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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






3. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






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






5. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






6. Parroting






7. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






8. 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






9. Persistent thoughts






10. Absence of appropriate emotion






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






12. 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






13. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






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






15. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






16. Learned helplessness






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






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






19. Irresistible impulse to steal






20. 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;






21. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others






22. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






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






24. 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






25. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






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






27. Perhaps use of neologisms






28. Imitating gestures of others






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






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






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






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






33. Fear of a situation that might arise panic symptoms - and escape would be difficult; usually fear and avoidance of being outside the home or in crowds






34. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






35. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






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






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






42. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25






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






44. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification






45. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






46. 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






47. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






48. 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;






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






50. A component of many different anxiety disorders - lasts for a discrete period of time often <10 min; overwhelming feelings of danger or need to escape - expressed as an intense fear of dying or 'going crazy'; accompanied by sweating - trembling - pou