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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Antisocial
Fugue
Schizophrenia (description)
Reactive depression
2. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Fromm and Reichamn
Psychological abstracts
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
3. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Parasomnias
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
dissociative Identity disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
4. 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
Wernicke'S syndrome
Elimination disorders
Community psychology
Schizoid personality disorder
5. Persistent thoughts
American Psychology Association (APA)
Obsession
Insomnia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
6. 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
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Agoraphobia
7. 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
Panic disorder
Agoraphobia
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Dependence
8. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Parkinson'S
Fromm and Reichamn
Schizophrenia (description)
9. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Negative symptoms
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Schizophrenia (onset)
pyromania
10. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Schizoaffective disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
American Psychologist
dopamine
11. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
12. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Flat affect
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
American Psychologist
retrograde amnesia
13. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizophrenia (types)
Nightmare
14. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
American Psychologist
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Hypochondriasis
Reactive depression
15. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Conversion disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
16. 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
Dementia
Pick'S disease
Bipolar disorder
Kleptomania
17. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Life event stress
Conversion disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Avoidant personality disorder
18. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Psychological abstracts
dopamine
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
19. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Major depressive disorder
Mental retardation
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Primary prevention
20. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
21. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Dysthymic disorder
Confabulations
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
22. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Tay-Sachs disease
Erotomanic delusion
Alzheimer'S disease
23. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Culturally competent interventions
Tardive dyskinesia
Schizotypal personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
24. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Antisocial
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Life event stress
Histrionic personality disorder
25. 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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26. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Anorexia nervosa
Delusions
Depressive realism
Echopraxia (catatonia)
27. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Parasomnias
Amnesia
Insomnia
28. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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29. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
diathesis-stress theory
Schizoid personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
30. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Paranoid personality disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Psychological Bulletin
31. Absence of appropriate emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Flat affect
Bulimia nervosa
32. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Primary prevention
Fugue
Histrionic personality disorder
Antisocial
33. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Schizophrenia (types)
Confabulations
34. Anxiety around social or performance situations
DSM (description & history)
Conversion disorder
Social phobia
Sleep terror
35. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Martin Seligman
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
American Psychology Association (APA)
36. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Generalized anxiety disorder
DSM (description & history)
Reactive depression
37. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Kleptomania
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Learning disorders
Schizophrenia (types)
38. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Learning disorders
Parasomnias
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Delirium
39. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Major depressive disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
40. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
American Psychology Association (APA)
retrograde amnesia
Avoidant personality disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
41. 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 (axes)
Borderline personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Agoraphobia
42. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Community psychology
Amphetamines
Panic attack
Shared psychotic disorder
43. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Hypersomnia
Martin Seligman
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
44. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Schizophrenia (onset)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Life event stress
Psychological abstracts
45. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Elimination disorders
Delusional disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
46. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Abuse
Histrionic personality disorder
compulsion
47. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Agoraphobia
Reactive depression
48. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Schizotypal personality disorder
PsycINFO database
Panic attack
49. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Schizotypal personality disorder
Psychological Bulletin
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
50. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Bipolar disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Health psychology
Cretinism
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