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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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
Manic symptoms
Amphetamines
PsycINFO database
DSM (description & history)
2. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Insomnia
Flat affect
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
3. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Histrionic personality disorder
Mental retardation
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Anorexia nervosa
4. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Delusions
Psychological abstracts
Echopraxia (catatonia)
5. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Antisocial
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
6. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Wernicke'S syndrome
American Psychologist
Antisocial
Confabulations
7. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Delirium
Schizoaffective disorder
Dependence
8. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
9. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was
DSM (axes)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Depressive realism
Shared psychotic disorder
10. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Parkinson'S
Process schizophrenia
PsycINFO database
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
11. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Delusions
dissociative Identity disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Generalized anxiety disorder
12. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Thomas Szasz
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
13. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Neuroleptic drugs
compulsion
dissociative Identity disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
14. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Anorexia nervosa
Conversion disorder
Elimination disorders
15. Irresistible impulse to steal
Schizophrenia (types)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Kleptomania
Catalepsy (catatonia)
16. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Psychological Bulletin
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Tay-Sachs disease
17. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Schizophrenia (onset)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Wernicke'S syndrome
18. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Kleptomania
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Cretinism
19. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
20. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
pyromania
Negative symptoms
Mental retardation
Flat affect
21. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Panic attack
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Schizotypal personality disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
22. 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
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Panic attack
Alzheimer'S disease
pathological gambling
23. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Insomnia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Depressive realism
24. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Process schizophrenia
Dependence
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
25. 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
Pick'S disease
David Rosenhan
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
DSM (axes)
26. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Schizoid personality disorder
Stanley Hall
27. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
retrograde amnesia
Huntington'S disease
Neuroleptic drugs
Agoraphobia
28. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Grandiose delusion
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Tay-Sachs disease
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
29. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
compulsion
Developmental disorders
Sleep terror
Neuroleptic drugs
30. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
Parkinson'S
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Reactive depression
31. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes
Health psychology
Neuroleptic drugs
Huntington'S disease
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
32. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Sleep terror
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Erotomanic delusion
33. Absence of appropriate emotion
Depressive realism
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Bipolar disorder
Flat affect
34. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Panic disorder
35. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
anterograde amnesia
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
36. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenia (types)
Shared psychotic disorder
Panic disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
37. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Tic disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Stanley Hall
Grandiose delusion
38. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Schizophrenia (types)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Disorganized behaviour
39. Perhaps use of neologisms
Anorexia nervosa
PsycINFO database
Dyssomnias
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
40. 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
Community psychology
Dependence
Developmental disorders
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
41. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Tay-Sachs disease
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Hypochondriasis
42. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Dependent personality disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
43. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Klinefelter'S syndrome
DSM (axes)
Delusions
Abuse
44. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Tay-Sachs disease
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
45. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
46. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Psychological Bulletin
Antisocial
Dysthymic disorder
Amnesia
47. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Abuse
Panic disorder
48. 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
Community psychology
Disorganized behaviour
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (types)
49. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
DSM (axes)
Obsession
Nightmare
Klinefelter'S syndrome
50. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Health psychology
Tardive dyskinesia
Dyssomnias
Thomas Szasz