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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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;
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Hypersomnia
Tardive dyskinesia
Major depressive disorder
2. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Health psychology
Neuroleptic drugs
Disorganized behaviour
Nightmare
3. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Stanley Hall
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Depressive realism
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
4. One has special talent or status
Grandiose delusion
Schizophrenogenic mother
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Insomnia
5. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
diathesis-stress theory
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
6. 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
Huntington'S disease
Confabulations
Community psychology
Dependent personality disorder
7. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Reactive depression
Specific phobia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Tay-Sachs disease
8. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Psychological abstracts
Delusional disorder
Bipolar disorder
Social phobia
9. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Narcolepsy
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Kleptomania
10. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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11. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Stanley Hall
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Fugue
12. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Negative symptoms
Bulimia nervosa
Antisocial
Paranoid personality disorder
13. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Hypochondriasis
American Psychologist
14. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Histrionic personality disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
pathological gambling
Pick'S disease
15. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Trichotillomania
anterograde amnesia
Sleep terror
Tic disorders
16. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
diathesis-stress theory
Major depressive disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
17. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Kleptomania
Elimination disorders
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Social phobia
18. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Parasomnias
Schizophrenogenic mother
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Phobia
19. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Kleptomania
Reactive schizophrenia
retrograde amnesia
Insomnia
20. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Tic disorders
Avoidant personality disorder
Psychological abstracts
21. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Dyssomnias
Nightmare
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Narcolepsy
22. Absence of appropriate emotion
Primary prevention
Schizophrenia (onset)
Martin Seligman
Flat affect
23. 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;
Schizophrenia (etiology)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Stanley Hall
Anorexia nervosa
24. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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25. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
retrograde amnesia
Dysthymic disorder
Social phobia
26. 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
Agoraphobia
retrograde amnesia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Fromm and Reichamn
27. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Life event stress
American Psychology Association (APA)
Sleep terror
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
28. 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
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Dependence
anterograde amnesia
Schizophrenogenic mother
29. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Schizoid personality disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
30. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Delirium
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
31. 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'
Somatic delusion
American Psychology Association (APA)
Cretinism
PsycINFO database
32. 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
Manic symptoms
Amphetamines
DSM (axes)
Primary prevention
33. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Manic symptoms
34. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Amphetamines
Anorexia nervosa
Negative symptoms
Amnesia
35. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
DSM (description & history)
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Learning disorders
36. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Sleep terror
Specific phobia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
pathological gambling
37. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Culturally competent interventions
Huntington'S disease
Catalepsy (catatonia)
retrograde amnesia
38. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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39. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
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40. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Abuse
Avoidant personality disorder
Elimination disorders
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
41. 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
Culturally competent interventions
Thomas Szasz
David Rosenhan
Negative symptoms
42. 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
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Health psychology
compulsion
43. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (description)
44. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Grandiose delusion
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Developmental disorders
Parkinson'S
45. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Amnesia
Disorganized behaviour
Obsession
Psychological Bulletin
46. Excessive sleepiness
Elimination disorders
Hypersomnia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Major depressive disorder
47. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Reactive schizophrenia
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Neuroleptic drugs
Martin Seligman
48. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Stanley Hall
Nightmare
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
49. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Nightmare
Sleep terror
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
50. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Somatic delusion
Learning disorders
Avoidant personality disorder
Psychological abstracts