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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Exposure to trauma that results in decreased ability to function and recurrent thoughts and anxiety about the incident; often linked to war veterans or victims of violence
Agoraphobia
Shared psychotic disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
2. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Dysthymic disorder
Nightmare
Negative symptoms
Echopraxia (catatonia)
3. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Schizoaffective disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
4. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Culturally competent interventions
Dysthymic disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Antisocial
5. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Histrionic personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Tardive dyskinesia
6. Parroting
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Echolalia (catatonia)
Amphetamines
Trichotillomania
7. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Hypochondriasis
retrograde amnesia
Insomnia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
8. 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
Dementia
Reactive schizophrenia
Developmental disorders
Psychological Bulletin
9. Persistent thoughts
Delirium
Obsession
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Fromm and Reichamn
10. Absence of appropriate emotion
Wernicke'S syndrome
Disorganized behaviour
Flat affect
PsycINFO database
11. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Grandiose delusion
Dependence
12. 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
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Culturally competent interventions
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
13. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Dementia
Shared psychotic disorder
Dyssomnias
14. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Cretinism
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Major depressive disorder
15. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Dependence
pathological gambling
Generalized anxiety disorder
16. Learned helplessness
Depressive realism
Life event stress
Martin Seligman
Social phobia
17. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Dependent personality disorder
Amphetamines
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Pick'S disease
18. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Schizotypal personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
Schizophrenia (onset)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
19. Irresistible impulse to steal
Reactive schizophrenia
Dementia
Kleptomania
Health psychology
20. 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;
Cretinism
Hypochondriasis
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Narcissistic personality disorder
21. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Avoidant personality disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Stanley Hall
22. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Residual (schizophrenia)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Trichotillomania
Tic disorders
23. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Generalized anxiety disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Panic disorder
Cretinism
24. Index published by APA - found at most major libraries; montly compilation of 'nonevaluative summaries of the world'S literature in psychology'; in each issue - article abstracts arranged by topic; hardcopy version of PsycINFO
Psychological Bulletin
Psychological abstracts
Negative symptoms
Learning disorders
25. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
pyromania
Stanley Hall
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Psychological Bulletin
26. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Flat affect
PsycINFO database
Neuroleptic drugs
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
27. Perhaps use of neologisms
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Flat affect
Antisocial
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
28. Imitating gestures of others
Major depressive disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Disorganized behaviour
Sleep terror
29. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Dysthymic disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Anorexia nervosa
30. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
PsycINFO database
Panic disorder
Amnesia
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
31. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Mental retardation
Anorexia nervosa
Nightmare
32. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Manic symptoms
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Pick'S disease
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
33. 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
Social phobia
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
34. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Histrionic personality disorder
Parkinson'S
35. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
dopamine
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Schizophrenia (types)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
36. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
pyromania
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
dopamine
37. 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
Fromm and Reichamn
Panic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Phobia
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
Dependence
Phobia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Tic disorders
39. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Insomnia
Dependent personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
40. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Delirium
Nightmare
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
41. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Amnesia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizoaffective disorder
42. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Mental retardation
Reactive schizophrenia
PsycINFO database
43. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Community psychology
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Flat affect
44. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Abuse
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Elimination disorders
pyromania
45. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Fromm and Reichamn
dissociative Identity disorder
Dementia
46. 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
Down syndrome
dopamine
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
47. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Dysthymic disorder
retrograde amnesia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
48. 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;
Major depressive disorder
Health psychology
anterograde amnesia
pyromania
49. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Fugue
50. A component of many different anxiety disorders - lasts for a discrete period of time often <10 min; overwhelming feelings of danger or need to escape - expressed as an intense fear of dying or 'going crazy'; accompanied by sweating - trembling - pou
diathesis-stress theory
Agoraphobia
Panic attack
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)