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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Somatic delusion
2. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
Wernicke'S syndrome
Agoraphobia
Health psychology
American Psychology Association (APA)
3. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Bulimia nervosa
Down syndrome
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
4. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Dysthymic disorder
Depressive realism
pathological gambling
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
5. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
David Rosenhan
DSM (description & history)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
6. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Narcolepsy
Down syndrome
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Trichotillomania
7. Absence of appropriate emotion
Nightmare
DSM (description & history)
Thomas Szasz
Flat affect
8. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Phobia
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Cretinism
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
9. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Avoidant personality disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
10. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Sleep terror
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Amnesia
11. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Learning disorders
Bulimia nervosa
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
12. Imitating gestures of others
Abuse
Tardive dyskinesia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Echolalia (catatonia)
13. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Somatic delusion
Delirium
Schizophrenia (types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
14. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Abuse
15. 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
Disorganized behaviour
Community psychology
pyromania
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
16. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Reactive depression
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
17. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Amnesia
Delirium
Stanley Hall
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
18. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Psychological Bulletin
Dysthymic disorder
19. Another person is in love with the individual
Schizophrenogenic mother
Erotomanic delusion
Insomnia
Amnesia
20. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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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
Down syndrome
Life event stress
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
David Rosenhan
22. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Flat affect
dissociative Identity disorder
23. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Negative symptoms
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Life event stress
24. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Martin Seligman
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Community psychology
25. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Pick'S disease
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
26. Schizophrenogenic mother
Confabulations
anterograde amnesia
Nightmare
Fromm and Reichamn
27. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
Amphetamines
28. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Avoidant personality disorder
pyromania
29. One has special talent or status
Grandiose delusion
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
30. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Antisocial
Huntington'S disease
retrograde amnesia
dissociative Identity disorder
31. Irresistible impulse to steal
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Kleptomania
Huntington'S disease
Somatic delusion
32. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Stanley Hall
Elimination disorders
Schizoid personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder
33. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
PsycINFO database
retrograde amnesia
Shared psychotic disorder
34. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Dependent personality disorder
35. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Obsession
Bipolar disorder
36. 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
Dyssomnias
Dependence
Generalized anxiety disorder
Delusions
37. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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38. 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;
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Sleep terror
Dependent personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
39. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Narcolepsy
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
40. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Shared psychotic disorder
Dementia
Neuroleptic drugs
Borderline personality disorder
41. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Borderline personality disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Phobia
42. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Life event stress
Panic attack
43. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Tay-Sachs disease
DSM (description & history)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Conversion disorder
44. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Hypersomnia
Dementia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizophrenia (onset)
45. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Obsession
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Community psychology
46. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Pick'S disease
Specific phobia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
47. 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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48. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
dopamine
Dementia
Reactive depression
Psychological Bulletin
49. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Huntington'S disease
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
diathesis-stress theory
50. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Trichotillomania
Dyssomnias
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)