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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
pyromania
Psychological abstracts
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
2. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Schizophrenia (etiology)
American Psychologist
Learning disorders
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
3. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Dementia
Histrionic personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
4. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Schizoaffective disorder
Obsession
Anorexia nervosa
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
5. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Mental retardation
Catalepsy (catatonia)
6. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Tay-Sachs disease
DSM (description & history)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
7. 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
Phobia
PsycINFO database
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
8. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Down syndrome
Nightmare
Cretinism
Disorganized behaviour
9. 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
Agoraphobia
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
dopamine
Schizophrenia (onset)
10. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Pick'S disease
Primary prevention
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (types)
11. Imitating gestures of others
Culturally competent interventions
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Nightmare
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
12. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Specific phobia
Residual (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
13. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Dependence
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
14. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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15. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Panic attack
Reactive schizophrenia
Dependence
Dyssomnias
16. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Community psychology
Reactive depression
17. 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
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Dementia
DSM (axes)
Huntington'S disease
18. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Hypersomnia
Alzheimer'S disease
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
19. Indicated by some combination of: continued use despite substance-related problems; need for increased amount; desire but inability to stop use; withdrawal; lessening of outside interests; much time getting - using - or recovering from substance
Social phobia
Dependence
Health psychology
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
20. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Amphetamines
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Residual (schizophrenia)
21. 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
Hypersomnia
Dyssomnias
David Rosenhan
Grandiose delusion
22. 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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23. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Pick'S disease
Phobia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
pyromania
24. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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25. Parroting
Martin Seligman
Developmental disorders
Echolalia (catatonia)
Alzheimer'S disease
26. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
dissociative Identity disorder
Grandiose delusion
27. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Antisocial
Narcissistic personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
28. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
David Rosenhan
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Reactive schizophrenia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
29. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
DSM (axes)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
compulsion
30. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Grandiose delusion
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
anterograde amnesia
retrograde amnesia
31. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Bulimia nervosa
Narcissistic personality disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
32. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Panic disorder
Process schizophrenia
Community psychology
Mental retardation
33. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenogenic mother
Reactive schizophrenia
Narcolepsy
Nightmare
34. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Life event stress
Confabulations
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
35. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Schizophrenogenic mother
Agoraphobia
Disorganized behaviour
36. 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
Narcolepsy
Primary prevention
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Panic attack
37. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Neuroleptic drugs
Agoraphobia
Flat affect
Manic symptoms
38. One has special talent or status
Schizophrenogenic mother
Grandiose delusion
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
39. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
40. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychologist
Negative symptoms
Dysthymic disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
41. 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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42. 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
Grandiose delusion
Erotomanic delusion
Down syndrome
Sleep terror
43. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Fromm and Reichamn
Parkinson'S
Schizotypal personality disorder
44. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Health psychology
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizophrenia (description)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
45. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Major depressive disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Conversion disorder
46. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
anterograde amnesia
American Psychologist
Panic disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
47. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
DSM (axes)
Abuse
Erotomanic delusion
dopamine
48. 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
Anorexia nervosa
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Hypochondriasis
49. Psychology taken into community (community centres or schools) rather than individuals go to clinics and universities; emphasizes respect - recognizes logistics that keep needy people from seeking help
Amphetamines
PsycINFO database
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Community psychology
50. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Phobia
anterograde amnesia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Parasomnias