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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
compulsion
PsycINFO database
Delusions
2. 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
Dementia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
DSM (axes)
Paranoid personality disorder
3. 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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Elimination disorders
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
4. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
dopamine
Narcolepsy
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
5. Another person is in love with the individual
Life event stress
Psychological abstracts
Abuse
Erotomanic delusion
6. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Obsession
Parkinson'S
Tardive dyskinesia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
7. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Grandiose delusion
Paranoid personality disorder
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
8. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Schizotypal personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Thomas Szasz
Panic attack
9. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
compulsion
Paranoid personality disorder
Life event stress
Dysthymic disorder
10. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Schizophrenia (onset)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Dysthymic disorder
Specific phobia
11. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
anterograde amnesia
Conversion disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Bipolar disorder
12. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Dyssomnias
Trichotillomania
diathesis-stress theory
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
13. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Kleptomania
Avoidant personality disorder
Obsession
14. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Developmental disorders
Panic disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Nightmare
15. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Primary prevention
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
PsycINFO database
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
16. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Narcissistic personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Tardive dyskinesia
Learning disorders
17. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Grandiose delusion
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
18. Parroting
Stanley Hall
Panic disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Trichotillomania
19. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Kleptomania
Histrionic personality disorder
Sleep terror
Confabulations
20. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Health psychology
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
21. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
22. 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
Cretinism
Delusional disorder
Down syndrome
DSM (axes)
23. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Learning disorders
Wernicke'S syndrome
Delusional disorder
24. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Erotomanic delusion
PsycINFO database
Dyssomnias
25. Excessive sleepiness
Schizoaffective disorder
Hypersomnia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
26. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Tardive dyskinesia
Paranoid personality disorder
Down syndrome
27. Studied effect of diagnostic labels on perception of behaviour; experiment of normal pseudopatients feigned disorders - once in hospital - individuals acted normally - but behaviours construed as fitting the diagnosis anyway
David Rosenhan
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Health psychology
Grandiose delusion
28. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Conversion disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
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
Dysthymic disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
diathesis-stress theory
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
30. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Obsession
Schizophrenogenic mother
31. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Parasomnias
anterograde amnesia
Delusions
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
32. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Amnesia
Abuse
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Panic attack
33. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Bulimia nervosa
Echolalia (catatonia)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Schizoaffective disorder
34. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Abuse
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
35. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Delirium
dopamine
Anorexia nervosa
Mental retardation
36. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Hypochondriasis
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
37. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Psychological abstracts
38. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Narcolepsy
Residual (schizophrenia)
39. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Amphetamines
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Martin Seligman
40. Perhaps use of neologisms
Cretinism
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Culturally competent interventions
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
41. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Thomas Szasz
Generalized anxiety disorder
Parasomnias
American Psychology Association (APA)
42. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
dopamine
American Psychology Association (APA)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
43. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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44. 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;
Flat affect
Mental retardation
Thomas Szasz
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
45. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
Down syndrome
Fromm and Reichamn
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
46. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Manic symptoms
Agoraphobia
Stanley Hall
Paranoid personality disorder
47. 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
Grandiose delusion
DSM (description & history)
Shared psychotic disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
48. Schizophrenogenic mother
Residual (schizophrenia)
Alzheimer'S disease
Trichotillomania
Fromm and Reichamn
49. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Schizotypal personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Psychological Bulletin
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
50. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Dyssomnias
Neuroleptic drugs
American Psychologist
Tay-Sachs disease