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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






2. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






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






4. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






5. 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;






6. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






7. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






8. Anxiety around social or performance situations






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






10. One has special talent or status






11. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






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

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13. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






14. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






15. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






16. 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






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






18. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






19. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






20. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






21. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






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






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






24. Absence of appropriate emotion






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






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






27. Learned helplessness






28. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






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






30. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






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






32. 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






33. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






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






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






36. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






37. 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






38. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






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






40. Schizophrenogenic mother






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






42. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






43. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






44. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






45. Irresistible impulse to set fires






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






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






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






49. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






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