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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






3. 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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4. 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'






5. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor






6. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






7. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others






8. 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






9. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






10. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






11. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






12. 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






13. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






14. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






15. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






16. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






17. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






18. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






19. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






20. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






21. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






22. Schizophrenogenic mother






23. 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






24. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






25. 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






26. Parroting






27. Irresistble impulse to gamble






28. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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29. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






30. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






31. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






32. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






33. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






34. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






35. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






36. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






37. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






38. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






39. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






40. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






41. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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42. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






43. Anxiety around social or performance situations






44. 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






45. Dependence and abuse of various substances






46. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






47. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






48. Erroneous or distorted thinking






49. 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






50. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification