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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






2. 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






3. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






4. Perhaps use of neologisms






5. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






6. 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






7. Schizophrenogenic mother






8. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






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






10. 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






11. 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






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

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13. 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;






14. 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






15. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






16. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






17. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






18. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






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






20. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






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






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






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






24. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25






25. 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;






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






27. Another person is in love with the individual






28. Motor immobility or waxy figure






29. Learned helplessness






30. 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






31. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was






32. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity






33. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






34. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






35. Erroneous or distorted thinking






36. Excessive sleepiness






37. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






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






39. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






40. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






41. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






42. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning

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43. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






44. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






45. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






46. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






47. 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






48. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






49. 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






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