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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Tic disorders
2. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Specific phobia
Abuse
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
3. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
compulsion
Negative symptoms
4. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Primary prevention
Schizophrenia (description)
Amnesia
Grandiose delusion
5. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Negative symptoms
Phobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Community psychology
6. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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7. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Mental retardation
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Grandiose delusion
8. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Delusions
retrograde amnesia
Hypersomnia
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
9. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Grandiose delusion
10. 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
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Martin Seligman
Generalized anxiety disorder
Community psychology
11. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Bipolar disorder
Huntington'S disease
Histrionic personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
12. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
13. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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14. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Nightmare
15. Another person is in love with the individual
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Nightmare
Borderline personality disorder
Erotomanic delusion
16. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Schizophrenia (description)
Hypersomnia
Fugue
Delusional disorder
17. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Schizoaffective disorder
Major depressive disorder
Specific phobia
18. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Specific phobia
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
19. One has special talent or status
Depressive realism
Tardive dyskinesia
Grandiose delusion
Generalized anxiety disorder
20. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Parkinson'S
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Elimination disorders
dopamine
21. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Grandiose delusion
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Fugue
22. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Negative symptoms
Schizotypal personality disorder
Conversion disorder
23. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Amnesia
anterograde amnesia
24. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Kleptomania
Borderline personality disorder
Parasomnias
Antisocial
25. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Primary prevention
Residual (schizophrenia)
Dependence
Schizophrenia (description)
26. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
DSM (axes)
dopamine
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
27. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Panic attack
PsycINFO database
DSM (axes)
Schizophrenia (types)
28. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Delusional disorder
Amphetamines
Obsession
Schizotypal personality disorder
29. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Manic symptoms
compulsion
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
30. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Specific phobia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
31. Index published by APA - found at most major libraries; montly compilation of 'nonevaluative summaries of the world'S literature in psychology'; in each issue - article abstracts arranged by topic; hardcopy version of PsycINFO
Social phobia
Manic symptoms
Psychological abstracts
Amnesia
32. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Residual (schizophrenia)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Developmental disorders
pathological gambling
33. 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
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
compulsion
Panic attack
34. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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35. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Obsession
retrograde amnesia
Bulimia nervosa
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
36. 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
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Primary prevention
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
37. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Nightmare
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
38. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Delirium
compulsion
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
dopamine
39. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Fromm and Reichamn
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Narcissistic personality disorder
40. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
retrograde amnesia
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Dependent personality disorder
41. Anxiety around social or performance situations
pathological gambling
Pick'S disease
Elimination disorders
Social phobia
42. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Paranoid personality disorder
retrograde amnesia
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Hypersomnia
43. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Somatic delusion
Abuse
Trichotillomania
Stanley Hall
44. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Borderline personality disorder
Phobia
45. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
dopamine
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
diathesis-stress theory
46. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Depressive realism
Schizophrenia (description)
American Psychologist
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
47. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Psychological abstracts
Amnesia
Phobia
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
48. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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49. 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
Developmental disorders
Reactive schizophrenia
Panic attack
Dementia
50. Absence of appropriate emotion
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Flat affect
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking