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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Dependent personality disorder
Culturally competent interventions
2. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Neuroleptic drugs
Cretinism
Erotomanic delusion
3. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Histrionic personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
DSM (description & history)
4. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Amnesia
Narcolepsy
5. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Parasomnias
Panic disorder
6. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
Obsession
Phobia
Mental retardation
7. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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8. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Paranoid personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Sleep terror
9. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Community psychology
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Depressive realism
10. 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;
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Community psychology
Major depressive disorder
Psychological abstracts
11. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Dependence
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
12. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Thomas Szasz
Schizophrenia (description)
Nightmare
13. 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)
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenia (description)
Specific phobia
14. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Insomnia
Paranoid personality disorder
Parasomnias
15. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
Neuroleptic drugs
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
16. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Trichotillomania
Developmental disorders
Tay-Sachs disease
Depressive realism
17. 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;
DSM (description & history)
Amphetamines
Major depressive disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
18. 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
Primary prevention
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Narcolepsy
Kleptomania
19. 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
Tic disorders
Schizoid personality disorder
Anorexia nervosa
DSM (axes)
20. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Neuroleptic drugs
pathological gambling
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Dependence
21. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Tardive dyskinesia
Hypochondriasis
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
22. One has special talent or status
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Grandiose delusion
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Paranoid personality disorder
23. Fear of a situation that might arise panic symptoms - and escape would be difficult; usually fear and avoidance of being outside the home or in crowds
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Developmental disorders
Agoraphobia
24. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Abuse
DSM (axes)
diathesis-stress theory
Delusions
25. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
Community psychology
dissociative Identity disorder
26. 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
Negative symptoms
Avoidant personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Dependence
27. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Dependence
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Bulimia nervosa
28. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Disorganized behaviour
Elimination disorders
Psychological abstracts
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
29. 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
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Community psychology
anterograde amnesia
30. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Life event stress
Sleep terror
Tic disorders
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
31. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Histrionic personality disorder
32. 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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33. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Specific phobia
Negative symptoms
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
34. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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35. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Primary prevention
36. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Trichotillomania
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
37. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Reactive schizophrenia
Schizoid personality disorder
Grandiose delusion
Depressive realism
38. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Amnesia
Avoidant personality disorder
Stanley Hall
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
39. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Residual (schizophrenia)
Dependence
Tic disorders
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
40. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
anterograde amnesia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Antisocial
41. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
retrograde amnesia
Anorexia nervosa
Post-traumatic stress disorder
42. 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
Parkinson'S
Dementia
Panic disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
43. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Sleep terror
Korsakoff'S syndrome
dopamine
Learning disorders
44. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Alzheimer'S disease
Process schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
45. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Manic symptoms
Martin Seligman
anterograde amnesia
PsycINFO database
46. Parroting
Flat affect
Grandiose delusion
Echolalia (catatonia)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
47. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Dementia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Elimination disorders
pathological gambling
48. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Manic symptoms
Narcolepsy
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Down syndrome
49. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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50. 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
Fugue
David Rosenhan
Panic disorder
Amnesia