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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
pathological gambling
Erotomanic delusion
Depressive realism
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
2. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Primary prevention
Psychological abstracts
retrograde amnesia
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
3. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
4. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Schizophrenia (description)
Delirium
Panic attack
Grandiose delusion
5. Absence of appropriate emotion
Schizotypal personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Flat affect
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
6. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Process schizophrenia
Hypersomnia
Psychological abstracts
Panic attack
7. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
8. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Social phobia
Hypochondriasis
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Schizophrenia (types)
9. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Negative symptoms
Cretinism
Neuroleptic drugs
Social phobia
10. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Fromm and Reichamn
Schizotypal personality disorder
11. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
12. Imitating gestures of others
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Amnesia
Alzheimer'S disease
Echopraxia (catatonia)
13. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Mental retardation
dissociative Identity disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
compulsion
14. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Narcissistic personality disorder
Culturally competent interventions
retrograde amnesia
15. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Histrionic personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Anorexia nervosa
16. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Reactive schizophrenia
Dysthymic disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Bulimia nervosa
17. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Dependent personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
18. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Specific phobia
Schizophrenia (onset)
Major depressive disorder
19. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Avoidant personality disorder
20. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
retrograde amnesia
Phobia
Fugue
Narcolepsy
21. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Down syndrome
Tic disorders
anterograde amnesia
Amnesia
22. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Psychological abstracts
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Parkinson'S
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
23. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
dopamine
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Hypochondriasis
24. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Nightmare
Trichotillomania
Dependent personality disorder
Pick'S disease
25. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Bipolar disorder
Panic disorder
Antisocial
Tardive dyskinesia
26. One has special talent or status
Huntington'S disease
Grandiose delusion
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Cretinism
27. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Tay-Sachs disease
Shared psychotic disorder
Erotomanic delusion
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
28. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Nightmare
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Negative symptoms
Alzheimer'S disease
29. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
30. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Psychological abstracts
Narcissistic personality disorder
31. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Hypersomnia
Dependence
Narcissistic personality disorder
Phobia
32. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
33. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
retrograde amnesia
Schizophrenia (onset)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Process schizophrenia
34. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Narcissistic personality disorder
compulsion
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
35. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
Confabulations
Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
36. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Antisocial
37. 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;
Culturally competent interventions
American Psychology Association (APA)
Amphetamines
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
38. 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
Process schizophrenia
Dependence
Dementia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
39. 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
Culturally competent interventions
dopamine
Schizophrenia (description)
Insomnia
40. 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
Community psychology
Antisocial
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Generalized anxiety disorder
41. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Trichotillomania
Psychological Bulletin
Delusional disorder
42. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Dementia
dopamine
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
retrograde amnesia
43. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Social phobia
Psychological Bulletin
Health psychology
44. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Hypochondriasis
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Health psychology
PsycINFO database
45. 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
Tay-Sachs disease
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Abuse
Primary prevention
46. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Kleptomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
pathological gambling
Depressive realism
47. 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
Erotomanic delusion
Primary prevention
David Rosenhan
Schizophrenogenic mother
48. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
David Rosenhan
Health psychology
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Antisocial
49. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Schizotypal personality disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Borderline personality disorder
50. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Disorganized behaviour
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
anterograde amnesia