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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Agoraphobia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Conversion disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
2. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Fromm and Reichamn
Confabulations
Borderline personality disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
3. Index published by APA - found at most major libraries; montly compilation of 'nonevaluative summaries of the world'S literature in psychology'; in each issue - article abstracts arranged by topic; hardcopy version of PsycINFO
Panic disorder
anterograde amnesia
Psychological abstracts
Agoraphobia
4. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Social phobia
Avoidant personality disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Shared psychotic disorder
5. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Major depressive disorder
Psychological abstracts
Sleep terror
Developmental disorders
6. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Dementia
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
American Psychology Association (APA)
compulsion
7. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
pathological gambling
Confabulations
Health psychology
8. 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
Schizoid personality disorder
Primary prevention
Reactive depression
DSM (description & history)
9. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
dopamine
Agoraphobia
Anorexia nervosa
10. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Echolalia (catatonia)
11. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Phobia
Paranoid personality disorder
Insomnia
Fromm and Reichamn
12. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Tardive dyskinesia
Social phobia
Residual (schizophrenia)
Echolalia (catatonia)
13. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Hypochondriasis
Elimination disorders
Generalized anxiety disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
14. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Alzheimer'S disease
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
15. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Dysthymic disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
16. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Fugue
Hypochondriasis
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
American Psychologist
17. 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
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Community psychology
Generalized anxiety disorder
18. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Bipolar disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Erotomanic delusion
19. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Fugue
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Nightmare
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
20. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Schizotypal personality disorder
Somatic delusion
Dyssomnias
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
21. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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22. 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
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Abuse
Panic attack
Obsession
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. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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25. 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
Down syndrome
Cretinism
Trichotillomania
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
26. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Psychological Bulletin
Somatic delusion
27. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Shared psychotic disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
28. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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29. 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'
Alzheimer'S disease
Echopraxia (catatonia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
30. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Depressive realism
Avoidant personality disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
31. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Narcolepsy
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Manic symptoms
Schizotypal personality disorder
32. 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
Parasomnias
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Dementia
33. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Shared psychotic disorder
Major depressive disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Residual (schizophrenia)
34. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Delusional disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Psychological abstracts
Depressive realism
35. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Narcolepsy
Neuroleptic drugs
36. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Schizotypal personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Panic disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
37. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
dopamine
Down syndrome
Neuroleptic drugs
DSM (description & history)
38. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Psychological Bulletin
Schizoid personality disorder
Abuse
Klinefelter'S syndrome
39. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizotypal personality disorder
40. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Dysthymic disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Reactive depression
41. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Schizophrenia (description)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
42. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Health psychology
Delusional disorder
Psychological abstracts
Anorexia nervosa
43. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Elimination disorders
Dementia
pathological gambling
Parasomnias
44. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Martin Seligman
Parasomnias
45. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Agoraphobia
46. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Huntington'S disease
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Paranoid personality disorder
47. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Community psychology
dissociative Identity disorder
pyromania
Psychological Bulletin
48. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Developmental disorders
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Huntington'S disease
49. 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
Negative symptoms
DSM (axes)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Shared psychotic disorder
50. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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