SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
gre
,
psychology
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
dopamine
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Residual (schizophrenia)
2. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Narcolepsy
Amnesia
3. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Manic symptoms
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Stanley Hall
4. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Agoraphobia
Dysthymic disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
5. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Delirium
Erotomanic delusion
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
6. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (description)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Health psychology
7. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Mental retardation
Panic disorder
Obsession
Major depressive disorder
8. 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
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Dysthymic disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
9. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Reactive schizophrenia
Stanley Hall
Grandiose delusion
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
10. Another person is in love with the individual
Schizoid personality disorder
Grandiose delusion
Erotomanic delusion
Post-traumatic stress disorder
11. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Parkinson'S
Borderline personality disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
12. 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
American Psychology Association (APA)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Panic attack
13. Dependence and abuse of various substances
anterograde amnesia
Learning disorders
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
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
DSM (description & history)
Flat affect
Borderline personality disorder
Health psychology
15. 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
Hypersomnia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Panic disorder
Primary prevention
16. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
retrograde amnesia
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
pathological gambling
17. Absence of appropriate emotion
Antisocial
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Flat affect
Histrionic personality disorder
18. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Panic disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
Reactive depression
Health psychology
19. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Panic disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Borderline personality disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
20. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Depressive realism
Learning disorders
Grandiose delusion
Histrionic personality disorder
21. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Parasomnias
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Narcolepsy
22. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
DSM (axes)
23. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Delusional disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Parkinson'S
compulsion
24. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Psychological Bulletin
Wernicke'S syndrome
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizoaffective disorder
25. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Shared psychotic disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Sleep terror
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
26. 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
Martin Seligman
Wernicke'S syndrome
Culturally competent interventions
27. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Obsession
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Neuroleptic drugs
Histrionic personality disorder
28. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Insomnia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
29. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Dependent personality disorder
Down syndrome
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Stanley Hall
30. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Tardive dyskinesia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Life event stress
31. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Reactive depression
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Amnesia
Abuse
32. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Obsession
Thomas Szasz
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Nightmare
33. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Life event stress
Negative symptoms
Insomnia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
34. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Somatic delusion
Cretinism
Fugue
Flat affect
35. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Stanley Hall
Neuroleptic drugs
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Delirium
36. 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
Delusional disorder
diathesis-stress theory
Down syndrome
Hypochondriasis
37. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Huntington'S disease
Grandiose delusion
Tardive dyskinesia
Reactive depression
38. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Reactive depression
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Stanley Hall
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
39. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
dopamine
David Rosenhan
Wernicke'S syndrome
40. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Borderline personality disorder
pathological gambling
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
41. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Psychological Bulletin
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
42. 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
Reactive depression
Amnesia
DSM (axes)
David Rosenhan
43. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
Schizoaffective disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Shared psychotic disorder
44. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
American Psychology Association (APA)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Social phobia
45. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Reactive schizophrenia
Alzheimer'S disease
Borderline personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
46. Imitating gestures of others
PsycINFO database
Schizoid personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Echopraxia (catatonia)
47. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Tardive dyskinesia
Sleep terror
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Dysthymic disorder
48. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
49. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Nightmare
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
pathological gambling
50. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Shared psychotic disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Learning disorders
Schizoid personality disorder