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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






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






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






4. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






5. Another person is in love with the individual






6. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






7. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






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






9. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






10. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive






11. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






12. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






13. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






14. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






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






16. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






17. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






18. Parroting






19. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






20. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






21. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






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






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






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






25. Excessive sleepiness






26. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






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






28. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' 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






30. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






31. Erroneous or distorted thinking






32. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger






33. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






34. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






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






36. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






37. Dependence and abuse of various substances






38. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity






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






40. Perhaps use of neologisms






41. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






42. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






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;






45. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






46. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






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






48. Schizophrenogenic mother






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






50. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity