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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Disorganized behaviour
diathesis-stress theory
Depressive realism
PsycINFO database
2. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Amphetamines
Dyssomnias
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
3. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Pick'S disease
dopamine
Dependent personality disorder
4. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Down syndrome
Agoraphobia
Antisocial
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
5. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
6. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
7. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Psychological Bulletin
Borderline personality disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
8. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Fugue
pathological gambling
diathesis-stress theory
9. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Major depressive disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Wernicke'S syndrome
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
10. Persistent thoughts
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Obsession
11. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Confabulations
Dependent personality disorder
12. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
American Psychologist
Erotomanic delusion
Schizophrenia (types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
13. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (types)
Schizophrenia (description)
14. 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
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Tic disorders
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Health psychology
15. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Nightmare
American Psychologist
Fugue
16. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Stanley Hall
Catalepsy (catatonia)
17. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Reactive schizophrenia
18. Schizophrenogenic mother
Bipolar disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Phobia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
19. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Dementia
Nightmare
dissociative Identity disorder
20. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Mental retardation
Histrionic personality disorder
Bipolar disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
21. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Amphetamines
Parkinson'S
Residual (schizophrenia)
Manic symptoms
22. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Insomnia
Confabulations
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
23. Learned helplessness
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Culturally competent interventions
Martin Seligman
dopamine
24. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Primary prevention
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
25. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Reactive depression
David Rosenhan
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Trichotillomania
26. 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
Agoraphobia
Anorexia nervosa
Culturally competent interventions
27. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Dependence
28. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Negative symptoms
pathological gambling
Alzheimer'S disease
Borderline personality disorder
29. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Narcissistic personality disorder
Abuse
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
30. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
American Psychology Association (APA)
Dependence
Kleptomania
Cretinism
31. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Mental retardation
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Process schizophrenia
32. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Delusional disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Stanley Hall
33. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
dopamine
Flat affect
Negative symptoms
Abuse
34. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Erotomanic delusion
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
35. Irresistible impulse to steal
Histrionic personality disorder
Huntington'S disease
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Kleptomania
36. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
dopamine
PsycINFO database
37. 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
Somatic delusion
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Trichotillomania
Post-traumatic stress disorder
38. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Manic symptoms
Obsession
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Depressive realism
39. Perhaps use of neologisms
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Wernicke'S syndrome
40. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Histrionic personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
41. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Delusional disorder
Elimination disorders
Erotomanic delusion
42. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Delusional disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
compulsion
43. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Dependence
Life event stress
Panic disorder
Sleep terror
44. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Schizoid personality disorder
Cretinism
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Social phobia
45. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Echolalia (catatonia)
Mental retardation
Nightmare
Bulimia nervosa
46. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Reactive depression
Parkinson'S
Reactive schizophrenia
Major depressive disorder
47. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Schizoaffective disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Amphetamines
Panic disorder
48. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Borderline personality disorder
Cretinism
Community psychology
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
49. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Community psychology
Neuroleptic drugs
Negative symptoms
Conversion disorder
50. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
DSM (description & history)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Culturally competent interventions