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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






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. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






4. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






5. Irresistible impulse to set fires






6. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






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






8. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






9. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






10. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






11. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others






12. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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






14. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






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






16. Perhaps use of neologisms






17. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






18. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






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






20. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






21. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






22. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






23. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Learned helplessness






29. Another person is in love with the individual






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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;






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






36. Irresistible impulse to steal






37. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'






38. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






39. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






40. 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






41. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






42. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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






44. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






45. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






46. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






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






48. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






49. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






50. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting