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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Motor immobility or waxy figure






2. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger






3. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






4. 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






5. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






6. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






7. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






8. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






9. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






10. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






11. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






12. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






13. 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






14. Imitating gestures of others






15. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






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






17. Irresistible impulse to steal






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






19. Erroneous or distorted thinking






20. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement


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






22. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking


23. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking


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






25. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






26. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality


27. 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






28. 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'






29. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






30. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt






31. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






32. Studied effect of diagnostic labels on perception of behaviour; experiment of normal pseudopatients feigned disorders - once in hospital - individuals acted normally - but behaviours construed as fitting the diagnosis anyway






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






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






35. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






36. Anxiety around social or performance situations






37. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






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






39. Indicated by some combination of: continued use despite substance-related problems; need for increased amount; desire but inability to stop use; withdrawal; lessening of outside interests; much time getting - using - or recovering from substance






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






41. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






42. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






43. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






44. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






45. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania






46. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






47. Absence of appropriate emotion






48. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






49. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






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