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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Schizophrenia (onset)
DSM (description & history)
Bipolar disorder
2. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Schizophrenia (types)
Dysthymic disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Amphetamines
3. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Bulimia nervosa
American Psychologist
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Confabulations
4. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Panic attack
Process schizophrenia
Stanley Hall
5. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
compulsion
PsycINFO database
Generalized anxiety disorder
Bipolar disorder
6. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Dyssomnias
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Flat affect
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
7. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Wernicke'S syndrome
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Delusional disorder
8. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
David Rosenhan
Histrionic personality disorder
Cretinism
anterograde amnesia
9. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Cretinism
Narcolepsy
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
10. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
American Psychologist
Schizoid personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
11. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
12. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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13. 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
Learning disorders
Amphetamines
Dependence
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
14. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Hypochondriasis
Avoidant personality disorder
Residual (schizophrenia)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
15. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Schizotypal personality disorder
Parkinson'S
Tic disorders
16. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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17. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
American Psychologist
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Tay-Sachs disease
18. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Dyssomnias
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Learning disorders
19. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Alzheimer'S disease
Parasomnias
Dysthymic disorder
PsycINFO database
20. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
Agoraphobia
21. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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22. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenia (description)
Delirium
Generalized anxiety disorder
23. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Primary prevention
Narcolepsy
Alzheimer'S disease
24. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Avoidant personality disorder
Amphetamines
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
25. Persistent thoughts
Obsession
Paranoid personality disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Post-traumatic stress disorder
26. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Amnesia
Elimination disorders
Fromm and Reichamn
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
27. 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
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Phobia
Obsession
Down syndrome
28. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Residual (schizophrenia)
Culturally competent interventions
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
29. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Neuroleptic drugs
Schizotypal personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
30. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Schizophrenia (description)
Primary prevention
Confabulations
Depressive realism
31. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Culturally competent interventions
Delusions
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Psychological abstracts
32. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Schizophrenia (description)
Fromm and Reichamn
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Martin Seligman
33. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Generalized anxiety disorder
Conversion disorder
Huntington'S disease
Dyssomnias
34. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Schizoaffective disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
35. Excessive sleepiness
Confabulations
Hypersomnia
Psychological abstracts
anterograde amnesia
36. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Paranoid personality disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Amnesia
37. 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
Dementia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
38. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Bipolar disorder
Pick'S disease
Mental retardation
39. Learned helplessness
retrograde amnesia
Dysthymic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Martin Seligman
40. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Dementia
pyromania
Echolalia (catatonia)
41. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Parasomnias
Sleep terror
Psychological abstracts
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
42. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Dysthymic disorder
Psychological abstracts
Sleep terror
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
43. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Schizoid personality disorder
Primary prevention
Shared psychotic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
44. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Thomas Szasz
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Phobia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
45. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Dementia
Down syndrome
Specific phobia
Grandiose delusion
46. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
pyromania
Dysthymic disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
47. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Obsession
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Panic disorder
Grandiose delusion
48. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Antisocial
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
49. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Somatic delusion
Social phobia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
50. Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence; delirium - dementia - other cognitive disorders; mental disorders due to a general medical condition; substance-related disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; mood disorders;
dissociative Identity disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Dysthymic disorder