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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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






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






3. Schizophrenogenic mother






4. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






5. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






6. Persistent thoughts






7. Irresistible impulse to set fires






8. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






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






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






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

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12. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes






13. 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'






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






15. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






20. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






21. Dependence and abuse of various substances






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






23. Irresistble impulse to gamble






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






25. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






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






27. Imitating gestures of others






28. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






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






30. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania






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






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






33. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






34. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






35. Absence of appropriate emotion






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






37. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






38. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger






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






40. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






41. Anxiety around social or performance situations






42. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






43. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






44. Irresistible impulse to steal






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






46. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






47. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






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






49. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






50. 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






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