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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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2. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Agoraphobia
Delusional disorder
Health psychology
dopamine
3. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Stanley Hall
Cretinism
4. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Social phobia
Residual (schizophrenia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
5. Absence of appropriate emotion
Delirium
Flat affect
Social phobia
Reactive depression
6. Irresistble impulse to gamble
pathological gambling
Delusions
Developmental disorders
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
7. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Fugue
Bipolar disorder
Martin Seligman
8. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
dopamine
Schizophrenia (onset)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
9. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Avoidant personality disorder
Depressive realism
Dependent personality disorder
Abuse
10. 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
David Rosenhan
Primary prevention
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
11. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Psychological abstracts
Developmental disorders
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
12. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Cretinism
Psychological abstracts
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
13. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Amphetamines
Bipolar disorder
Trichotillomania
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
14. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Major depressive disorder
pyromania
Amphetamines
15. 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
Narcissistic personality disorder
Wernicke'S syndrome
Sleep terror
Health psychology
16. Perhaps use of neologisms
Wernicke'S syndrome
Residual (schizophrenia)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
pathological gambling
17. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Panic disorder
Somatic delusion
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
18. Schizophrenogenic mother
Fugue
Fromm and Reichamn
Dependent personality disorder
Amnesia
19. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
pathological gambling
Paranoid personality disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
20. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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21. 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
Down syndrome
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Dependence
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
22. 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
Parkinson'S
Narcissistic personality disorder
David Rosenhan
Elimination disorders
23. 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
Disorganized behaviour
Panic attack
Primary prevention
Schizophrenia (description)
24. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Avoidant personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
25. 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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26. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Agoraphobia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Confabulations
27. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Martin Seligman
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
28. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Sleep terror
Dependence
Factitious disorder (group 9)
pyromania
29. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Learning disorders
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Flat affect
Pick'S disease
30. 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
Huntington'S disease
Psychological abstracts
Schizotypal personality disorder
Residual (schizophrenia)
31. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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32. Motor immobility or waxy figure
retrograde amnesia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Down syndrome
33. Excessive sleepiness
Somatic delusion
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Hypersomnia
Cretinism
34. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Fugue
Bulimia nervosa
Dependence
Schizoid personality disorder
35. Imitating gestures of others
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Bulimia nervosa
36. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
American Psychologist
Manic symptoms
Thomas Szasz
Erotomanic delusion
37. 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 (axes)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Schizoid personality disorder
DSM (description & history)
38. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Panic disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
diathesis-stress theory
Obsession
39. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Grandiose delusion
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Parasomnias
40. Another person is in love with the individual
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Erotomanic delusion
41. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Dyssomnias
anterograde amnesia
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
42. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
diathesis-stress theory
Narcissistic personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
43. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Developmental disorders
Tay-Sachs disease
Negative symptoms
Cretinism
44. 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
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Down syndrome
Fromm and Reichamn
45. 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;
Parasomnias
Trichotillomania
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Amphetamines
46. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions
Borderline personality disorder
Health psychology
Alzheimer'S disease
Culturally competent interventions
47. 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
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Social phobia
Negative symptoms
Community psychology
48. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Antisocial
49. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Amphetamines
Community psychology
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
50. One has special talent or status
Narcissistic personality disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Grandiose delusion
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)