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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






3. 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






4. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






5. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






6. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






7. Erroneous or distorted thinking






8. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






9. Irresistble impulse to gamble






10. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






11. Perhaps use of neologisms






12. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






13. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






14. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






15. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






16. 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






17. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






18. 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






19. 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






20. Irresistible impulse to set fires






21. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






22. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






23. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






24. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






25. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






26. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






27. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






28. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






29. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery






30. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






31. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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32. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






33. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity






34. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






35. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






36. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






37. 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






38. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests






39. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






40. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






41. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






42. Schizophrenogenic mother






43. Another person is in love with the individual






44. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






45. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






46. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






47. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






48. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






49. 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






50. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ