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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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2. 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;






3. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






4. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






5. Anxiety around social or performance situations






6. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






7. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






8. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






9. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






10. 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






11. Persistent thoughts






12. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






13. Schizophrenogenic mother






14. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






15. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






16. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






17. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






18. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






19. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






20. 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;






21. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






22. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






23. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






24. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






25. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






26. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






27. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






28. Learned helplessness






29. 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






30. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor






31. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






32. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






33. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






34. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






35. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






36. Irresistble impulse to gamble






37. 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






38. Excessive sleepiness






39. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






40. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger






41. Dependence and abuse of various substances






42. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






43. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






44. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






45. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






46. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






47. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






48. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






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






50. Erroneous or distorted thinking