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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Anorexia nervosa
pathological gambling
Insomnia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
2. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
3. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Manic symptoms
Delusional disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
4. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Reactive depression
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Depressive realism
Echopraxia (catatonia)
5. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Agoraphobia
Avoidant personality disorder
compulsion
Negative symptoms
6. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Fromm and Reichamn
Hypersomnia
7. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Agoraphobia
Shared psychotic disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
8. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Culturally competent interventions
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Anorexia nervosa
Insomnia
9. 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;
Major depressive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
10. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Cretinism
American Psychology Association (APA)
Primary prevention
11. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Developmental disorders
Pick'S disease
Residual (schizophrenia)
12. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Manic symptoms
Abuse
Hypersomnia
pathological gambling
13. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
retrograde amnesia
Major depressive disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Schizoaffective disorder
14. 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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15. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Alzheimer'S disease
Tay-Sachs disease
Community psychology
Dependence
16. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Psychological abstracts
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
17. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Parasomnias
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Fugue
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
18. Imitating gestures of others
Community psychology
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
19. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Martin Seligman
Obsession
Bulimia nervosa
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
20. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Stanley Hall
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Negative symptoms
21. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Bulimia nervosa
American Psychology Association (APA)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Narcolepsy
22. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
23. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
Parasomnias
Cretinism
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
24. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Fromm and Reichamn
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Schizoaffective disorder
Amphetamines
25. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Community psychology
Paranoid personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
26. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
Psychological Bulletin
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
diathesis-stress theory
27. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
compulsion
Social phobia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Dyssomnias
28. 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
Cretinism
Stanley Hall
Panic attack
Dementia
29. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Anorexia nervosa
Bipolar disorder
Psychological abstracts
Mental retardation
30. 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
Dementia
DSM (description & history)
David Rosenhan
Paranoid personality disorder
31. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Parasomnias
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
32. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
dissociative Identity disorder
Social phobia
Cretinism
33. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Flat affect
Borderline personality disorder
Phobia
34. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenogenic mother
diathesis-stress theory
Pick'S disease
American Psychology Association (APA)
35. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Obsession
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
American Psychology Association (APA)
36. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Shared psychotic disorder
Negative symptoms
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Somatic delusion
37. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Trichotillomania
Reactive schizophrenia
Histrionic personality disorder
38. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Process schizophrenia
Reactive depression
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Delusions
39. 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
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Down syndrome
American Psychologist
Antisocial
40. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Antisocial
Post-traumatic stress disorder
41. One has special talent or status
Wernicke'S syndrome
Grandiose delusion
Echolalia (catatonia)
Parkinson'S
42. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Depressive realism
Manic symptoms
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Parkinson'S
43. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Delusions
Schizophrenia (onset)
pyromania
Nightmare
44. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizoid personality disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
45. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Grandiose delusion
Major depressive disorder
Dementia
retrograde amnesia
46. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Trichotillomania
Panic disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Avoidant personality disorder
47. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Sleep terror
Major depressive disorder
Tic disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
48. 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
Down syndrome
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Primary prevention
Shared psychotic disorder
49. Learned helplessness
Martin Seligman
Wernicke'S syndrome
Alzheimer'S disease
Schizophrenia (etiology)
50. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Avoidant personality disorder
Reactive depression
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Tic disorders