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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Developmental disorders
Tic disorders
2. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Obsession
Panic attack
Fugue
3. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Flat affect
Elimination disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder
Phobia
4. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Residual (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Panic attack
Stanley Hall
5. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Neuroleptic drugs
Dysthymic disorder
6. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Schizophrenia (types)
Trichotillomania
Conversion disorder
Flat affect
7. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Depressive realism
Schizophrenia (description)
Hypersomnia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
8. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Somatic delusion
9. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Shared psychotic disorder
retrograde amnesia
PsycINFO database
Stanley Hall
10. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Health psychology
Reactive depression
Echolalia (catatonia)
11. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Avoidant personality disorder
Process schizophrenia
Antisocial
Flat affect
12. Perhaps use of neologisms
Specific phobia
Narcissistic personality disorder
Delusions
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
13. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Dysthymic disorder
Residual (schizophrenia)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
14. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
15. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Borderline personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Narcolepsy
16. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Dysthymic disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Hypochondriasis
Specific phobia
17. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Antisocial
Anorexia nervosa
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
18. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Developmental disorders
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Pick'S disease
19. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Hypochondriasis
dissociative Identity disorder
Huntington'S disease
Manic symptoms
20. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Cretinism
Shared psychotic disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (description)
21. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Shared psychotic disorder
Mental retardation
Schizotypal personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
22. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Schizoaffective disorder
Parkinson'S
23. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
24. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenia (types)
dissociative Identity disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Parasomnias
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
Disorganized behaviour
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Wernicke'S syndrome
26. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizophrenia (types)
Panic disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
27. 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
Culturally competent interventions
Confabulations
Psychological abstracts
DSM (axes)
28. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Social phobia
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
29. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Dysthymic disorder
pathological gambling
30. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Agoraphobia
31. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
retrograde amnesia
Paranoid personality disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
32. 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;
Delusions
Schizophrenogenic mother
DSM (axes)
Major depressive disorder
33. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
34. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Grandiose delusion
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Elimination disorders
anterograde amnesia
35. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
36. Irresistble impulse to gamble
diathesis-stress theory
Stanley Hall
Bipolar disorder
pathological gambling
37. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Nightmare
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
Schizoaffective disorder
38. 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
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
David Rosenhan
pathological gambling
39. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Erotomanic delusion
Obsession
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
40. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Neuroleptic drugs
Community psychology
Generalized anxiety disorder
PsycINFO database
41. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
retrograde amnesia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
42. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
dopamine
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
43. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Avoidant personality disorder
Trichotillomania
Reactive schizophrenia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
44. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Disorganized behaviour
Borderline personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Negative symptoms
45. 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
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Dementia
Confabulations
46. Excessive sleepiness
Schizophrenia (onset)
Hypersomnia
Dementia
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
47. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Schizophrenia (onset)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
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
Narcolepsy
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
49. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
50. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Health psychology
American Psychologist
Hypochondriasis
PsycINFO database