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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes
Amphetamines
Erotomanic delusion
Health psychology
Manic symptoms
2. Learned helplessness
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Developmental disorders
Martin Seligman
3. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Abuse
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Phobia
4. 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
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Thomas Szasz
5. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
6. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Community psychology
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
7. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Schizophrenogenic mother
Kleptomania
Dyssomnias
Sleep terror
8. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Mental retardation
9. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Dyssomnias
Dysthymic disorder
Health psychology
10. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Martin Seligman
PsycINFO database
retrograde amnesia
Grandiose delusion
11. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Fugue
diathesis-stress theory
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Dysthymic disorder
12. 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
Neuroleptic drugs
Community psychology
Martin Seligman
Post-traumatic stress disorder
13. 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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14. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Phobia
Cretinism
Health psychology
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
15. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Major depressive disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Wernicke'S syndrome
16. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Stanley Hall
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
17. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Hypersomnia
Fugue
18. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Antisocial
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Process schizophrenia
19. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
anterograde amnesia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Schizoid personality disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
20. 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
Generalized anxiety disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Community psychology
Schizophrenia (types)
21. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Grandiose delusion
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
22. 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
Primary prevention
David Rosenhan
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Social phobia
23. 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
David Rosenhan
Reactive schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Schizoid personality disorder
24. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Major depressive disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Dementia
Amnesia
25. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Confabulations
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Panic attack
Hypersomnia
26. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Stanley Hall
Thomas Szasz
Parasomnias
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
27. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Borderline personality disorder
Abuse
Neuroleptic drugs
Nightmare
28. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Hypersomnia
Neuroleptic drugs
Mental retardation
Schizophrenia (onset)
29. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Amphetamines
30. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Learning disorders
Psychological Bulletin
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
31. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Life event stress
Down syndrome
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
32. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
33. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
PsycINFO database
Amphetamines
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
34. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Delusions
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
35. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
American Psychology Association (APA)
Paranoid personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Parkinson'S
36. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Confabulations
Health psychology
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Delirium
37. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Elimination disorders
Process schizophrenia
Narcolepsy
Alzheimer'S disease
38. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Dependence
Hypochondriasis
DSM (axes)
Narcissistic personality disorder
39. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Elimination disorders
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
40. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Huntington'S disease
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
retrograde amnesia
41. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
dopamine
PsycINFO database
Panic disorder
42. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Dementia
Culturally competent interventions
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
43. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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44. Schizophrenogenic mother
Social phobia
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Fromm and Reichamn
45. Perhaps use of neologisms
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Depressive realism
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
46. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Psychological Bulletin
47. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Panic attack
Amnesia
Antisocial
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
48. Irresistible impulse to steal
Kleptomania
Process schizophrenia
Disorganized behaviour
Down syndrome
49. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Disorganized behaviour
50. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Borderline personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Avoidant personality disorder
Depressive realism