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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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2. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Social phobia
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
Health psychology
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Thomas Szasz
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
4. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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5. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Schizotypal personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Conversion disorder
Life event stress
6. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Disorganized behaviour
Process schizophrenia
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Tay-Sachs disease
7. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
American Psychology Association (APA)
Psychological Bulletin
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Process schizophrenia
8. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
pyromania
Schizophrenia (description)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
9. Persistent thoughts
Obsession
Culturally competent interventions
anterograde amnesia
Cretinism
10. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Neuroleptic drugs
Tardive dyskinesia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Panic disorder
11. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Erotomanic delusion
Avoidant personality disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Health psychology
12. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Insomnia
Histrionic personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
13. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Panic disorder
Parasomnias
Stanley Hall
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
14. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Depressive realism
Phobia
Parkinson'S
15. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Psychological Bulletin
Schizoaffective disorder
16. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Amnesia
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
17. 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
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Health psychology
Generalized anxiety disorder
Flat affect
18. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Wernicke'S syndrome
Trichotillomania
pyromania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
19. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Reactive schizophrenia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Delusions
20. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Dysthymic disorder
Stanley Hall
21. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Dependent personality disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Agoraphobia
22. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Life event stress
23. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Fugue
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
24. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
25. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Parasomnias
Dyssomnias
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
26. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Social phobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
27. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
retrograde amnesia
Narcissistic personality disorder
Depressive realism
Reactive depression
28. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
pyromania
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
29. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Schizophrenia (onset)
dissociative Identity disorder
Insomnia
30. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
DSM (axes)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
31. 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
DSM (axes)
compulsion
Factitious disorder (group 9)
32. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
pathological gambling
Conversion disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
33. 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
Obsession
Antisocial
DSM (description & history)
Psychological abstracts
34. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Schizoaffective disorder
Borderline personality disorder
35. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Negative symptoms
dopamine
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
American Psychologist
36. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
pathological gambling
Schizophrenia (onset)
Psychological abstracts
Histrionic personality disorder
37. 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'
Delirium
American Psychology Association (APA)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Delusions
38. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Thomas Szasz
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
PsycINFO database
39. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Amnesia
Erotomanic delusion
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
40. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Erotomanic delusion
Nightmare
Borderline personality disorder
Manic symptoms
41. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Shared psychotic disorder
compulsion
Borderline personality disorder
42. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Schizophrenia (types)
Kleptomania
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Cretinism
43. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Abuse
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Panic disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
44. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Phobia
Dependence
Bipolar disorder
45. 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
Shared psychotic disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Primary prevention
46. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Conversion disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Elimination disorders
Hypersomnia
47. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Conversion disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Social phobia
48. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Abuse
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Negative symptoms
Factitious disorder (group 9)
49. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Health psychology
Schizophrenia (description)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Developmental disorders
50. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
Hypochondriasis
Paranoid personality disorder