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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Martin Seligman
Thomas Szasz
Schizophrenia (types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
2. 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
Process schizophrenia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Psychological abstracts
3. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Histrionic personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Pick'S disease
4. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Schizoid personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Health psychology
5. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Sleep terror
anterograde amnesia
Amnesia
6. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Shared psychotic disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
7. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Culturally competent interventions
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Obsession
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
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Dyssomnias
Agoraphobia
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
9. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
compulsion
Primary prevention
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
10. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Residual (schizophrenia)
Shared psychotic disorder
Social phobia
Tic disorders
11. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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12. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Shared psychotic disorder
Amphetamines
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
13. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Dyssomnias
Tardive dyskinesia
dopamine
14. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Confabulations
Somatic delusion
Tardive dyskinesia
pathological gambling
15. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
American Psychology Association (APA)
Obsession
Depressive realism
Phobia
16. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Avoidant personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Life event stress
17. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Schizophrenia (description)
Fugue
Negative symptoms
Borderline personality disorder
18. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
diathesis-stress theory
Agoraphobia
Life event stress
Manic symptoms
19. Perhaps use of neologisms
Residual (schizophrenia)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Echolalia (catatonia)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
20. 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;
Insomnia
Major depressive disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Bipolar disorder
21. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Specific phobia
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Somatic delusion
Tardive dyskinesia
22. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Kleptomania
Pick'S disease
Schizophrenogenic mother
Factitious disorder (group 9)
23. Learned helplessness
Martin Seligman
DSM (description & history)
Manic symptoms
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
24. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Shared psychotic disorder
Culturally competent interventions
Dependent personality disorder
Wernicke'S syndrome
25. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Social phobia
Huntington'S disease
compulsion
Dependence
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
Process schizophrenia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Mental retardation
Phobia
27. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Tardive dyskinesia
Psychological Bulletin
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Schizophrenia (onset)
28. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Antisocial
Tardive dyskinesia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
29. Persistent thoughts
Panic disorder
Narcolepsy
Dementia
Obsession
30. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Dependent personality disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
31. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Panic disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Life event stress
Delirium
32. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Antisocial
Psychological abstracts
Psychological Bulletin
Process schizophrenia
33. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Parasomnias
Delirium
Schizophrenia (types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
34. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Fromm and Reichamn
Schizoid personality disorder
Health psychology
35. 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
Amphetamines
Anorexia nervosa
Kleptomania
Down syndrome
36. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
dissociative Identity disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
37. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
DSM (description & history)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Panic disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
38. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Confabulations
Stanley Hall
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Delusional disorder
39. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
dopamine
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Shared psychotic disorder
Dependence
40. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Dyssomnias
Reactive depression
Narcissistic personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
41. 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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42. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Abuse
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Schizoid personality disorder
43. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Insomnia
retrograde amnesia
Psychological Bulletin
Obsession
44. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Panic attack
Abuse
Parkinson'S
45. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Paranoid personality disorder
Martin Seligman
Schizoid personality disorder
Tic disorders
46. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Narcolepsy
Conversion disorder
David Rosenhan
Parkinson'S
47. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
Schizotypal personality disorder
Phobia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
48. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Hypochondriasis
49. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
50. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Psychological Bulletin
Martin Seligman
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Avoidant personality disorder