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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. 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






3. Parroting






4. Erroneous or distorted thinking






5. Absence of appropriate emotion






6. 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;






7. 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






8. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






9. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






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






11. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






12. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






13. Motor immobility or waxy figure






14. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






15. Dependence and abuse of various substances






16. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






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






18. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






19. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






20. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning






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






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






23. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






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






26. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






27. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






28. Schizophrenogenic mother






29. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






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






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






32. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






33. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning

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34. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






35. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






36. 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






37. Perhaps use of neologisms






38. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






39. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






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






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






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






43. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






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






45. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






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






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






48. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






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






50. Imitating gestures of others






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