private insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare and Medicaid ANA Code of Ethics: anticipatory guidance competency - Answer-ANA Standards and Scope: Standard ...

Characteristics of Acute Rhinosinusitis - Answer-facial pain headache purulent nasal drainage decreased sense of smell fever Characteristics of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Hominis - Answer-Aerobic Protective waxy capsule can stay alive in suspended animation for years Progressive primary TB - Answer-signs of pneumonia bacteria in sputum and exhaled droplets bacteria may erode blood vessels and spread through the body ---> miliary TB neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) - A...

Psychiatric interview - Answer-the process by which psychiatric assessment is conducted -primary tasks • building a therapeutic alliance between the PMHNP & client • obtaining a database of psychiatric info about the client • establishing a dx • negotiating a tx plan Therapeutic Alliance - Answer-a feeling that you should create over the course of the diagnostic interview, a sense of rapport, trust, and warmth -most important goal of the interview process -the cooperative workin...

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Pulmonary artery - Answer-One of two arteries that carry venous (oxygen poor) blood from heart to lungs What type of intubation is preferred with emesis with aspiration? - Answer-ETT. LMA or combitube acceptable. What emergency would a cricothyrotomy typically be performed? - Answer-Airway obstruction Atropine would be given in which emergency? - Answer-Symptomatic bradycardia Adenosine would be given in which emergency? - Answer-SVT Amiodarone would be given in which emergency? - Answer-...

Wave of Depolarization - Answer-an advancing wave of charge reversal as the nerve impulse advance a long the neuron Wakefullness system - Answer-consists of a central core in the brainstem with neurons that radiate to the cortex Vomiting Center - Answer-the center in the brainstem that induces vomiting Vital Centers - Answer-centers in the brainstem that control such physiologic processes as blood pressure and pulse, depth and rate of respiration Vestibular nerve - Answer-part of the eigh...

Signs of malignant hyperthermia - Answer-Tachycardia, CO2 retention, muscle rigidity, increase in body temp, lethal arrythmia Tx for malignant hyperthermia - Answer-EMS, O2, dantrolene, cold saline IV, ice packs-groin, axilla,neck What tyoe of med is methohexital/brevital - Answer-Barbiturate Side effects of brevital - Answer-Apnea on induction, muscle twitching, hiccups, decrease in BP, increase in HR, laryngospasm, bronchospasm What type of med is pentothal/Thiopental - Answer-Barbiturat...

What consists of the upper airway? - Answer-Nose/nasal passages, sinuses, pharynx What consists of the lower airway? - Answer-Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, pulmonary alveoli What is the most severe type of allergic reaction? - Answer-Immediate hypersensitivity response that involves antigen-antibody reactions (IgE) What is the largest gland in the body? - Answer-Liver What age group of patients will hypoxia occur much more rapidly in? Bradycardia is a sign relating to hypoxia - An...

Anemia - Answer-Reduction of the quantity of red blood cells or hemoglobin. Angina pectoris - Answer-Chest pain with the feeling of suffocation usually due to deficiency of blood supply to the myocardium resulting in ischemia to the myocardium, caused by poor coronary circulation. Anticholinergic - Answer-A drug that counteracts the action of ecetylcholine, the neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system and thereby counteracts the parasympathetic nervous system. Antiemetic - Ans...