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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






2. 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;






3. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery






4. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






5. One has special talent or status






6. Parroting






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






8. 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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9. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






10. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






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






12. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






13. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






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






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






16. Learned helplessness






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






18. Irresistible impulse to steal






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






20. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






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






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






23. Irresistble impulse to gamble






24. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






25. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






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






27. Another person is in love with the individual






28. Excessive sleepiness






29. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






30. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






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






32. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






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






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






35. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






36. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






37. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






38. 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






39. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






40. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






41. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






42. Studied effect of diagnostic labels on perception of behaviour; experiment of normal pseudopatients feigned disorders - once in hospital - individuals acted normally - but behaviours construed as fitting the diagnosis anyway






43. Anxiety around social or performance situations






44. 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






45. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






46. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






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






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






49. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






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