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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Insomnia
Amnesia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
2. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Avoidant personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Dependence
Dependent personality disorder
3. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
compulsion
Life event stress
Schizophrenogenic mother
4. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Disorganized behaviour
Delusional disorder
Health psychology
5. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Bipolar disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Dyssomnias
Hypersomnia
6. 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
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
dissociative Identity disorder
7. 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
Erotomanic delusion
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Primary prevention
Schizoid personality disorder
8. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Stanley Hall
Schizophrenogenic mother
Phobia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
9. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Delusional disorder
10. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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11. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Bulimia nervosa
Dependence
Amnesia
Trichotillomania
12. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Depressive realism
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
pyromania
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
13. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Insomnia
Delusions
Tardive dyskinesia
Avoidant personality disorder
14. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
anterograde amnesia
Dependent personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
15. Schizophrenogenic mother
Fromm and Reichamn
Specific phobia
Reactive depression
Bipolar disorder
16. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Thomas Szasz
retrograde amnesia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Tic disorders
17. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
Tic disorders
Panic attack
pyromania
18. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Reactive schizophrenia
Tic disorders
Schizophrenia (types)
19. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Health psychology
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Cretinism
20. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Life event stress
Amnesia
Tic disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
21. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Delusions
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
22. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Process schizophrenia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
23. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Parkinson'S
Hypersomnia
American Psychology Association (APA)
Generalized anxiety disorder
24. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Phobia
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Mental retardation
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
25. Perhaps use of neologisms
Reactive depression
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
26. Another person is in love with the individual
Schizophrenia (onset)
Erotomanic delusion
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Life event stress
27. 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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Delirium
28. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
dissociative Identity disorder
Panic disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Manic symptoms
29. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
Major depressive disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
PsycINFO database
30. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Panic disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
31. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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32. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Grandiose delusion
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
American Psychologist
33. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Social phobia
compulsion
Dyssomnias
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
34. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Panic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
35. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Parasomnias
Amnesia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
36. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Parkinson'S
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Flat affect
Amphetamines
37. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Confabulations
Fugue
Elimination disorders
38. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Histrionic personality disorder
Life event stress
Abuse
Health psychology
39. 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
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Cretinism
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
40. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Anorexia nervosa
Kleptomania
41. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Fromm and Reichamn
Obsession
42. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
retrograde amnesia
Delirium
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Flat affect
43. Persistent thoughts
Kleptomania
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Obsession
44. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Somatic delusion
Hypochondriasis
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
45. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
David Rosenhan
46. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
compulsion
pyromania
Parasomnias
Hypersomnia
47. 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
Borderline personality disorder
Primary prevention
Antisocial
48. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Martin Seligman
Tardive dyskinesia
49. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Antisocial
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Down syndrome
50. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Disorganized behaviour
Dyssomnias
anterograde amnesia
Delusional disorder