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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
Kleptomania
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Fromm and Reichamn
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
2. 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
Neuroleptic drugs
Depressive realism
Stanley Hall
Down syndrome
3. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Obsession
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
4. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Mental retardation
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Generalized anxiety disorder
5. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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6. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Narcolepsy
American Psychologist
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
7. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Dyssomnias
Amnesia
Generalized anxiety disorder
8. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Conversion disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Shared psychotic disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
9. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Fugue
David Rosenhan
Reactive depression
Schizoid personality disorder
10. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Process schizophrenia
Erotomanic delusion
Specific phobia
Schizophrenia (onset)
11. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Generalized anxiety disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Depressive realism
12. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Panic disorder
13. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Nightmare
14. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
dopamine
Panic attack
Mental retardation
Schizophrenia (etiology)
15. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
David Rosenhan
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Trichotillomania
Dyssomnias
16. 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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17. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Histrionic personality disorder
Tic disorders
Bulimia nervosa
Conversion disorder
18. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Health psychology
Anorexia nervosa
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
19. Mental disorders - diagnostic criteria - official numerical codes - first published 1952 - for clinical - research and educational use; 4th edition 1994 - text revision 2000 - DSM V 2012
DSM (description & history)
Erotomanic delusion
Histrionic personality disorder
PsycINFO database
20. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Stanley Hall
21. 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
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Dependence
Tardive dyskinesia
Panic attack
22. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Confabulations
Catalepsy (catatonia)
23. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Psychological Bulletin
Learning disorders
24. Exposure to trauma that results in decreased ability to function and recurrent thoughts and anxiety about the incident; often linked to war veterans or victims of violence
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Abuse
pathological gambling
25. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Borderline personality disorder
Delirium
Fugue
Disorganized behaviour
26. Schizophrenogenic mother
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Dysthymic disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
27. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Abuse
Dyssomnias
dissociative Identity disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
28. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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29. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Confabulations
Primary prevention
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
30. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Martin Seligman
Life event stress
Echopraxia (catatonia)
31. Absence of appropriate emotion
Neuroleptic drugs
Specific phobia
Flat affect
Negative symptoms
32. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Narcolepsy
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
dissociative Identity disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
33. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
dopamine
Phobia
Sleep terror
Down syndrome
34. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Major depressive disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
PsycINFO database
anterograde amnesia
35. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Hypersomnia
Anorexia nervosa
36. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Phobia
Schizoid personality disorder
Panic disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
37. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Histrionic personality disorder
Delirium
Fromm and Reichamn
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
38. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Dementia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Stanley Hall
39. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Psychological Bulletin
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizophrenia (etiology)
dopamine
40. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Depressive realism
PsycINFO database
Abuse
Fromm and Reichamn
41. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Somatic delusion
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Social phobia
42. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Primary prevention
pyromania
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Dependence
43. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Histrionic personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
44. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Schizoid personality disorder
Learning disorders
Elimination disorders
Narcolepsy
45. 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
David Rosenhan
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Dyssomnias
Schizotypal personality disorder
46. Persistent thoughts
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Bulimia nervosa
retrograde amnesia
Obsession
47. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Stanley Hall
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Social phobia
48. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Reactive schizophrenia
Sleep terror
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenia (etiology)
49. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Reactive schizophrenia
Histrionic personality disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
50. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Generalized anxiety disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Delusional disorder
DSM (description & history)