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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






2. 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






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






4. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive






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






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






7. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






8. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






9. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






10. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






11. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






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






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






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






15. Irresistible impulse to steal






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. Persistent thoughts






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






22. 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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23. Irresistble impulse to gamble






24. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






25. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt






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






27. Perhaps use of neologisms






28. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






29. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






30. Another person is in love with the individual






31. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






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






33. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






34. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






35. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






36. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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37. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






38. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






39. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






40. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






41. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






42. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






43. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity

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44. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






45. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






46. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






47. Excessive sleepiness






48. 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;






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






50. 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