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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






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






3. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






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






5. 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






6. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






7. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






8. 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






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






10. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






11. 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






12. 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;






13. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






14. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






15. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






16. Motor immobility or waxy figure






17. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






18. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






19. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






20. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






21. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






22. Imitating gestures of others






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






24. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






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






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






27. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






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






29. 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






30. Learned helplessness






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






32. Fear of a situation that might arise panic symptoms - and escape would be difficult; usually fear and avoidance of being outside the home or in crowds






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






34. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






35. 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






36. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






37. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






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






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






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






41. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests






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






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






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

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45. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






46. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






47. Irresistible impulse to set fires






48. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






49. Irresistble impulse to gamble






50. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery