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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Hypersomnia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizophrenia (description)
2. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
anterograde amnesia
Bipolar disorder
Reactive depression
Schizophrenogenic mother
3. 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
Down syndrome
Cretinism
DSM (axes)
Agoraphobia
4. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Elimination disorders
Social phobia
Dysthymic disorder
Thomas Szasz
5. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Somatic delusion
DSM (axes)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Dysthymic disorder
6. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Kleptomania
Insomnia
Histrionic personality disorder
Stanley Hall
7. 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
Bipolar disorder
Delusions
Community psychology
Avoidant personality disorder
8. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
DSM (axes)
Kleptomania
Narcissistic personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
9. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Somatic delusion
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
diathesis-stress theory
10. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Schizophrenia (description)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Pick'S disease
11. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Neuroleptic drugs
retrograde amnesia
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
12. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (description)
Process schizophrenia
Dyssomnias
13. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
American Psychology Association (APA)
Delusional disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Elimination disorders
14. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Major depressive disorder
Grandiose delusion
Dyssomnias
15. Exposure to trauma that results in decreased ability to function and recurrent thoughts and anxiety about the incident; often linked to war veterans or victims of violence
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Stanley Hall
Process schizophrenia
Wernicke'S syndrome
16. 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
Culturally competent interventions
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
dopamine
Primary prevention
17. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Dementia
Stanley Hall
Avoidant personality disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
18. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Psychological Bulletin
Fromm and Reichamn
compulsion
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
19. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Schizophrenia (types)
Stanley Hall
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
20. One has special talent or status
Phobia
Trichotillomania
Manic symptoms
Grandiose delusion
21. 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;
Amphetamines
Residual (schizophrenia)
Major depressive disorder
Dependence
22. 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
Pick'S disease
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Dependence
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
23. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Parkinson'S
Schizophrenia (onset)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
24. 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
Primary prevention
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Borderline personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
25. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Community psychology
diathesis-stress theory
Tardive dyskinesia
Tay-Sachs disease
26. 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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27. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Parasomnias
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Tay-Sachs disease
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
28. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Elimination disorders
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Schizoaffective disorder
29. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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30. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Narcolepsy
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
31. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
PsycINFO database
Amphetamines
32. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Specific phobia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
anterograde amnesia
33. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Schizophrenia (description)
anterograde amnesia
34. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Trichotillomania
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Fugue
35. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychologist
Fromm and Reichamn
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
36. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Tardive dyskinesia
Social phobia
dopamine
Culturally competent interventions
37. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Community psychology
PsycINFO database
Learning disorders
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
38. Learned helplessness
Martin Seligman
anterograde amnesia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
39. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
40. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
Pick'S disease
Parasomnias
Huntington'S disease
41. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was
anterograde amnesia
Neuroleptic drugs
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Huntington'S disease
42. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Erotomanic delusion
Schizotypal personality disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Confabulations
43. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Nightmare
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Reactive depression
Grandiose delusion
44. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Cretinism
45. 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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46. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Paranoid personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
47. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Borderline personality disorder
Phobia
Learning disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder
48. Perhaps use of neologisms
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Primary prevention
Amnesia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
49. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Antisocial
Delusions
Hypochondriasis
Depressive realism
50. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Residual (schizophrenia)
Developmental disorders
Schizophrenia (types)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)