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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






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






3. 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






4. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






5. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






6. Imitating gestures of others






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






8. 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






9. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






10. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






11. Motor immobility or waxy figure






12. Anxiety around social or performance situations






13. Irresistible impulse to set fires






14. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






15. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






16. Another person is in love with the individual






17. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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18. 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






19. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






20. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






21. 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;






22. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






23. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






24. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






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






26. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






27. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






28. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






29. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






30. 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






31. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






32. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






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






34. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






35. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






36. 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






37. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






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






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






40. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






41. Dependence and abuse of various substances






42. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






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






44. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






45. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






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






47. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






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






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






50. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity