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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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
Primary prevention
Pick'S disease
Dependence
Psychological Bulletin
2. Parroting
Mental retardation
Echolalia (catatonia)
Dysthymic disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
3. Schizophrenogenic mother
Sleep terror
Reactive schizophrenia
Insomnia
Fromm and Reichamn
4. 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
Grandiose delusion
Developmental disorders
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
5. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Schizotypal personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
6. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
Process schizophrenia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
7. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Health psychology
Hypochondriasis
Nightmare
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
8. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Confabulations
Panic attack
Conversion disorder
Bipolar disorder
9. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Delusions
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Abuse
10. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Grandiose delusion
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
11. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
12. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Flat affect
Parasomnias
Grandiose delusion
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
13. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Hypersomnia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
PsycINFO database
Major depressive disorder
14. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Fromm and Reichamn
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
15. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Developmental disorders
Process schizophrenia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Delirium
16. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Parasomnias
Dependence
Psychological Bulletin
Tardive dyskinesia
17. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Community psychology
Antisocial
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Psychological Bulletin
18. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Abuse
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Process schizophrenia
19. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Stanley Hall
Erotomanic delusion
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
20. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Fugue
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Parasomnias
Social phobia
21. Perhaps use of neologisms
Disorganized behaviour
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Erotomanic delusion
Major depressive disorder
22. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Panic disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Martin Seligman
David Rosenhan
23. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
DSM (axes)
Life event stress
Flat affect
24. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Major depressive disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
25. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Life event stress
Hypochondriasis
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
26. Psychology taken into community (community centres or schools) rather than individuals go to clinics and universities; emphasizes respect - recognizes logistics that keep needy people from seeking help
Community psychology
Paranoid personality disorder
Life event stress
Conversion disorder
27. 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
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Dependence
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
28. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Schizoid personality disorder
retrograde amnesia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
29. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Narcissistic personality disorder
Phobia
Echolalia (catatonia)
30. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Dependent personality disorder
Specific phobia
Schizoid personality disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
31. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Schizophrenia (description)
pyromania
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
compulsion
32. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Agoraphobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
33. 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
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Dementia
34. Mental disorders - diagnostic criteria - official numerical codes - first published 1952 - for clinical - research and educational use; 4th edition 1994 - text revision 2000 - DSM V 2012
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
DSM (description & history)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
35. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Process schizophrenia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Parasomnias
Tardive dyskinesia
36. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Dementia
37. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Dyssomnias
pyromania
Nightmare
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
38. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Trichotillomania
Health psychology
Hypochondriasis
39. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Developmental disorders
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
40. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Generalized anxiety disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Korsakoff'S syndrome
41. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Mental retardation
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
42. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Schizophrenia (onset)
Hypochondriasis
Amphetamines
Delusions
43. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Huntington'S disease
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
44. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Elimination disorders
Martin Seligman
Reactive schizophrenia
DSM (axes)
45. 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;
Schizoaffective disorder
Health psychology
Neuroleptic drugs
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
46. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Hypochondriasis
Nightmare
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
47. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
dopamine
compulsion
Amnesia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
48. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizoid personality disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
DSM (description & history)
49. One has special talent or status
Grandiose delusion
Neuroleptic drugs
Narcissistic personality disorder
Social phobia
50. 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
Agoraphobia
Sleep terror
Amnesia
Major depressive disorder