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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Abuse
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Generalized anxiety disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
2. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Kleptomania
Insomnia
Delusions
retrograde amnesia
3. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Depressive realism
Hypersomnia
Sleep terror
Elimination disorders
4. 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
Bipolar disorder
Flat affect
Psychological abstracts
Dementia
5. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Panic disorder
Delusions
Schizophrenia (types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
6. Irresistible impulse to steal
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Cretinism
Kleptomania
Health psychology
7. Excessive sleepiness
Primary prevention
Amphetamines
Hypochondriasis
Hypersomnia
8. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Learning disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
9. 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
Factitious disorder (group 9)
DSM (description & history)
Huntington'S disease
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
10. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Erotomanic delusion
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
American Psychology Association (APA)
11. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Schizophrenia (onset)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
American Psychologist
Kleptomania
12. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Paranoid personality disorder
Reactive depression
13. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
14. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Flat affect
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
retrograde amnesia
Mental retardation
15. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Fugue
Psychological Bulletin
Avoidant personality disorder
Depressive realism
16. 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
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Schizoaffective disorder
Down syndrome
Bulimia nervosa
17. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
American Psychology Association (APA)
Primary prevention
Schizophrenogenic mother
Hypochondriasis
18. 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'
DSM (axes)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
19. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
anterograde amnesia
Disorganized behaviour
20. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
21. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Tardive dyskinesia
Residual (schizophrenia)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Dysthymic disorder
22. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Bulimia nervosa
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Dysthymic disorder
Huntington'S disease
23. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
dopamine
Paranoid personality disorder
24. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Specific phobia
Negative symptoms
Health psychology
25. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Schizotypal personality disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Abuse
Tardive dyskinesia
26. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Anorexia nervosa
Neuroleptic drugs
Tardive dyskinesia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
27. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Learning disorders
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Shared psychotic disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
28. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
DSM (axes)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Generalized anxiety disorder
Developmental disorders
29. 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
Bulimia nervosa
Specific phobia
DSM (description & history)
Primary prevention
30. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Hypochondriasis
Psychological abstracts
31. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Psychological abstracts
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Schizophrenia (onset)
dopamine
32. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
American Psychologist
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
anterograde amnesia
33. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Narcolepsy
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
compulsion
34. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Delirium
Fugue
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
35. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Insomnia
pyromania
Narcolepsy
Bulimia nervosa
36. 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
Somatic delusion
Reactive depression
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
37. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Alzheimer'S disease
Mental retardation
Dyssomnias
38. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Nightmare
Neuroleptic drugs
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Negative symptoms
39. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Social phobia
40. 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;
retrograde amnesia
diathesis-stress theory
Major depressive disorder
Psychological abstracts
41. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
American Psychology Association (APA)
Amphetamines
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Martin Seligman
42. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
compulsion
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Psychological abstracts
43. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
44. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Dependence
Bulimia nervosa
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Tardive dyskinesia
45. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Obsession
Hypochondriasis
Dependence
Process schizophrenia
46. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Nightmare
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Panic disorder
47. 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
DSM (axes)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
48. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Anorexia nervosa
Abuse
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
49. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Trichotillomania
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
50. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Hypersomnia
Schizophrenia (types)
Somatic delusion