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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
pyromania
Erotomanic delusion
Kleptomania
Parasomnias
2. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Sleep terror
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Neuroleptic drugs
3. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
American Psychologist
Psychological Bulletin
Conversion disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
4. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Manic symptoms
Hypochondriasis
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
5. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
DSM (description & history)
Tardive dyskinesia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
6. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Bipolar disorder
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenia (types)
7. Imitating gestures of others
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Life event stress
Huntington'S disease
Echopraxia (catatonia)
8. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Hypochondriasis
Confabulations
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Fromm and Reichamn
9. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Life event stress
Schizoaffective disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Elimination disorders
10. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Panic disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Mental retardation
Bulimia nervosa
11. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
pathological gambling
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Panic attack
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
12. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Schizophrenia (onset)
Bipolar disorder
Life event stress
Parasomnias
13. Irresistible impulse to set fires
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
pyromania
anterograde amnesia
compulsion
14. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Parasomnias
Delusions
diathesis-stress theory
Schizoaffective disorder
15. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Bipolar disorder
Panic attack
retrograde amnesia
16. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Kleptomania
Schizoaffective disorder
anterograde amnesia
Schizophrenia (onset)
17. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
dopamine
18. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Culturally competent interventions
Community psychology
19. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Dependent personality disorder
Tic disorders
Borderline personality disorder
20. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
pathological gambling
Somatic delusion
Huntington'S disease
21. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Somatic delusion
pathological gambling
Primary prevention
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
22. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Amphetamines
Parkinson'S
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
23. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Tardive dyskinesia
Panic disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
24. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Learning disorders
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
25. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Bulimia nervosa
Thomas Szasz
Kleptomania
Histrionic personality disorder
26. 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
Confabulations
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Korsakoff'S syndrome
27. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Major depressive disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Stanley Hall
Psychological Bulletin
28. One has special talent or status
compulsion
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Grandiose delusion
29. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Dependence
30. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Pick'S disease
Nightmare
Grandiose delusion
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
31. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Fugue
Delusional disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Wernicke'S syndrome
32. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Narcissistic personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Negative symptoms
anterograde amnesia
33. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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34. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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35. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Schizoaffective disorder
36. 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
Hypochondriasis
Mental retardation
dissociative Identity disorder
Agoraphobia
37. 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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38. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Culturally competent interventions
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Anorexia nervosa
39. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Reactive depression
American Psychology Association (APA)
Delusions
diathesis-stress theory
40. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Narcissistic personality disorder
anterograde amnesia
Neuroleptic drugs
Amphetamines
41. 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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42. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Social phobia
Down syndrome
Grandiose delusion
diathesis-stress theory
43. Perhaps use of neologisms
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Narcolepsy
Somatic delusion
44. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Avoidant personality disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
45. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Negative symptoms
Residual (schizophrenia)
46. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Avoidant personality disorder
Social phobia
Developmental disorders
Primary prevention
47. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Dependence
Schizophrenia (types)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Histrionic personality disorder
48. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Borderline personality disorder
Reactive depression
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Hypersomnia
49. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
dopamine
Phobia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
50. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Amphetamines
Dependent personality disorder
Tic disorders