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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
pathological gambling
Schizophrenia (onset)
Dysthymic disorder
American Psychologist
2. 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
Somatic delusion
retrograde amnesia
Panic attack
Culturally competent interventions
3. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Fugue
Specific phobia
Nightmare
Negative symptoms
4. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Neuroleptic drugs
Fromm and Reichamn
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Hypochondriasis
5. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions
American Psychology Association (APA)
Process schizophrenia
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Culturally competent interventions
6. 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
Insomnia
Borderline personality disorder
dopamine
7. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
dopamine
Flat affect
pyromania
8. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Delusional disorder
9. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Community psychology
Generalized anxiety disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
10. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Negative symptoms
Social phobia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
11. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Antisocial
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Fugue
Agoraphobia
12. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
13. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Manic symptoms
Dysthymic disorder
14. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Bipolar disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Amnesia
15. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Abuse
Antisocial
Narcissistic personality disorder
Korsakoff'S syndrome
16. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Pick'S disease
Tardive dyskinesia
17. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Mental retardation
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
18. Perhaps use of neologisms
Agoraphobia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Generalized anxiety disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
19. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Conversion disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Depressive realism
diathesis-stress theory
20. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Dementia
Amnesia
pyromania
Schizophrenogenic mother
21. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Delirium
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Bulimia nervosa
22. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
American Psychologist
Process schizophrenia
Tardive dyskinesia
Primary prevention
23. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Thomas Szasz
Narcissistic personality disorder
24. 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
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Depressive realism
Shared psychotic disorder
25. Another person is in love with the individual
Erotomanic delusion
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Thomas Szasz
dopamine
26. 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
Narcissistic personality disorder
Dependence
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Culturally competent interventions
27. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Schizophrenia (description)
Avoidant personality disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Stanley Hall
28. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Schizophrenia (onset)
29. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Echolalia (catatonia)
Parasomnias
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Tardive dyskinesia
30. 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
Wernicke'S syndrome
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
DSM (axes)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
31. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Stanley Hall
Narcolepsy
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
32. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Negative symptoms
33. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Social phobia
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
34. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Narcolepsy
Parasomnias
Mental retardation
Anorexia nervosa
35. 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
Psychological abstracts
Schizophrenia (description)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
36. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Obsession
Amnesia
Abuse
Paranoid personality disorder
37. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Narcissistic personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Bipolar disorder
Learning disorders
38. 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
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Dyssomnias
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Huntington'S disease
39. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Obsession
40. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Bipolar disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Fromm and Reichamn
Developmental disorders
41. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Mental retardation
Grandiose delusion
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
42. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Depressive realism
American Psychology Association (APA)
retrograde amnesia
Delusions
43. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
pathological gambling
Schizophrenia (types)
44. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Insomnia
compulsion
45. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Depressive realism
Phobia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
46. Irresistible impulse to steal
Amphetamines
Kleptomania
Panic attack
Narcolepsy
47. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Schizoaffective disorder
Antisocial
48. 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'
Agoraphobia
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
49. 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
American Psychologist
Down syndrome
Schizotypal personality disorder
David Rosenhan
50. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Agoraphobia
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Confabulations