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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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






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






4. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






5. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






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






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






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






9. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






10. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






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






12. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






13. One has special talent or status






14. Another person is in love with the individual






15. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






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






17. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






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

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19. 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






20. 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






21. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






22. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






23. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






24. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions






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






26. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






27. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






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






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

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30. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning






31. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






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






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






34. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






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






36. Perhaps use of neologisms






37. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






38. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification






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






40. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






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






42. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






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






44. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






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






46. Motor immobility or waxy figure






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






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






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






50. Difficulty falling/staying asleep