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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
anterograde amnesia
Dependent personality disorder
pyromania
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
2. 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
Amphetamines
Bulimia nervosa
Psychological abstracts
Process schizophrenia
3. 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
Echolalia (catatonia)
Primary prevention
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Panic attack
4. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Thomas Szasz
Negative symptoms
Parkinson'S
Depressive realism
5. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Delirium
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
6. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Bipolar disorder
Narcolepsy
Delirium
7. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Schizophrenia (description)
Tic disorders
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
dopamine
8. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Dementia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
David Rosenhan
9. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Echolalia (catatonia)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
compulsion
Tay-Sachs disease
10. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Martin Seligman
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Reactive depression
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
11. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Panic attack
Dependent personality disorder
Specific phobia
12. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Dysthymic disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
13. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Health psychology
Korsakoff'S syndrome
14. 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
Fromm and Reichamn
Down syndrome
David Rosenhan
Huntington'S disease
15. 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
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Cretinism
Health psychology
Sleep terror
16. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
David Rosenhan
Reactive schizophrenia
DSM (description & history)
17. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Process schizophrenia
Manic symptoms
Agoraphobia
Wernicke'S syndrome
18. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Amphetamines
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Conversion disorder
19. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Erotomanic delusion
Tay-Sachs disease
Agoraphobia
Delusions
20. Irresistible impulse to steal
Paranoid personality disorder
Down syndrome
Schizotypal personality disorder
Kleptomania
21. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Bipolar disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Social phobia
22. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Sleep terror
Tic disorders
Confabulations
Trichotillomania
23. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Huntington'S disease
Borderline personality disorder
Conversion disorder
Tic disorders
24. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Amphetamines
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Health psychology
25. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Dependence
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Mental retardation
Delusions
26. 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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27. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
anterograde amnesia
Dyssomnias
Dysthymic disorder
DSM (description & history)
28. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
American Psychologist
Specific phobia
Obsession
29. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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30. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
PsycINFO database
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Narcolepsy
Echolalia (catatonia)
31. Learned helplessness
Community psychology
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Martin Seligman
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
32. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Panic disorder
Somatic delusion
Delusions
Psychological Bulletin
33. 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
Primary prevention
Kleptomania
Generalized anxiety disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
34. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Tic disorders
35. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Developmental disorders
Conversion disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
36. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Reactive depression
Confabulations
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
37. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Delusions
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (description)
38. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Social phobia
Process schizophrenia
39. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Dysthymic disorder
Primary prevention
Cretinism
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
40. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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41. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Hypochondriasis
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (etiology)
42. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Dementia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Fromm and Reichamn
43. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Bulimia nervosa
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Fromm and Reichamn
compulsion
44. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Narcolepsy
Somatic delusion
Reactive depression
45. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
American Psychologist
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
46. 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
Manic symptoms
Dementia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
47. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
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48. 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
Manic symptoms
DSM (axes)
Schizophrenia (types)
Tardive dyskinesia
49. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Histrionic personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Grandiose delusion
50. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Dependent personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
compulsion