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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






3. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






4. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






5. 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






6. 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






7. Irresistible impulse to set fires






8. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






9. Persistent thoughts






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






11. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






12. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






13. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






14. 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






15. Schizophrenogenic mother






16. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






17. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania






18. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






19. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






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






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






22. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






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






24. Motor immobility or waxy figure






25. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor






26. Imitating gestures of others






27. 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






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






29. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






30. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






31. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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






33. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






34. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






35. Erroneous or distorted thinking






36. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






37. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






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






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






40. Irresistible impulse to steal






41. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






42. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






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






44. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






45. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






46. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






47. 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






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






49. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






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