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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Delusional disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Dyssomnias
Depressive realism
2. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Developmental disorders
Amnesia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
anterograde amnesia
3. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Amnesia
Somatic delusion
Dysthymic disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
4. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Erotomanic delusion
Panic attack
Panic disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
5. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Process schizophrenia
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenia (etiology)
6. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
Psychological Bulletin
DSM (axes)
Delusional disorder
7. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Disorganized behaviour
Avoidant personality disorder
American Psychologist
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
8. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Tay-Sachs disease
9. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Delirium
Elimination disorders
Neuroleptic drugs
Klinefelter'S syndrome
10. 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
Dependent personality disorder
Community psychology
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
11. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Reactive depression
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Flat affect
12. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Psychological abstracts
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Negative symptoms
13. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Antisocial
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Developmental disorders
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
14. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Delirium
Schizophrenia (description)
Learning disorders
Alzheimer'S disease
15. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
PsycINFO database
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Narcissistic personality disorder
16. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Life event stress
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Reactive depression
Bulimia nervosa
17. 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
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Agoraphobia
Primary prevention
DSM (axes)
18. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Nightmare
Panic disorder
diathesis-stress theory
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
19. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Elimination disorders
Korsakoff'S syndrome
20. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Parkinson'S
Hypochondriasis
PsycINFO database
Erotomanic delusion
21. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Life event stress
Delusions
Process schizophrenia
Avoidant personality disorder
22. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Reactive depression
Tic disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Somatic delusion
23. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Hypochondriasis
Panic attack
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
24. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
Narcolepsy
Major depressive disorder
Confabulations
25. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Delusions
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Pick'S disease
Nightmare
26. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Obsession
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
27. Persistent thoughts
Abuse
Obsession
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
28. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
DSM (description & history)
Fugue
Abuse
Dysthymic disorder
29. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Psychological Bulletin
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Stanley Hall
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
30. Absence of appropriate emotion
Flat affect
compulsion
Amphetamines
pyromania
31. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Dysthymic disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
32. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Elimination disorders
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Primary prevention
33. Another person is in love with the individual
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Erotomanic delusion
Anorexia nervosa
Generalized anxiety disorder
34. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Dysthymic disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
pyromania
PsycINFO database
35. 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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36. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
pathological gambling
Nightmare
Schizoaffective disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
37. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
American Psychology Association (APA)
38. 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
Culturally competent interventions
Stanley Hall
Schizophrenia (onset)
Psychological abstracts
39. 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
Panic attack
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
40. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
Narcissistic personality disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Insomnia
41. Irresistble impulse to gamble
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
pathological gambling
Trichotillomania
Echolalia (catatonia)
42. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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43. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Negative symptoms
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
David Rosenhan
44. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Depressive realism
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
45. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Schizophrenia (types)
dissociative Identity disorder
Huntington'S disease
46. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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47. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Social phobia
Narcissistic personality disorder
Antisocial
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
48. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Anorexia nervosa
Tay-Sachs disease
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizophrenia (description)
49. Excessive sleepiness
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Bulimia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa
Hypersomnia
50. Schizophrenogenic mother
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
diathesis-stress theory