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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Manic symptoms
Schizophrenia (description)
Delusional disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
2. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Kleptomania
DSM (description & history)
Schizophrenia (types)
Negative symptoms
3. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Fugue
Parkinson'S
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
4. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Manic symptoms
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Tic disorders
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
5. 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'
American Psychology Association (APA)
Major depressive disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Health psychology
6. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Parasomnias
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Panic attack
7. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Down syndrome
Somatic delusion
Tardive dyskinesia
8. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Wernicke'S syndrome
Community psychology
Borderline personality disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
9. Excessive sleepiness
Panic attack
Avoidant personality disorder
Hypersomnia
Major depressive disorder
10. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Schizoaffective disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Thomas Szasz
Cretinism
11. Another person is in love with the individual
Schizophrenia (types)
Dementia
Reactive depression
Erotomanic delusion
12. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Panic disorder
Antisocial
13. 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
Manic symptoms
Panic attack
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
14. Persistent thoughts
Social phobia
David Rosenhan
Obsession
Hypersomnia
15. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
diathesis-stress theory
Paranoid personality disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
16. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Confabulations
17. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Parkinson'S
Narcissistic personality disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
18. Mental disorders - diagnostic criteria - official numerical codes - first published 1952 - for clinical - research and educational use; 4th edition 1994 - text revision 2000 - DSM V 2012
Stanley Hall
Mental retardation
Process schizophrenia
DSM (description & history)
19. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Trichotillomania
Bipolar disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
20. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
PsycINFO database
21. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Cretinism
Parkinson'S
22. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Elimination disorders
Narcolepsy
retrograde amnesia
Panic disorder
23. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Psychological Bulletin
Dependent personality disorder
24. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Schizoaffective disorder
Specific phobia
Residual (schizophrenia)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
25. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Reactive depression
Elimination disorders
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
26. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Learning disorders
PsycINFO database
Conversion disorder
Amnesia
27. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Avoidant personality disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
28. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
DSM (axes)
Huntington'S disease
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
29. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
30. 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
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Flat affect
Parkinson'S
Primary prevention
31. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
compulsion
32. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
PsycINFO database
Tay-Sachs disease
Manic symptoms
Schizophrenogenic mother
33. 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
Tardive dyskinesia
Panic attack
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Psychological abstracts
34. Irresistible impulse to steal
Kleptomania
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Grandiose delusion
dissociative Identity disorder
35. 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
Schizotypal personality disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
36. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Delusions
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Manic symptoms
Negative symptoms
37. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Bipolar disorder
Psychological Bulletin
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Wernicke'S syndrome
38. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Alzheimer'S disease
Process schizophrenia
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Narcissistic personality disorder
39. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
pyromania
Martin Seligman
Tic disorders
40. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
anterograde amnesia
Amnesia
Delirium
41. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Elimination disorders
42. 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
Mental retardation
Dementia
Narcissistic personality disorder
Manic symptoms
43. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Histrionic personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Dysthymic disorder
44. 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
DSM (axes)
David Rosenhan
Alzheimer'S disease
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
45. Perhaps use of neologisms
Narcissistic personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Amphetamines
46. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Panic disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Psychological abstracts
47. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Schizoaffective disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
48. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Phobia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Elimination disorders
49. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizophrenia (description)
Shared psychotic disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Tay-Sachs disease
50. 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
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Delusions
Learning disorders