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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






2. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






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






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






5. 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






6. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning






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






8. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






9. Dependence and abuse of various substances






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






11. One has special talent or status






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






13. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






14. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






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






16. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






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






18. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






19. 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;






20. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






21. 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






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






23. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






24. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was






25. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






26. 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






27. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






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






29. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






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






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






32. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






33. Irresistible impulse to set fires






34. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






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






36. 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






37. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking


38. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






39. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






40. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity


41. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






42. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






43. Depressive episode by depressed mood - loss of interests - changes in weight or sleep - low energy - feelings of worthlessness - or thoughts of death; symptoms are present nearly every day for at least two weeks; females 2x likelier to be diagnosed;






44. Persistent thoughts






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






46. Absence of appropriate emotion






47. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






48. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






49. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning


50. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive