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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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






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






3. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






4. Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence; delirium - dementia - other cognitive disorders; mental disorders due to a general medical condition; substance-related disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; mood disorders;






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






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






7. 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






8. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






9. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






10. 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






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






12. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






13. Dependence and abuse of various substances






14. Another person is in love with the individual






15. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






16. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






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






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






19. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






20. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






21. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






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

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23. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






24. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






25. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






26. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger






27. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






28. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






29. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






30. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






31. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






32. Absence of appropriate emotion






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






34. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






35. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






36. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






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






38. Parroting






39. 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






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






41. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






42. Psychology taken into community (community centres or schools) rather than individuals go to clinics and universities; emphasizes respect - recognizes logistics that keep needy people from seeking help






43. Motor immobility or waxy figure






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






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

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46. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






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






48. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






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






50. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority







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