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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Parroting
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Amnesia
Echolalia (catatonia)
2. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Pick'S disease
Reactive schizophrenia
Dyssomnias
Antisocial
3. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Flat affect
Major depressive disorder
Confabulations
4. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
retrograde amnesia
Amnesia
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
5. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Mental retardation
Learning disorders
American Psychologist
Life event stress
6. Psychology taken into community (community centres or schools) rather than individuals go to clinics and universities; emphasizes respect - recognizes logistics that keep needy people from seeking help
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Neuroleptic drugs
Community psychology
Down syndrome
7. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Schizoid personality disorder
Conversion disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
8. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Delusional disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Manic symptoms
9. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Dependence
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Reactive depression
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
10. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Tardive dyskinesia
Kleptomania
11. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Erotomanic delusion
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Hypochondriasis
pyromania
12. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Life event stress
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Grandiose delusion
13. Perhaps use of neologisms
Social phobia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Delusional disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
14. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Amnesia
Health psychology
15. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Dependence
Residual (schizophrenia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
16. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Amphetamines
Agoraphobia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
17. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Agoraphobia
Anorexia nervosa
18. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Grandiose delusion
Catalepsy (catatonia)
dissociative Identity disorder
Community psychology
19. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Abuse
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
20. Studied effect of diagnostic labels on perception of behaviour; experiment of normal pseudopatients feigned disorders - once in hospital - individuals acted normally - but behaviours construed as fitting the diagnosis anyway
David Rosenhan
Fugue
Kleptomania
Nightmare
21. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Abuse
Conversion disorder
22. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Insomnia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Primary prevention
Reactive schizophrenia
23. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Grandiose delusion
pathological gambling
Tay-Sachs disease
24. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Borderline personality disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Trichotillomania
25. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Abuse
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Delirium
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
26. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
American Psychology Association (APA)
Agoraphobia
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Disorganized behaviour
27. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Process schizophrenia
Tardive dyskinesia
Narcolepsy
28. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
diathesis-stress theory
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Learning disorders
Amphetamines
29. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
PsycINFO database
Bipolar disorder
Martin Seligman
30. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Reactive depression
Life event stress
Kleptomania
Process schizophrenia
31. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Psychological Bulletin
Developmental disorders
Tardive dyskinesia
PsycINFO database
32. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
retrograde amnesia
Specific phobia
Insomnia
33. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Parasomnias
Somatic delusion
Sleep terror
Bipolar disorder
34. Prevent documented psychosocial problems through contact with an at-risk group; proactive intervention; e.g. prenatal health care - Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) - and Head Start
Primary prevention
Reactive depression
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
35. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
DSM (axes)
Confabulations
compulsion
Delusional disorder
36. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Life event stress
37. Cognitive problems (memory - spatial tasks - or language) that result from a medical condition; may be result of Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S - Huntington'S - or Pick'S disease
Dementia
Bipolar disorder
Grandiose delusion
retrograde amnesia
38. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Developmental disorders
Dependent personality disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Agoraphobia
39. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Paranoid personality disorder
40. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Abuse
41. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Residual (schizophrenia)
Antisocial
42. Anxiety around social or performance situations
diathesis-stress theory
Delusional disorder
Major depressive disorder
Social phobia
43. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Conversion disorder
Hypochondriasis
Somatic delusion
Paranoid personality disorder
44. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Avoidant personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Parasomnias
Post-traumatic stress disorder
45. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Avoidant personality disorder
Fugue
Generalized anxiety disorder
46. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Abuse
Tay-Sachs disease
47. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Mental retardation
retrograde amnesia
48. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
compulsion
49. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Hypersomnia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Nightmare
Alzheimer'S disease
50. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Amphetamines
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Alzheimer'S disease