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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Paranoid personality disorder
Narcolepsy
pathological gambling
retrograde amnesia
2. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Narcissistic personality disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Narcolepsy
Dyssomnias
3. Irresistible impulse to steal
Pick'S disease
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Kleptomania
Amnesia
4. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Mental retardation
Schizophrenia (etiology)
5. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Narcissistic personality disorder
pyromania
David Rosenhan
6. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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7. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Residual (schizophrenia)
dopamine
8. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Kleptomania
Anorexia nervosa
Korsakoff'S syndrome
9. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Dysthymic disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Somatic delusion
American Psychologist
10. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Tardive dyskinesia
Reactive schizophrenia
Anorexia nervosa
Life event stress
11. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Specific phobia
Hypochondriasis
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
12. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Bulimia nervosa
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Negative symptoms
Social phobia
13. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Parasomnias
Mental retardation
Tic disorders
14. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Antisocial
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Shared psychotic disorder
Narcolepsy
15. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Primary prevention
American Psychologist
Schizotypal personality disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
16. Perhaps use of neologisms
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Residual (schizophrenia)
Primary prevention
Major depressive disorder
17. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Confabulations
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
retrograde amnesia
Phobia
18. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Erotomanic delusion
Reactive depression
19. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Antisocial
Disorganized behaviour
20. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Thomas Szasz
Wernicke'S syndrome
Panic attack
21. One has special talent or status
Amphetamines
Psychological Bulletin
Grandiose delusion
Korsakoff'S syndrome
22. 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
Panic disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Agoraphobia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
23. Excessive sleepiness
Abuse
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Psychological abstracts
Hypersomnia
24. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Martin Seligman
Tic disorders
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
dopamine
25. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
retrograde amnesia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
26. Absence of appropriate emotion
Dependent personality disorder
Manic symptoms
diathesis-stress theory
Flat affect
27. 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
Grandiose delusion
Culturally competent interventions
Alzheimer'S disease
Obsession
28. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Agoraphobia
Social phobia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
29. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Major depressive disorder
Developmental disorders
Borderline personality disorder
retrograde amnesia
30. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Delusional disorder
anterograde amnesia
Disorganized behaviour
diathesis-stress theory
31. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Life event stress
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Schizoaffective disorder
Down syndrome
32. Parroting
DSM (axes)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Social phobia
33. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Trichotillomania
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Negative symptoms
Kleptomania
34. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Negative symptoms
Parkinson'S
Residual (schizophrenia)
35. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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36. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Hypochondriasis
diathesis-stress theory
Manic symptoms
Dysthymic disorder
37. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Somatic delusion
Tay-Sachs disease
Fugue
pathological gambling
38. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Mental retardation
Schizophrenia (types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
39. Motor immobility or waxy figure
retrograde amnesia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (types)
dissociative Identity disorder
40. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Dementia
Reactive depression
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
41. Imitating gestures of others
Amphetamines
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
David Rosenhan
Echopraxia (catatonia)
42. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Erotomanic delusion
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Residual (schizophrenia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
43. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Community psychology
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Insomnia
44. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Schizophrenia (description)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Thomas Szasz
45. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Generalized anxiety disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Antisocial
Dependent personality disorder
46. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Schizophrenia (types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
PsycINFO database
47. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Schizophrenia (description)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Somatic delusion
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
48. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenogenic mother
Kleptomania
Psychological Bulletin
Abuse
49. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Phobia
Delirium
Psychological Bulletin
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
50. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Dependent personality disorder
Delirium
dissociative Identity disorder