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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Reactive schizophrenia
Abuse
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
DSM (description & history)
2. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Schizoaffective disorder
Delirium
Borderline personality disorder
PsycINFO database
3. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Panic disorder
Reactive depression
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Hypochondriasis
4. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Flat affect
Cretinism
Tay-Sachs disease
5. 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
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Dementia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
6. 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;
Amnesia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
7. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
PsycINFO database
Disorganized behaviour
Panic disorder
8. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
DSM (description & history)
Hypochondriasis
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Manic symptoms
9. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Reactive schizophrenia
Narcissistic personality disorder
10. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Panic disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
11. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Panic disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
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
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Somatic delusion
Post-traumatic stress disorder
13. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Psychological Bulletin
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Trichotillomania
14. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Amphetamines
Schizoid personality disorder
Learning disorders
Dependence
15. Irresistble impulse to gamble
pathological gambling
Dependence
Dependent personality disorder
Dyssomnias
16. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
American Psychology Association (APA)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Dyssomnias
17. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Reactive schizophrenia
compulsion
Psychological Bulletin
Community psychology
18. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Paranoid personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Culturally competent interventions
19. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Stanley Hall
compulsion
Delusions
Kleptomania
20. Another person is in love with the individual
Erotomanic delusion
Down syndrome
dissociative Identity disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
21. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Schizotypal personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Phobia
Schizophrenia (onset)
22. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Sleep terror
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Martin Seligman
Insomnia
23. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Thomas Szasz
24. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
American Psychologist
Schizotypal personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
25. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Nightmare
Fugue
dissociative Identity disorder
26. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Paranoid personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Panic disorder
27. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Avoidant personality disorder
PsycINFO database
Dementia
28. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Neuroleptic drugs
Bulimia nervosa
29. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Depressive realism
30. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Dependent personality disorder
Narcolepsy
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Parkinson'S
31. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Flat affect
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
32. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Thomas Szasz
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Conversion disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
33. One has special talent or status
Negative symptoms
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Dysthymic disorder
Grandiose delusion
34. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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35. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
American Psychology Association (APA)
Bulimia nervosa
Major depressive disorder
36. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
dopamine
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
37. 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
Schizoaffective disorder
Community psychology
Agoraphobia
Sleep terror
38. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Somatic delusion
Confabulations
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Dependent personality disorder
39. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Tic disorders
Schizotypal personality disorder
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
40. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Amphetamines
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
41. Psychology taken into community (community centres or schools) rather than individuals go to clinics and universities; emphasizes respect - recognizes logistics that keep needy people from seeking help
Martin Seligman
anterograde amnesia
Pick'S disease
Community psychology
42. 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
Grandiose delusion
Primary prevention
Tardive dyskinesia
Narcolepsy
43. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Reactive depression
Developmental disorders
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
44. Indicated by some combination of: continued use despite substance-related problems; need for increased amount; desire but inability to stop use; withdrawal; lessening of outside interests; much time getting - using - or recovering from substance
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Huntington'S disease
Dependence
Alzheimer'S disease
45. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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46. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
PsycINFO database
47. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Psychological abstracts
Elimination disorders
dopamine
48. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Shared psychotic disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Flat affect
Life event stress
49. Absence of appropriate emotion
Flat affect
Psychological Bulletin
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
50. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Amphetamines
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Mental retardation
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