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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Dysthymic disorder
Social phobia
Cretinism
2. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Schizotypal personality disorder
Stanley Hall
Amphetamines
Residual (schizophrenia)
3. 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
PsycINFO database
Flat affect
Negative symptoms
Psychological abstracts
4. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Reactive depression
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Primary prevention
5. One has special talent or status
pathological gambling
Bulimia nervosa
Reactive schizophrenia
Grandiose delusion
6. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Primary prevention
Panic attack
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
7. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Fugue
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Reactive schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
8. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Depressive realism
Residual (schizophrenia)
retrograde amnesia
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
9. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Schizoid personality disorder
Pick'S disease
dopamine
10. 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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11. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Somatic delusion
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Neuroleptic drugs
Mental retardation
12. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Abuse
13. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Depressive realism
Generalized anxiety disorder
American Psychologist
14. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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15. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Nightmare
Dementia
Reactive schizophrenia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
16. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Schizoid personality disorder
Specific phobia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Bipolar disorder
17. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
David Rosenhan
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
18. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Specific phobia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Agoraphobia
19. 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;
Major depressive disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Psychological abstracts
20. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Thomas Szasz
Fromm and Reichamn
Disorganized behaviour
Schizotypal personality disorder
21. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Delirium
22. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
David Rosenhan
Social phobia
Schizotypal personality disorder
23. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Abuse
DSM (description & history)
Alzheimer'S disease
24. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
dopamine
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
25. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Antisocial
Panic disorder
DSM (axes)
26. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Hypochondriasis
Borderline personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Tay-Sachs disease
27. 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
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Dependent personality disorder
Primary prevention
Huntington'S disease
28. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Parkinson'S
Neuroleptic drugs
anterograde amnesia
29. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Life event stress
Paranoid personality disorder
Somatic delusion
Factitious disorder (group 9)
30. Absence of appropriate emotion
Flat affect
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Delusions
31. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
32. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Community psychology
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Trichotillomania
33. 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
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Down syndrome
Community psychology
Flat affect
34. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Somatic delusion
Narcolepsy
retrograde amnesia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
35. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Dyssomnias
Primary prevention
diathesis-stress theory
Dysthymic disorder
36. Excessive sleepiness
Schizotypal personality disorder
Hypersomnia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Obsession
37. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Residual (schizophrenia)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Process schizophrenia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
38. 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;
Depressive realism
Schizophrenia (etiology)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
39. Learned helplessness
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Hypersomnia
Martin Seligman
Histrionic personality disorder
40. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Abuse
Narcolepsy
Mental retardation
Sleep terror
41. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Community psychology
Narcissistic personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
42. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Schizophrenia (types)
Reactive schizophrenia
retrograde amnesia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
43. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizophrenia (description)
Anorexia nervosa
44. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Depressive realism
Antisocial
Tic disorders
45. Another person is in love with the individual
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Culturally competent interventions
Erotomanic delusion
Schizophrenia (etiology)
46. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Huntington'S disease
Echolalia (catatonia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
47. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes
Bulimia nervosa
Reactive depression
Health psychology
retrograde amnesia
48. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Social phobia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
49. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Hypochondriasis
Depressive realism
Obsession
Avoidant personality disorder
50. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
David Rosenhan
Amphetamines