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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Delirium
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
compulsion
Psychological abstracts
2. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Amphetamines
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
3. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Delirium
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Tay-Sachs disease
4. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Delusional disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Bipolar disorder
5. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Parasomnias
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Parkinson'S
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
6. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Tic disorders
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Reactive depression
7. Schizophrenogenic mother
Schizoaffective disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Tic disorders
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
8. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Huntington'S disease
Delusions
9. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Tay-Sachs disease
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Bulimia nervosa
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
10. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Specific phobia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
American Psychologist
diathesis-stress theory
11. 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
Residual (schizophrenia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Dependence
Agoraphobia
12. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Anorexia nervosa
13. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Panic attack
Schizoid personality disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
14. Learned helplessness
Hypersomnia
Schizoaffective disorder
Elimination disorders
Martin Seligman
15. 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
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
David Rosenhan
Primary prevention
16. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Dysthymic disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Bulimia nervosa
Abuse
17. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Conversion disorder
Amnesia
Fromm and Reichamn
Factitious disorder (group 9)
18. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Reactive depression
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Dysthymic disorder
19. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Grandiose delusion
Generalized anxiety disorder
20. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Trichotillomania
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Neuroleptic drugs
Panic disorder
21. 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
Nightmare
Obsession
Parasomnias
Primary prevention
22. Irresistble impulse to gamble
dissociative Identity disorder
pathological gambling
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Panic disorder
23. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Delirium
Flat affect
Borderline personality disorder
Parkinson'S
24. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
PsycINFO database
Depressive realism
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
25. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Tardive dyskinesia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Dyssomnias
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
26. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
Neuroleptic drugs
Huntington'S disease
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
27. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Depressive realism
Parkinson'S
28. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Amphetamines
Martin Seligman
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Dependence
29. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Grandiose delusion
Delirium
Down syndrome
Delusions
30. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Wernicke'S syndrome
Developmental disorders
Residual (schizophrenia)
31. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Down syndrome
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Flat affect
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
32. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychologist
DSM (axes)
Down syndrome
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
33. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Health psychology
Schizophrenia (onset)
Avoidant personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
34. 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
DSM (description & history)
Dysthymic disorder
Wernicke'S syndrome
Nightmare
35. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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36. 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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37. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
dissociative Identity disorder
Process schizophrenia
Negative symptoms
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
38. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Huntington'S disease
Dysthymic disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
39. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Sleep terror
Wernicke'S syndrome
Dependence
Schizophrenia (description)
40. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Thomas Szasz
pyromania
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Process schizophrenia
41. Absence of appropriate emotion
Grandiose delusion
Residual (schizophrenia)
Dependence
Flat affect
42. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Negative symptoms
Anorexia nervosa
Narcolepsy
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
43. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Developmental disorders
Down syndrome
Amnesia
Narcissistic personality disorder
44. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Tardive dyskinesia
Delusions
Dependent personality disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
45. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
pyromania
Hypochondriasis
Delusions
Depressive realism
46. 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
Depressive realism
Schizophrenia (onset)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
47. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Psychological Bulletin
Dependence
Cretinism
Elimination disorders
48. 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;
Major depressive disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Process schizophrenia
Hypersomnia
49. 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
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Culturally competent interventions
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Fugue
50. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Amphetamines
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
diathesis-stress theory
Disorganized (schizophrenia)