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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






2. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






3. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt






4. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery






5. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






6. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






7. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






8. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






9. Irresistible impulse to steal






10. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






11. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






12. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






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






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






15. 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'






16. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






17. Persistent thoughts






18. Learned helplessness






19. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






20. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






21. Excessive sleepiness






22. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity






23. Absence of appropriate emotion






24. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






25. 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






26. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






27. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






28. Most common cause of mental retardation - results from trisomy of chromosome 21; older women have a greater chance of having a baby with Down syndrome






29. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






30. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






31. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






32. Dependence and abuse of various substances






33. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






34. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






39. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






40. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






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






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






43. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






44. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






45. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






46. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






47. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






48. 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






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

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