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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






2. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






3. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






4. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






5. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






6. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






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






8. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






9. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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






11. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






12. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






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






14. Imitating gestures of others






15. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






16. 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






17. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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18. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






19. 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






20. Perhaps use of neologisms






21. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






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






23. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






24. 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






25. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






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






27. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






28. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






29. Irresistible impulse to steal






30. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






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






32. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






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






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






35. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






36. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






37. Irresistible impulse to set fires






38. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






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






40. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






41. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






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






43. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






44. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






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






46. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






47. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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






49. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






50. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms