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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Phobia
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
2. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Down syndrome
Schizoid personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Fugue
3. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Pick'S disease
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Hypochondriasis
4. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Abuse
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Obsession
5. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Dyssomnias
Negative symptoms
Shared psychotic disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
6. Persistent thoughts
retrograde amnesia
Manic symptoms
Down syndrome
Obsession
7. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Kleptomania
Post-traumatic stress disorder
diathesis-stress theory
Schizophrenia (etiology)
8. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Reactive depression
Abuse
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
9. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Anorexia nervosa
Nightmare
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
10. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Down syndrome
Residual (schizophrenia)
Schizoid personality disorder
11. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Dysthymic disorder
Manic symptoms
David Rosenhan
Specific phobia
12. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Bulimia nervosa
13. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
Schizotypal personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
pyromania
14. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Negative symptoms
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Paranoid personality disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
15. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Cretinism
Generalized anxiety disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Hypochondriasis
16. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (description)
Sleep terror
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
17. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
retrograde amnesia
Tic disorders
Mental retardation
Dysthymic disorder
18. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
diathesis-stress theory
Amnesia
19. 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)
Hypersomnia
dopamine
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
20. 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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Dependence
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
21. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Parkinson'S
David Rosenhan
22. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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23. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Histrionic personality disorder
diathesis-stress theory
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Martin Seligman
24. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
DSM (axes)
Depressive realism
Narcolepsy
25. 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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26. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Schizophrenia (onset)
Shared psychotic disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
27. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Conversion disorder
Culturally competent interventions
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Huntington'S disease
28. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Parasomnias
Elimination disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
29. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Sleep terror
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Reactive schizophrenia
30. 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;
Flat affect
Tic disorders
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
compulsion
31. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Bulimia nervosa
Histrionic personality disorder
Delusional disorder
Tic disorders
32. 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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33. 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
Health psychology
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Manic symptoms
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
34. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Dyssomnias
Grandiose delusion
Histrionic personality disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
35. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Elimination disorders
Cretinism
dissociative Identity disorder
36. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Parkinson'S
Developmental disorders
Panic disorder
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
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
dissociative Identity disorder
38. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Learning disorders
Sleep terror
Somatic delusion
PsycINFO database
39. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Social phobia
Mental retardation
Primary prevention
Schizotypal personality disorder
40. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Trichotillomania
Factitious disorder (group 9)
41. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Somatic delusion
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Tay-Sachs disease
42. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Phobia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
anterograde amnesia
Delirium
43. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Parasomnias
Parkinson'S
44. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Martin Seligman
Bulimia nervosa
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Tay-Sachs disease
45. Irresistble impulse to gamble
pathological gambling
Health psychology
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
DSM (description & history)
46. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Mental retardation
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Life event stress
Sleep terror
47. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
compulsion
Stanley Hall
American Psychologist
48. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Fugue
Manic symptoms
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Anorexia nervosa
49. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Delusions
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Dysthymic disorder
50. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
Specific phobia
Schizoaffective disorder
Bulimia nervosa