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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Delusions
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
2. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Dyssomnias
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Sleep terror
Narcissistic personality disorder
3. 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
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Down syndrome
Elimination disorders
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
4. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Fromm and Reichamn
Phobia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
5. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Panic attack
Huntington'S disease
Major depressive disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
6. Learned helplessness
dopamine
Kleptomania
Narcolepsy
Martin Seligman
7. Perhaps use of neologisms
Huntington'S disease
Stanley Hall
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizophrenia (onset)
8. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Mental retardation
Antisocial
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
9. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Parasomnias
Nightmare
Anorexia nervosa
Delirium
10. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Parkinson'S
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Insomnia
11. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
dissociative Identity disorder
12. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Fromm and Reichamn
Insomnia
13. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Agoraphobia
Dyssomnias
Hypersomnia
14. Imitating gestures of others
Major depressive disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
PsycINFO database
David Rosenhan
15. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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16. Absence of appropriate emotion
Reactive depression
American Psychology Association (APA)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Flat affect
17. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Dependent personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Parasomnias
Delusional disorder
18. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Stanley Hall
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Narcolepsy
19. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Specific phobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Shared psychotic disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
20. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Bipolar disorder
Disorganized behaviour
DSM (axes)
21. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Generalized anxiety disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Elimination disorders
22. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Negative symptoms
Narcissistic personality disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Martin Seligman
23. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Generalized anxiety disorder
Thomas Szasz
24. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Delusional disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Pick'S disease
PsycINFO database
25. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Major depressive disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Specific phobia
Anorexia nervosa
26. Fear of a situation that might arise panic symptoms - and escape would be difficult; usually fear and avoidance of being outside the home or in crowds
Stanley Hall
dissociative Identity disorder
Agoraphobia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
27. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Social phobia
dopamine
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Tardive dyskinesia
28. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Abuse
Reactive depression
Hypochondriasis
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
29. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Bipolar disorder
Stanley Hall
Parasomnias
30. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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31. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Tay-Sachs disease
Narcissistic personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Dependent personality disorder
32. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Nightmare
Abuse
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
33. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Grandiose delusion
dissociative Identity disorder
34. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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35. Another person is in love with the individual
dissociative Identity disorder
Nightmare
Erotomanic delusion
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
36. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
37. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Community psychology
Stanley Hall
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
38. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
retrograde amnesia
Trichotillomania
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Developmental disorders
39. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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40. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
compulsion
Delusions
Dementia
Conversion disorder
41. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Trichotillomania
Negative symptoms
Dyssomnias
42. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Abuse
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Avoidant personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
43. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Primary prevention
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Parasomnias
pyromania
44. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Tic disorders
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Panic disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
45. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Neuroleptic drugs
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Process schizophrenia
46. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Trichotillomania
Depressive realism
Borderline personality disorder
47. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Amnesia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Agoraphobia
retrograde amnesia
48. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Narcissistic personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Insomnia
49. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
retrograde amnesia
Manic symptoms
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;
Schizotypal personality disorder
Tic disorders
Hypersomnia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)