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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






2. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






3. Irresistible impulse to set fires






4. 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






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






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

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7. Another person is in love with the individual






8. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger






9. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






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






11. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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12. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






13. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






14. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






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






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

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






18. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






19. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






20. Excessive sleepiness






21. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others






22. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






23. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






24. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






25. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






26. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






27. 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






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






29. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






30. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






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






32. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






33. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






34. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






35. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






36. 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






37. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






38. 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;






39. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






40. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






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






42. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






43. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






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

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45. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






46. 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






47. Erroneous or distorted thinking






48. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






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






50. 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







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