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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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
Schizoaffective disorder
Agoraphobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
2. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Primary prevention
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Flat affect
3. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
David Rosenhan
Delusions
Developmental disorders
Schizoid personality disorder
4. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Amphetamines
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
5. One has special talent or status
Thomas Szasz
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Grandiose delusion
6. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Sleep terror
Parasomnias
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
7. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
Major depressive disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
8. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Down syndrome
Bipolar disorder
Dysthymic disorder
9. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Trichotillomania
Dependent personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Dyssomnias
10. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Alzheimer'S disease
Tay-Sachs disease
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
American Psychologist
11. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Delirium
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
12. Another person is in love with the individual
Erotomanic delusion
Psychological Bulletin
DSM (axes)
Reactive depression
13. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Dysthymic disorder
Mental retardation
Agoraphobia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
14. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Specific phobia
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
15. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
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16. Schizophrenogenic mother
Parkinson'S
Neuroleptic drugs
Reactive schizophrenia
Fromm and Reichamn
17. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Narcolepsy
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Specific phobia
Confabulations
18. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
retrograde amnesia
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
19. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Echolalia (catatonia)
Bulimia nervosa
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
20. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Wernicke'S syndrome
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
21. Motor immobility or waxy figure
compulsion
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Learning disorders
Tay-Sachs disease
22. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
PsycINFO database
Insomnia
Agoraphobia
23. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Dysthymic disorder
Cretinism
Echopraxia (catatonia)
24. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Parasomnias
Neuroleptic drugs
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Grandiose delusion
25. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Bipolar disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Tardive dyskinesia
Phobia
26. 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
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Schizoid personality disorder
pyromania
Dementia
27. 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
Narcissistic personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Psychological abstracts
Anorexia nervosa
28. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Schizophrenia (description)
diathesis-stress theory
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
29. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Sleep terror
Tic disorders
Parkinson'S
Parasomnias
30. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Community psychology
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Amnesia
31. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Learning disorders
Schizophrenogenic mother
Tay-Sachs disease
32. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
dopamine
Insomnia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Delusions
33. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Cretinism
Bipolar disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Parasomnias
34. 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
Hypersomnia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
35. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Residual (schizophrenia)
dissociative Identity disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
retrograde amnesia
36. 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
Kleptomania
Schizoaffective disorder
Panic attack
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
37. 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
Panic attack
Martin Seligman
Echolalia (catatonia)
DSM (description & history)
38. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Trichotillomania
Residual (schizophrenia)
Narcolepsy
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
39. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Histrionic personality disorder
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Life event stress
40. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Community psychology
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Martin Seligman
Borderline personality disorder
41. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Amphetamines
Disorganized behaviour
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
DSM (axes)
42. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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43. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
compulsion
Histrionic personality disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Fugue
44. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Abuse
Erotomanic delusion
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Process schizophrenia
45. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Nightmare
Disorganized behaviour
46. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Narcolepsy
Wernicke'S syndrome
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
47. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Nightmare
Dementia
Hypochondriasis
48. 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
Schizophrenia (description)
Panic attack
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
49. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
DSM (description & history)
Amnesia
diathesis-stress theory
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
50. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Obsession
Dysthymic disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Flat affect