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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
compulsion
Narcolepsy
Elimination disorders
Klinefelter'S syndrome
2. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Reactive depression
Depressive realism
Psychological Bulletin
3. 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
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
DSM (description & history)
4. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Somatic delusion
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
5. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
diathesis-stress theory
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Hypochondriasis
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
6. 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
Psychological Bulletin
Insomnia
Culturally competent interventions
DSM (axes)
7. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Shared psychotic disorder
8. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
American Psychologist
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Stanley Hall
9. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Delusions
Neuroleptic drugs
10. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Down syndrome
11. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Schizoid personality disorder
Psychological Bulletin
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
12. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
American Psychologist
Tay-Sachs disease
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
13. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Schizophrenia (onset)
Confabulations
Delusions
Down syndrome
14. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Residual (schizophrenia)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
15. 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
DSM (axes)
Social phobia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
16. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Huntington'S disease
American Psychologist
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Primary prevention
17. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Schizophrenia (description)
Psychological Bulletin
Schizophrenogenic mother
Delusional disorder
18. 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
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
DSM (description & history)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Psychological abstracts
19. Depressive episode by depressed mood - loss of interests - changes in weight or sleep - low energy - feelings of worthlessness - or thoughts of death; symptoms are present nearly every day for at least two weeks; females 2x likelier to be diagnosed;
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Shared psychotic disorder
Martin Seligman
Major depressive disorder
20. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Reactive depression
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Delirium
Dysthymic disorder
21. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Abuse
Delusional disorder
Grandiose delusion
Factitious disorder (group 9)
22. 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
Social phobia
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Learning disorders
Down syndrome
23. 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
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
24. 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;
Bipolar disorder
Dependence
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Fugue
25. 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
Amphetamines
Primary prevention
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Grandiose delusion
26. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Somatic delusion
Tic disorders
American Psychologist
27. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Schizoaffective disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Trichotillomania
28. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Cretinism
Parkinson'S
Phobia
29. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Erotomanic delusion
anterograde amnesia
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Pick'S disease
30. Excessive sleepiness
Anorexia nervosa
diathesis-stress theory
Hypersomnia
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
31. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Fugue
Generalized anxiety disorder
32. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Stanley Hall
Schizophrenia (onset)
Social phobia
33. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Health psychology
Narcissistic personality disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Tic disorders
34. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Conversion disorder
PsycINFO database
Dysthymic disorder
Delusional disorder
35. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Martin Seligman
Delusions
36. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Anorexia nervosa
Schizoid personality disorder
Social phobia
Panic attack
37. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Phobia
Avoidant personality disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
38. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Health psychology
Learning disorders
pyromania
Stanley Hall
39. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Abuse
Learning disorders
Fugue
Borderline personality disorder
40. Imitating gestures of others
Nightmare
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
American Psychologist
41. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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42. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Disorganized behaviour
Psychological Bulletin
Thomas Szasz
Anorexia nervosa
43. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
DSM (description & history)
Nightmare
Depressive realism
Panic disorder
44. Learned helplessness
Shared psychotic disorder
dopamine
Life event stress
Martin Seligman
45. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Reactive depression
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Shared psychotic disorder
Social phobia
46. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
David Rosenhan
Panic attack
American Psychology Association (APA)
47. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Residual (schizophrenia)
DSM (description & history)
Insomnia
Psychological abstracts
48. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Fugue
PsycINFO database
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Social phobia
49. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Avoidant personality disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Flat affect
Amphetamines
50. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Shared psychotic disorder
Erotomanic delusion
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Parasomnias