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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
2. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
compulsion
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
pyromania
Dyssomnias
3. 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
Schizophrenia (types)
Tardive dyskinesia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
David Rosenhan
4. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Delusional disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Nightmare
5. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Life event stress
Primary prevention
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Dementia
6. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Insomnia
Martin Seligman
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Disorganized behaviour
7. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Negative symptoms
Panic disorder
Narcolepsy
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
8. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Culturally competent interventions
Martin Seligman
Manic symptoms
Dementia
9. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Thomas Szasz
Trichotillomania
10. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
11. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Thomas Szasz
Somatic delusion
Disorganized behaviour
Neuroleptic drugs
12. 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
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Specific phobia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
13. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Pick'S disease
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Generalized anxiety disorder
14. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Amphetamines
Trichotillomania
Elimination disorders
15. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Tay-Sachs disease
Conversion disorder
Abuse
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
16. 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
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Health psychology
Sleep terror
17. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Anorexia nervosa
Depressive realism
Conversion disorder
Confabulations
18. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
dissociative Identity disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
DSM (axes)
19. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Tic disorders
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
20. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
American Psychologist
Panic attack
DSM (description & history)
Schizophrenia (description)
21. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Tardive dyskinesia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Avoidant personality disorder
22. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
23. 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
Schizophrenia (types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Culturally competent interventions
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
24. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Bulimia nervosa
Neuroleptic drugs
American Psychology Association (APA)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
25. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Schizoid personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Hypochondriasis
26. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Martin Seligman
Hypochondriasis
27. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Reactive depression
Kleptomania
28. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Psychological abstracts
Histrionic personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
29. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Insomnia
Panic disorder
30. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
31. 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
Schizotypal personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Panic attack
32. Imitating gestures of others
Panic disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (types)
Life event stress
33. Another person is in love with the individual
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Agoraphobia
Erotomanic delusion
DSM (axes)
34. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Depressive realism
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
35. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
PsycINFO database
Disorganized behaviour
Erotomanic delusion
Sleep terror
36. 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
Alzheimer'S disease
DSM (description & history)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Paranoid personality disorder
37. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Grandiose delusion
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Avoidant personality disorder
Reactive depression
38. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Paranoid personality disorder
Dyssomnias
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Reactive depression
39. Persistent thoughts
Abuse
dissociative Identity disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Obsession
40. 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;
Psychological Bulletin
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Pick'S disease
Schizotypal personality disorder
41. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Health psychology
Neuroleptic drugs
Cretinism
retrograde amnesia
42. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Elimination disorders
Insomnia
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Social phobia
43. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Delusions
pathological gambling
Abuse
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
44. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Avoidant personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
45. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Fugue
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Tay-Sachs disease
Dependence
46. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Process schizophrenia
Delusional disorder
Nightmare
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
47. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
pyromania
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
anterograde amnesia
48. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Mental retardation
Parasomnias
Alzheimer'S disease
49. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
50. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Huntington'S disease
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Grandiose delusion