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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Specific phobia
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Thomas Szasz
American Psychology Association (APA)
2. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Cretinism
Schizoid personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Abuse
3. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Panic disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
Cretinism
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
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Amnesia
pathological gambling
Agoraphobia
5. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Insomnia
6. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Down syndrome
Erotomanic delusion
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Paranoid personality disorder
7. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Learning disorders
Bulimia nervosa
Generalized anxiety disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
8. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
American Psychologist
Echolalia (catatonia)
9. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Social phobia
Primary prevention
Histrionic personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
10. 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
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Process schizophrenia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
11. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Parasomnias
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Panic disorder
Fugue
12. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Reactive depression
Catalepsy (catatonia)
13. Excessive sleepiness
DSM (description & history)
Hypersomnia
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
14. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Reactive depression
Phobia
compulsion
15. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Phobia
Reactive depression
Histrionic personality disorder
Fugue
16. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
dopamine
Generalized anxiety disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
Amphetamines
17. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Hypersomnia
Narcissistic personality disorder
Tic disorders
Depressive realism
18. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Sleep terror
Echolalia (catatonia)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
19. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Tardive dyskinesia
Panic disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Learning disorders
20. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
dopamine
Tic disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
21. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Bipolar disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizophrenia (types)
22. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Hypochondriasis
Phobia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Delusional disorder
23. Parroting
Amnesia
Primary prevention
Echolalia (catatonia)
Panic attack
24. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
DSM (axes)
Schizoid personality disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Amnesia
25. Index published by APA - found at most major libraries; montly compilation of 'nonevaluative summaries of the world'S literature in psychology'; in each issue - article abstracts arranged by topic; hardcopy version of PsycINFO
Psychological abstracts
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
26. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Borderline personality disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
dissociative Identity disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
27. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Confabulations
Schizophrenia (description)
Pick'S disease
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
28. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Flat affect
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Cretinism
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
29. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Dependent personality disorder
Delusions
Fromm and Reichamn
PsycINFO database
30. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Process schizophrenia
diathesis-stress theory
Dyssomnias
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
31. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Echolalia (catatonia)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
DSM (description & history)
Avoidant personality disorder
32. 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
Health psychology
Delusional disorder
Delirium
Delusions
33. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Tic disorders
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Nightmare
34. 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
Generalized anxiety disorder
Community psychology
Down syndrome
Conversion disorder
35. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizophrenia (description)
Grandiose delusion
36. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Stanley Hall
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
37. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Delusional disorder
Abuse
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
38. Perhaps use of neologisms
Specific phobia
Amnesia
Dementia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
39. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Delirium
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Anorexia nervosa
40. Irresistble impulse to gamble
pathological gambling
Tardive dyskinesia
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Bulimia nervosa
41. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Bipolar disorder
Flat affect
Histrionic personality disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
42. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenogenic mother
Amphetamines
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Conversion disorder
43. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Tic disorders
Specific phobia
Delusions
diathesis-stress theory
44. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Martin Seligman
Psychological abstracts
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
45. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Nightmare
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
46. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Reactive schizophrenia
Developmental disorders
PsycINFO database
Factitious disorder (group 9)
47. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Dependence
Delusions
pyromania
48. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Delusional disorder
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Dependence
Borderline personality disorder
49. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Agoraphobia
compulsion
Learning disorders
50. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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