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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
Histrionic personality disorder
Confabulations
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Martin Seligman
2. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Psychological abstracts
3. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
PsycINFO database
Conversion disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Insomnia
4. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
David Rosenhan
Major depressive disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
5. 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
Huntington'S disease
Dependence
Generalized anxiety disorder
Amphetamines
6. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Phobia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
7. 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)
Social phobia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Health psychology
8. 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
Phobia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Negative symptoms
pathological gambling
9. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Agoraphobia
Mental retardation
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Tardive dyskinesia
10. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Culturally competent interventions
Sleep terror
Post-traumatic stress disorder
11. 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
Delusions
Delirium
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
12. 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;
Negative symptoms
Amphetamines
Major depressive disorder
Conversion disorder
13. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Primary prevention
Tardive dyskinesia
Anorexia nervosa
DSM (axes)
14. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Neuroleptic drugs
Culturally competent interventions
Panic disorder
Somatic delusion
15. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Insomnia
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Sleep terror
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
16. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Fugue
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Learning disorders
American Psychology Association (APA)
17. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Confabulations
Abuse
Schizotypal personality disorder
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
18. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Schizophrenia (onset)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Anorexia nervosa
19. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Narcissistic personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
20. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Process schizophrenia
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
21. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Amphetamines
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizophrenogenic mother
22. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (description)
Schizophrenia (types)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
23. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Tardive dyskinesia
Depressive realism
24. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Learning disorders
pyromania
Psychological Bulletin
Klinefelter'S syndrome
25. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Bulimia nervosa
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Parasomnias
26. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Fugue
Hypersomnia
Fromm and Reichamn
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
27. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Sleep terror
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
DSM (description & history)
28. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Somatic delusion
Schizotypal personality disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
29. 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
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Bipolar disorder
Community psychology
Wernicke'S syndrome
30. Learned helplessness
Specific phobia
Martin Seligman
DSM (axes)
Kleptomania
31. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Dependence
32. 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
Avoidant personality disorder
Agoraphobia
Abuse
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
33. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Amphetamines
Anorexia nervosa
Delirium
Thomas Szasz
34. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Phobia
Delusional disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Grandiose delusion
35. 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
Delusions
Manic symptoms
Process schizophrenia
Down syndrome
36. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Wernicke'S syndrome
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
37. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Amnesia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
38. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
dopamine
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Specific phobia
39. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychologist
Delusions
Health psychology
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
40. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Trichotillomania
Reactive schizophrenia
Social phobia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
41. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Narcolepsy
Developmental disorders
Thomas Szasz
42. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Antisocial
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Community psychology
43. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Pick'S disease
44. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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45. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Mental retardation
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Hypochondriasis
46. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
pyromania
Health psychology
Reactive depression
Nightmare
47. Irresistible impulse to set fires
anterograde amnesia
Cretinism
pyromania
Grandiose delusion
48. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
49. Irresistble impulse to gamble
pathological gambling
Reactive schizophrenia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Primary prevention
50. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Panic attack
Process schizophrenia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)