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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






2. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






3. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






4. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive






5. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






6. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






7. One has special talent or status






8. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






9. Erroneous or distorted thinking






10. Irresistible impulse to steal






11. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






12. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






13. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






14. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






15. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






16. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor






17. 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






18. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






19. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity

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20. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






21. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






22. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






23. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






24. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






25. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






26. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






27. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






28. 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






29. Perhaps use of neologisms






30. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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31. Excessive sleepiness






32. A component of many different anxiety disorders - lasts for a discrete period of time often <10 min; overwhelming feelings of danger or need to escape - expressed as an intense fear of dying or 'going crazy'; accompanied by sweating - trembling - pou






33. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






34. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






35. Motor immobility or waxy figure






36. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






37. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






38. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






39. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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40. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






41. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






42. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






43. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






44. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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45. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






46. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






47. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






48. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






49. 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






50. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms