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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Amnesia
Dysthymic disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
2. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
pyromania
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Agoraphobia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
3. Depressive episode by depressed mood - loss of interests - changes in weight or sleep - low energy - feelings of worthlessness - or thoughts of death; symptoms are present nearly every day for at least two weeks; females 2x likelier to be diagnosed;
Learning disorders
Major depressive disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizophrenogenic mother
4. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Parasomnias
Narcolepsy
Trichotillomania
Specific phobia
5. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Learning disorders
Schizophrenia (description)
Schizoaffective disorder
6. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Schizophrenogenic mother
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Reactive depression
7. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Paranoid personality disorder
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Major depressive disorder
8. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Sleep terror
Dysthymic disorder
anterograde amnesia
Delirium
9. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Parasomnias
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Somatic delusion
Bulimia nervosa
10. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Sleep terror
Manic symptoms
11. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Primary prevention
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Kleptomania
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
12. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Major depressive disorder
Pick'S disease
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Community psychology
13. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Life event stress
Psychological abstracts
Sleep terror
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
14. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Dependent personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (types)
15. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Amnesia
16. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Kleptomania
Major depressive disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizotypal personality disorder
17. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
PsycINFO database
Dyssomnias
dissociative Identity disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
18. Indicated by some combination of: continued use despite substance-related problems; need for increased amount; desire but inability to stop use; withdrawal; lessening of outside interests; much time getting - using - or recovering from substance
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
DSM (description & history)
David Rosenhan
Dependence
19. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Delusions
Cretinism
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
20. Learned helplessness
Martin Seligman
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Panic disorder
Sleep terror
21. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Reactive schizophrenia
Process schizophrenia
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (description)
22. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Paranoid personality disorder
anterograde amnesia
Reactive schizophrenia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
23. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Depressive realism
American Psychologist
Delusions
24. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Negative symptoms
Parkinson'S
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
25. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenia (types)
Cretinism
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
26. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
Reactive depression
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
27. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Alzheimer'S disease
Nightmare
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Social phobia
28. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Dysthymic disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Reactive depression
29. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Health psychology
30. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Psychological abstracts
Trichotillomania
Learning disorders
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
31. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Generalized anxiety disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Learning disorders
DSM (description & history)
32. 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
Psychological abstracts
Trichotillomania
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
33. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Hypochondriasis
34. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Conversion disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Dyssomnias
Psychological abstracts
35. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Fugue
36. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
diathesis-stress theory
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
37. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Agoraphobia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Amphetamines
Erotomanic delusion
38. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Shared psychotic disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
David Rosenhan
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
39. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
PsycINFO database
Trichotillomania
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Somatic delusion
40. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Anorexia nervosa
41. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Delusions
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Dyssomnias
42. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Nightmare
Hypochondriasis
Schizophrenia (etiology)
43. 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)
Schizophrenia (onset)
PsycINFO database
Agoraphobia
44. Another person is in love with the individual
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Process schizophrenia
Erotomanic delusion
Dysthymic disorder
45. 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
Process schizophrenia
Agoraphobia
Somatic delusion
David Rosenhan
46. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Narcolepsy
Martin Seligman
47. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Sleep terror
Narcissistic personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Echolalia (catatonia)
48. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Generalized anxiety disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
49. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Echolalia (catatonia)
DSM (description & history)
Bulimia nervosa
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
50. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Stanley Hall
Delusions
pyromania
Bulimia nervosa