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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Tic disorders
pyromania
retrograde amnesia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
2. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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3. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Delirium
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
4. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Antisocial
Tardive dyskinesia
5. Cognitive problems (memory - spatial tasks - or language) that result from a medical condition; may be result of Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S - Huntington'S - or Pick'S disease
Trichotillomania
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Dementia
Shared psychotic disorder
6. Irresistible impulse to steal
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Dependent personality disorder
Kleptomania
7. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Bulimia nervosa
Negative symptoms
dopamine
DSM (axes)
8. Persistent thoughts
Obsession
Community psychology
DSM (description & history)
Avoidant personality disorder
9. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Narcolepsy
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Parkinson'S
10. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Reactive schizophrenia
11. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Schizoaffective disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Shared psychotic disorder
12. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Social phobia
13. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Schizoaffective disorder
Panic attack
Tay-Sachs disease
Amphetamines
14. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Negative symptoms
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Life event stress
15. Absence of appropriate emotion
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Flat affect
dissociative Identity disorder
Narcolepsy
16. Imitating gestures of others
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Obsession
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Avoidant personality disorder
17. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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18. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Panic disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Reactive depression
19. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Developmental disorders
Insomnia
Schizophrenia (types)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
20. Perhaps use of neologisms
American Psychologist
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Dysthymic disorder
21. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Alzheimer'S disease
dissociative Identity disorder
pathological gambling
22. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Generalized anxiety disorder
Thomas Szasz
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Alzheimer'S disease
23. 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
retrograde amnesia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
Bipolar disorder
24. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Antisocial
American Psychology Association (APA)
pathological gambling
Echopraxia (catatonia)
25. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Learning disorders
Agoraphobia
26. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Social phobia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Schizoid personality disorder
27. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Amnesia
Alzheimer'S disease
28. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Nightmare
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Huntington'S disease
29. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Trichotillomania
Antisocial
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
30. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Thomas Szasz
Specific phobia
Sleep terror
31. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Conversion disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
32. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Anorexia nervosa
Insomnia
anterograde amnesia
Health psychology
33. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Schizotypal personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Learning disorders
dopamine
34. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
Down syndrome
Stanley Hall
Neuroleptic drugs
35. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Cretinism
Nightmare
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Bulimia nervosa
36. 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
Mental retardation
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Community psychology
Health psychology
37. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Anorexia nervosa
Elimination disorders
Narcissistic personality disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
38. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Histrionic personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Schizophrenia (etiology)
39. 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
Down syndrome
Parkinson'S
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Confabulations
40. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Somatic delusion
Psychological Bulletin
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
41. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Shared psychotic disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
42. 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
Psychological abstracts
dissociative Identity disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
43. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Tardive dyskinesia
Kleptomania
Fugue
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
44. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Dependence
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Primary prevention
Phobia
45. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Psychological Bulletin
American Psychologist
Cretinism
Agoraphobia
46. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Flat affect
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Delusions
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
47. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
Avoidant personality disorder
Erotomanic delusion
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
48. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Confabulations
49. 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
Shared psychotic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
50. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Abuse
DSM (description & history)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
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