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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Flat affect
Schizoid personality disorder
Tic disorders
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
2. 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
Primary prevention
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Down syndrome
3. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Narcolepsy
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
4. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Paranoid personality disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
Process schizophrenia
5. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Dependence
Schizoaffective disorder
Confabulations
Specific phobia
6. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Narcolepsy
pathological gambling
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Fugue
7. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
pathological gambling
Agoraphobia
Hypochondriasis
Delusional disorder
8. Another person is in love with the individual
Erotomanic delusion
Cretinism
American Psychology Association (APA)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
9. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Fromm and Reichamn
Sleep terror
Histrionic personality disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
10. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Health psychology
DSM (axes)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
11. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
pyromania
Abuse
pathological gambling
Martin Seligman
12. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Culturally competent interventions
13. Irresistible impulse to steal
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Kleptomania
Trichotillomania
Fugue
14. Learned helplessness
Dependent personality disorder
Community psychology
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Martin Seligman
15. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Mental retardation
Thomas Szasz
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
16. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Phobia
Depressive realism
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Amphetamines
17. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Trichotillomania
Obsession
Paranoid personality disorder
Manic symptoms
18. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Trichotillomania
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Dyssomnias
19. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Tardive dyskinesia
Manic symptoms
Down syndrome
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
20. 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
Psychological abstracts
Developmental disorders
Culturally competent interventions
Flat affect
21. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Negative symptoms
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Delusional disorder
22. Schizophrenogenic mother
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Specific phobia
Fromm and Reichamn
23. 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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24. One has special talent or status
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Mental retardation
Grandiose delusion
25. 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
Hypersomnia
Agoraphobia
Learning disorders
26. Perhaps use of neologisms
Thomas Szasz
Depressive realism
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizophrenia (types)
27. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Borderline personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Pick'S disease
28. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Panic disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Alzheimer'S disease
29. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Developmental disorders
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
30. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Major depressive disorder
Pick'S disease
Disorganized behaviour
Neuroleptic drugs
31. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
pathological gambling
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Anorexia nervosa
32. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Specific phobia
Wernicke'S syndrome
Paranoid personality disorder
Health psychology
33. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
compulsion
Delusions
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
34. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Obsession
Schizophrenia (types)
Community psychology
Schizotypal personality disorder
35. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Shared psychotic disorder
Wernicke'S syndrome
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Obsession
36. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Dependent personality disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Elimination disorders
Schizoid personality disorder
37. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Developmental disorders
Huntington'S disease
38. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
39. 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'
Dependence
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
40. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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41. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Delusional disorder
Specific phobia
42. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Community psychology
Huntington'S disease
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
pyromania
43. 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
Disorganized behaviour
Kleptomania
Narcolepsy
DSM (description & history)
44. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Sleep terror
Avoidant personality disorder
Primary prevention
Down syndrome
45. Persistent thoughts
Hypersomnia
Nightmare
Obsession
Narcolepsy
46. 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
Primary prevention
Kleptomania
Fromm and Reichamn
Tardive dyskinesia
47. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Elimination disorders
Schizophrenogenic mother
Schizophrenia (description)
Flat affect
48. 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)
Sleep terror
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
retrograde amnesia
49. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Dyssomnias
Agoraphobia
Dependent personality disorder
50. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Anorexia nervosa
Elimination disorders
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder