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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Bipolar disorder
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Specific phobia
2. One has special talent or status
Grandiose delusion
Down syndrome
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (onset)
3. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Schizophrenia (description)
Developmental disorders
dopamine
Dementia
4. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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5. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Primary prevention
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
David Rosenhan
6. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
American Psychologist
Amphetamines
Flat affect
Mental retardation
7. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Tardive dyskinesia
Psychological abstracts
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Cretinism
8. Parroting
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Learning disorders
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Echolalia (catatonia)
9. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Panic attack
Borderline personality disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
10. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Confabulations
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Tay-Sachs disease
11. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
DSM (axes)
Delirium
Borderline personality disorder
Amnesia
12. 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
Developmental disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
13. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Bulimia nervosa
14. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Alzheimer'S disease
Tic disorders
Social phobia
15. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Negative symptoms
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
American Psychology Association (APA)
16. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Shared psychotic disorder
Nightmare
Parasomnias
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
17. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Agoraphobia
Dependent personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
18. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
19. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Schizophrenia (onset)
Schizophrenia (types)
Process schizophrenia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
20. Persistent thoughts
Tardive dyskinesia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Obsession
21. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Grandiose delusion
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Echolalia (catatonia)
dissociative Identity disorder
22. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Shared psychotic disorder
Primary prevention
Pick'S disease
PsycINFO database
23. 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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24. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Fugue
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Schizophrenia (types)
25. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
DSM (axes)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Health psychology
Psychological abstracts
26. Another person is in love with the individual
Erotomanic delusion
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Mental retardation
David Rosenhan
27. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cretinism
Conversion disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Narcolepsy
28. 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
Dyssomnias
Panic disorder
Panic attack
Narcolepsy
29. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Negative symptoms
Dependent personality disorder
Life event stress
Kleptomania
30. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Schizophrenia (onset)
Anorexia nervosa
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Histrionic personality disorder
31. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Schizophrenogenic mother
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
32. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Dyssomnias
Culturally competent interventions
Schizoid personality disorder
33. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
David Rosenhan
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
34. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
35. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Delusions
Insomnia
36. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Psychological abstracts
Reactive schizophrenia
Parkinson'S
Reactive depression
37. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Schizophrenogenic mother
DSM (axes)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Community psychology
38. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
DSM (description & history)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
dissociative Identity disorder
39. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Learning disorders
Health psychology
American Psychologist
Disorganized behaviour
40. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Alzheimer'S disease
Narcolepsy
Echolalia (catatonia)
Hypochondriasis
41. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Mental retardation
Life event stress
42. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Schizophrenia (description)
Parasomnias
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
43. Learned helplessness
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Community psychology
Developmental disorders
Martin Seligman
44. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Phobia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
DSM (description & history)
Social phobia
45. Excessive sleepiness
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Down syndrome
Anorexia nervosa
Hypersomnia
46. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Negative symptoms
retrograde amnesia
Psychological abstracts
Delusional disorder
47. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Parasomnias
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Amnesia
48. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Learning disorders
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Disorganized behaviour
49. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
pathological gambling
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
pyromania
Histrionic personality disorder
50. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Somatic delusion
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)