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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






3. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






4. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






5. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






6. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






7. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






8. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






9. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






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






11. 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;






12. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






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






14. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






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






16. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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17. 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






18. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






19. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






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






21. 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






22. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






23. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






24. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






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






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






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






28. Irresistble impulse to gamble






29. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






30. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






31. 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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32. Perhaps use of neologisms






33. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






34. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






35. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






36. Excessive sleepiness






37. Learned helplessness






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






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






40. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






41. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






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






43. Irresistible impulse to steal






44. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






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






46. Imitating gestures of others






47. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






48. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






49. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests






50. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt