Which of the Following Pathologies Are Apparent in Patients Who

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pathologies are apparent in patients who died from prion disease

• A) deposition of amyloid protein
• B) neurons filled with vacuoles
• C) proliferation of astrocytes
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Psychodynamic Approach

An approach to psychology emphasizing unconscious thought, the conflict between biological drives (such as the drive for sex) and society’s demands, and early childhood family experiences.

Unconscious Conflicts

Internal struggles arising from unresolved, often repressed, desires or impulses that can lead to mental disturbances or disorders according to psychoanalytic theories.

Psychoanalysis

Freud’s therapeutic technique for analyzing an individual’s unconscious thoughts.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of psychological disorders founded by Sigmund Freud, emphasizing unconscious processes and unresolved past conflicts.