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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
American Psychologist
2. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Depressive realism
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Process schizophrenia
3. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Antisocial
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
4. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Process schizophrenia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Shared psychotic disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
5. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Hypochondriasis
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Parkinson'S
6. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
Reactive depression
Somatic delusion
Down syndrome
7. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
retrograde amnesia
Nightmare
8. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Thomas Szasz
Parkinson'S
Dysthymic disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
9. Irresistible impulse to steal
Tic disorders
Kleptomania
Elimination disorders
Grandiose delusion
10. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
diathesis-stress theory
Depressive realism
Conversion disorder
Panic attack
11. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Dysthymic disorder
Life event stress
Tardive dyskinesia
Schizotypal personality disorder
12. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychologist
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Bulimia nervosa
13. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
retrograde amnesia
Trichotillomania
pyromania
Delirium
14. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Process schizophrenia
Cretinism
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Residual (schizophrenia)
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'
Trichotillomania
American Psychology Association (APA)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
16. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Hypochondriasis
Social phobia
Psychological Bulletin
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
17. Persistent thoughts
Dependence
Obsession
Wernicke'S syndrome
Antisocial
18. Learned helplessness
American Psychologist
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Stanley Hall
Martin Seligman
19. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
compulsion
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
DSM (description & history)
20. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Tay-Sachs disease
Mental retardation
Schizophrenogenic mother
Pick'S disease
21. Excessive sleepiness
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Down syndrome
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Hypersomnia
22. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Reactive depression
Narcolepsy
Cretinism
Shared psychotic disorder
23. Absence of appropriate emotion
Depressive realism
Flat affect
Dysthymic disorder
Bipolar disorder
24. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Neuroleptic drugs
Hypersomnia
Tay-Sachs disease
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
Somatic delusion
DSM (axes)
Down syndrome
Sleep terror
26. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Sleep terror
Schizophrenia (types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
27. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
retrograde amnesia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Abuse
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
Confabulations
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Down syndrome
Trichotillomania
29. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Trichotillomania
Huntington'S disease
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Learning disorders
30. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Somatic delusion
Neuroleptic drugs
Mental retardation
Conversion disorder
31. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Huntington'S disease
Life event stress
Nightmare
32. Dependence and abuse of various substances
compulsion
Insomnia
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Anorexia nervosa
33. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Psychological Bulletin
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Shared psychotic disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
34. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Agoraphobia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Dyssomnias
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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Narcolepsy
dissociative Identity disorder
Dyssomnias
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
Culturally competent interventions
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Dependence
Thomas Szasz
37. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Dependent personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
38. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Schizophrenia (description)
Narcolepsy
Learning disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder
39. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Negative symptoms
40. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
anterograde amnesia
Borderline personality disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
41. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
pathological gambling
Amphetamines
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
42. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Martin Seligman
Narcissistic personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
43. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
DSM (axes)
Hypochondriasis
Nightmare
Agoraphobia
44. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Tic disorders
Delusional disorder
compulsion
Hypochondriasis
45. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Narcolepsy
Trichotillomania
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Panic disorder
46. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Delirium
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Developmental disorders
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
47. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Stanley Hall
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Delusions
Fromm and Reichamn
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
Psychological abstracts
Martin Seligman
Mental retardation
Health psychology
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
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Dyssomnias
Bulimia nervosa
Bipolar disorder