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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Depressive realism
dopamine
Histrionic personality disorder
2. 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
Mental retardation
Thomas Szasz
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
3. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Stanley Hall
PsycINFO database
Abuse
4. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Avoidant personality disorder
Fugue
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Health psychology
5. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Grandiose delusion
Cretinism
Psychological abstracts
Delusions
6. Irresistible impulse to steal
Anorexia nervosa
American Psychologist
Obsession
Kleptomania
7. Another person is in love with the individual
Dependence
Schizophrenogenic mother
Erotomanic delusion
Social phobia
8. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Community psychology
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Bulimia nervosa
Schizoaffective disorder
9. Absence of appropriate emotion
Reactive depression
Flat affect
Schizophrenia (types)
Erotomanic delusion
10. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Panic attack
Specific phobia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
dopamine
11. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Antisocial
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Dependent personality disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
12. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Tardive dyskinesia
Dependent personality disorder
Elimination disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
13. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Erotomanic delusion
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Depressive realism
14. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Stanley Hall
Primary prevention
pyromania
15. 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
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Dementia
Erotomanic delusion
16. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Stanley Hall
Schizoid personality disorder
17. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Amnesia
18. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Amphetamines
Specific phobia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Thomas Szasz
19. Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence; delirium - dementia - other cognitive disorders; mental disorders due to a general medical condition; substance-related disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; mood disorders;
Residual (schizophrenia)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
anterograde amnesia
20. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Anorexia nervosa
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
21. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Tardive dyskinesia
Somatic delusion
Panic disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
22. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Insomnia
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Nightmare
Elimination disorders
23. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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24. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Residual (schizophrenia)
Developmental disorders
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Hypochondriasis
25. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
David Rosenhan
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
26. 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)
Dependence
Phobia
Down syndrome
27. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Conversion disorder
Panic attack
28. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Pick'S disease
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Dysthymic disorder
Delusional disorder
29. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Reactive schizophrenia
Wernicke'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (onset)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
30. 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;
Hypochondriasis
Alzheimer'S disease
Major depressive disorder
Process schizophrenia
31. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Abuse
Schizophrenia (onset)
Health psychology
32. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Dysthymic disorder
Tic disorders
PsycINFO database
33. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Bulimia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa
Parkinson'S
Hypersomnia
34. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Histrionic personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
35. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Cretinism
retrograde amnesia
Specific phobia
36. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Parasomnias
Process schizophrenia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Parkinson'S
37. 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
Dependence
Shared psychotic disorder
Down syndrome
Culturally competent interventions
38. 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
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Kleptomania
Community psychology
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
39. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
40. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Confabulations
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
41. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Borderline personality disorder
American Psychologist
Negative symptoms
Amnesia
42. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Schizoid personality disorder
pyromania
Parasomnias
43. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Somatic delusion
Dependence
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
44. Persistent thoughts
Stanley Hall
Schizophrenia (description)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Obsession
45. 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
Kleptomania
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
DSM (description & history)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
46. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Hypersomnia
Confabulations
Delusions
Schizophrenia (onset)
47. 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
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
David Rosenhan
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Dependent personality disorder
48. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Cretinism
retrograde amnesia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
49. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Parkinson'S
Disorganized behaviour
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
50. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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