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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






2. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes






3. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






4. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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5. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






6. Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence; delirium - dementia - other cognitive disorders; mental disorders due to a general medical condition; substance-related disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; mood disorders;






7. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






8. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






9. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






10. Irresistible impulse to steal






11. Erroneous or distorted thinking






12. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






13. Imitating gestures of others






14. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






15. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






16. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






17. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






18. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






19. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






20. Exposure to trauma that results in decreased ability to function and recurrent thoughts and anxiety about the incident; often linked to war veterans or victims of violence






21. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






22. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






23. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






24. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






25. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25






26. Persistent thoughts






27. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






28. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






29. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






30. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






31. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






32. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






33. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






34. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






35. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






36. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






37. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests






38. Motor immobility or waxy figure






39. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






40. Anxiety around social or performance situations






41. A component of many different anxiety disorders - lasts for a discrete period of time often <10 min; overwhelming feelings of danger or need to escape - expressed as an intense fear of dying or 'going crazy'; accompanied by sweating - trembling - pou






42. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






43. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






44. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






45. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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46. Excessive sleepiness






47. Most common cause of mental retardation - results from trisomy of chromosome 21; older women have a greater chance of having a baby with Down syndrome






48. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






49. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






50. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions