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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Avoidant personality disorder
anterograde amnesia
Dysthymic disorder
Borderline personality disorder
2. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Schizophrenogenic mother
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Paranoid personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
3. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Psychological Bulletin
Pick'S disease
Fugue
4. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Paranoid personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Insomnia
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
5. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Confabulations
PsycINFO database
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Generalized anxiety disorder
6. 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
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Reactive depression
Primary prevention
Tardive dyskinesia
7. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Martin Seligman
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Amphetamines
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
8. 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;
Community psychology
Schizophrenia (etiology)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Somatic delusion
9. Another person is in love with the individual
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Erotomanic delusion
Trichotillomania
10. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
dissociative Identity disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Depressive realism
Panic attack
11. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Mental retardation
Anorexia nervosa
Grandiose delusion
12. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Echolalia (catatonia)
Parasomnias
DSM (axes)
Nightmare
13. 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
Martin Seligman
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Down syndrome
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
14. 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)
Alzheimer'S disease
Tic disorders
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
15. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Histrionic personality disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Agoraphobia
16. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Martin Seligman
Somatic delusion
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Process schizophrenia
17. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Abuse
18. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Dependent personality disorder
Psychological abstracts
Anorexia nervosa
Delusional disorder
19. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Dyssomnias
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
20. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Narcolepsy
Life event stress
Tay-Sachs disease
21. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Somatic delusion
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Schizoaffective disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
22. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Panic disorder
Martin Seligman
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
23. 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
Agoraphobia
dopamine
David Rosenhan
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
24. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Agoraphobia
Psychological Bulletin
Histrionic personality disorder
David Rosenhan
25. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizophrenia (description)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
compulsion
26. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Conversion disorder
Agoraphobia
pyromania
27. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Somatic delusion
Parkinson'S
Schizophrenia (onset)
28. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Fugue
retrograde amnesia
DSM (description & history)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
29. 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
Obsession
Culturally competent interventions
DSM (description & history)
Grandiose delusion
30. 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'
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Specific phobia
American Psychology Association (APA)
Developmental disorders
31. 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
Dementia
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Generalized anxiety disorder
32. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
33. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Major depressive disorder
Dementia
Down syndrome
34. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Kleptomania
Bulimia nervosa
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
35. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Fugue
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Disorganized behaviour
36. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Avoidant personality disorder
Fugue
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Schizoaffective disorder
37. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Narcolepsy
Insomnia
Shared psychotic disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
38. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Negative symptoms
pathological gambling
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
David Rosenhan
39. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Somatic delusion
dopamine
Tic disorders
Psychological Bulletin
40. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Avoidant personality disorder
Flat affect
Dyssomnias
41. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
42. 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
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Stanley Hall
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
43. 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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Paranoid personality disorder
Health psychology
44. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Alzheimer'S disease
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
45. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
retrograde amnesia
dissociative Identity disorder
Primary prevention
Process schizophrenia
46. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Histrionic personality disorder
Phobia
DSM (description & history)
Tay-Sachs disease
47. Absence of appropriate emotion
Nightmare
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Flat affect
Borderline personality disorder
48. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Panic disorder
Confabulations
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
49. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Thomas Szasz
Avoidant personality disorder
Flat affect
50. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Negative symptoms