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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Primary prevention
Reactive schizophrenia
2. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Primary prevention
Negative symptoms
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Delusions
3. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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4. 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
Learning disorders
Erotomanic delusion
Agoraphobia
Echolalia (catatonia)
5. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Obsession
Martin Seligman
Schizophrenia (types)
6. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Delirium
Major depressive disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
7. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Trichotillomania
Amnesia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
8. Absence of appropriate emotion
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Flat affect
Manic symptoms
9. 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;
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Avoidant personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Thomas Szasz
10. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Dementia
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Cretinism
11. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Grandiose delusion
Abuse
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
diathesis-stress theory
12. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Thomas Szasz
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Histrionic personality disorder
13. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Conversion disorder
DSM (axes)
Schizotypal personality disorder
14. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Obsession
Reactive schizophrenia
Panic attack
15. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Nightmare
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
American Psychologist
Narcissistic personality disorder
16. 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;
Health psychology
Dependence
Major depressive disorder
pyromania
17. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Dependent personality disorder
compulsion
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
diathesis-stress theory
18. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Hypersomnia
19. Irresistible impulse to steal
Life event stress
Kleptomania
anterograde amnesia
Parkinson'S
20. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Community psychology
Histrionic personality disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Residual (schizophrenia)
21. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Parasomnias
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Social phobia
22. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Mental retardation
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Pick'S disease
23. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Life event stress
dissociative Identity disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
24. 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
Paranoid personality disorder
DSM (description & history)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Echolalia (catatonia)
25. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Nightmare
PsycINFO database
Down syndrome
Schizotypal personality disorder
26. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
dissociative Identity disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Paranoid personality disorder
27. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Trichotillomania
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Shared psychotic disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
28. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Learning disorders
Echolalia (catatonia)
Social phobia
Kleptomania
29. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Schizophrenia (description)
Anorexia nervosa
anterograde amnesia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
30. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Schizotypal personality disorder
Process schizophrenia
Community psychology
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
31. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
32. 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
Delusional disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
David Rosenhan
33. 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
Sleep terror
Health psychology
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Pick'S disease
34. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Stanley Hall
Insomnia
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
35. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Dysthymic disorder
Primary prevention
Panic disorder
36. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Fromm and Reichamn
Trichotillomania
Tic disorders
Negative symptoms
37. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Bulimia nervosa
Tic disorders
Disorganized behaviour
38. Persistent thoughts
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Stanley Hall
Obsession
Learning disorders
39. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Panic attack
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Conversion disorder
dopamine
40. Perhaps use of neologisms
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Panic disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Anorexia nervosa
41. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Primary prevention
Insomnia
42. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Bipolar disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Major depressive disorder
43. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
American Psychology Association (APA)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Narcolepsy
Tic disorders
44. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Schizophrenia (description)
Psychological Bulletin
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
45. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Mental retardation
Process schizophrenia
Phobia
Stanley Hall
46. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Schizophrenia (onset)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Dependence
Erotomanic delusion
47. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Confabulations
Pick'S disease
Cretinism
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
48. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
compulsion
Manic symptoms
Somatic delusion
49. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
American Psychologist
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Dementia
Major depressive disorder
50. Schizophrenogenic mother
Developmental disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Trichotillomania
Fromm and Reichamn
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