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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Schizophrenia (description)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
2. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Fugue
Trichotillomania
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
3. 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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4. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Parasomnias
Narcissistic personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Shared psychotic disorder
5. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Psychological abstracts
Alzheimer'S disease
Schizotypal personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
6. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychological Bulletin
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Shared psychotic disorder
7. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Antisocial
Parasomnias
Tardive dyskinesia
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
8. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Dependent personality disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Confabulations
9. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Post-traumatic stress disorder
10. Fear of a situation that might arise panic symptoms - and escape would be difficult; usually fear and avoidance of being outside the home or in crowds
Parkinson'S
Fugue
Agoraphobia
Schizoaffective disorder
11. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Amphetamines
Post-traumatic stress disorder
pathological gambling
Narcissistic personality disorder
12. 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
Parkinson'S
Elimination disorders
Agoraphobia
13. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
American Psychologist
14. 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;
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Mental retardation
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Alzheimer'S disease
15. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
American Psychology Association (APA)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Tardive dyskinesia
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
16. Parroting
Phobia
Reactive schizophrenia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Grandiose delusion
17. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Life event stress
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
18. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Somatic delusion
Learning disorders
Borderline personality disorder
19. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
anterograde amnesia
Paranoid personality disorder
Stanley Hall
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
20. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Anorexia nervosa
Flat affect
Down syndrome
Antisocial
21. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Schizoaffective disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
22. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Depressive realism
Social phobia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
23. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Alzheimer'S disease
Bipolar disorder
Grandiose delusion
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
24. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Health psychology
Abuse
Learning disorders
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
25. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Dementia
Delusional disorder
Confabulations
Social phobia
26. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Delusional disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizoaffective disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
27. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
DSM (axes)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Panic attack
Factitious disorder (group 9)
28. Absence of appropriate emotion
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Flat affect
Schizophrenia (types)
Pick'S disease
29. Schizophrenogenic mother
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Fromm and Reichamn
Narcolepsy
30. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Neuroleptic drugs
Amnesia
American Psychologist
Manic symptoms
31. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Schizotypal personality disorder
Panic disorder
Somatic delusion
Life event stress
32. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Tardive dyskinesia
Depressive realism
33. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Dysthymic disorder
Residual (schizophrenia)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Borderline personality disorder
34. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
dissociative Identity disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Reactive depression
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
35. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Specific phobia
Phobia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizoid personality disorder
36. 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
Somatic delusion
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Elimination disorders
Schizophrenia (types)
37. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Tardive dyskinesia
Sleep terror
Manic symptoms
38. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Bulimia nervosa
Hypersomnia
Dyssomnias
39. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Tic disorders
Delusions
Nightmare
Post-traumatic stress disorder
40. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenia (types)
compulsion
Mental retardation
Antisocial
41. Irresistible impulse to steal
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Disorganized behaviour
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Kleptomania
42. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Tic disorders
anterograde amnesia
43. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Psychological Bulletin
pyromania
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
44. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenogenic mother
Stanley Hall
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
45. 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
Delirium
Health psychology
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
American Psychologist
46. 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
Life event stress
Paranoid personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Primary prevention
47. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Parkinson'S
48. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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49. 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;
Major depressive disorder
Hypochondriasis
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
compulsion
50. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Kleptomania
Elimination disorders
Delirium