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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Dementia
PsycINFO database
Histrionic personality disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
2. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Social phobia
Schizophrenia (onset)
Echolalia (catatonia)
3. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
Mental retardation
Social phobia
Disorganized behaviour
4. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Stanley Hall
Process schizophrenia
Bipolar disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
5. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Grandiose delusion
6. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Dysthymic disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Alzheimer'S disease
Paranoid personality disorder
7. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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8. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Process schizophrenia
Dependence
dissociative Identity disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
9. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Dyssomnias
Sleep terror
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
10. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Mental retardation
Generalized anxiety disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Tay-Sachs disease
11. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Residual (schizophrenia)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Primary prevention
12. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Korsakoff'S syndrome
dissociative Identity disorder
Elimination disorders
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
13. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Panic attack
Developmental disorders
Learning disorders
Wernicke'S syndrome
14. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
American Psychologist
Residual (schizophrenia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
15. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Tardive dyskinesia
Reactive depression
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Amphetamines
16. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Generalized anxiety disorder
Pick'S disease
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Social phobia
17. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Thomas Szasz
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Schizophrenia (types)
Dysthymic disorder
18. Excessive sleepiness
Generalized anxiety disorder
DSM (axes)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Hypersomnia
19. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Panic disorder
Kleptomania
Schizophrenia (types)
20. Another person is in love with the individual
Psychological abstracts
Panic disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Erotomanic delusion
21. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Avoidant personality disorder
retrograde amnesia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
22. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Dyssomnias
Tardive dyskinesia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Fugue
23. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Amnesia
American Psychologist
Schizophrenia (types)
Flat affect
24. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
diathesis-stress theory
DSM (axes)
Process schizophrenia
25. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
Specific phobia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Confabulations
26. Perhaps use of neologisms
Reactive depression
Abuse
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
27. Parroting
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
28. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Hypersomnia
Nightmare
Tardive dyskinesia
Confabulations
29. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Depressive realism
Abuse
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Community psychology
30. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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31. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Specific phobia
Psychological abstracts
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Amnesia
32. Imitating gestures of others
Hypochondriasis
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Trichotillomania
Grandiose delusion
33. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Sleep terror
Schizophrenia (etiology)
pathological gambling
34. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Social phobia
Antisocial
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Paranoid personality disorder
35. 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
Stanley Hall
Schizoid personality disorder
Down syndrome
pathological gambling
36. Absence of appropriate emotion
Tay-Sachs disease
Sleep terror
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Flat affect
37. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
retrograde amnesia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Pick'S disease
Korsakoff'S syndrome
38. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
American Psychology Association (APA)
Hypochondriasis
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Paranoid personality disorder
39. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Amphetamines
Nightmare
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Residual (schizophrenia)
40. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenogenic mother
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
41. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Major depressive disorder
Life event stress
Klinefelter'S syndrome
42. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Major depressive disorder
anterograde amnesia
43. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Borderline personality disorder
Psychological abstracts
David Rosenhan
44. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Parasomnias
Learning disorders
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
45. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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46. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Anorexia nervosa
Disorganized behaviour
Elimination disorders
47. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Phobia
Amphetamines
Culturally competent interventions
48. Mental disorders - diagnostic criteria - official numerical codes - first published 1952 - for clinical - research and educational use; 4th edition 1994 - text revision 2000 - DSM V 2012
DSM (description & history)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
DSM (axes)
49. Irresistible impulse to steal
American Psychology Association (APA)
Kleptomania
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
50. 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;
Life event stress
Developmental disorders
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)