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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Disorganized behaviour
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Delirium
2. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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3. Excessive sleepiness
Alzheimer'S disease
Disorganized behaviour
Hypersomnia
Generalized anxiety disorder
4. 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
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
David Rosenhan
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Pick'S disease
5. 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
compulsion
Down syndrome
Kleptomania
Dependence
6. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Psychological abstracts
pyromania
Dysthymic disorder
7. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Hypochondriasis
Negative symptoms
Trichotillomania
Manic symptoms
8. 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;
Major depressive disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Schizophrenia (description)
anterograde amnesia
9. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Amnesia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Primary prevention
Avoidant personality disorder
10. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Hypersomnia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
11. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Narcolepsy
Thomas Szasz
Fugue
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
12. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was
Paranoid personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Disorganized behaviour
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
13. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Sleep terror
Post-traumatic stress disorder
pyromania
14. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Fugue
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Neuroleptic drugs
15. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Dependent personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Depressive realism
Erotomanic delusion
16. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Anorexia nervosa
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Schizotypal personality disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
17. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Confabulations
Hypersomnia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
18. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenia (types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Agoraphobia
Alzheimer'S disease
19. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Developmental disorders
20. Irresistible impulse to steal
Kleptomania
Hypersomnia
DSM (description & history)
Narcissistic personality disorder
21. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Borderline personality disorder
Trichotillomania
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
22. 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;
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Borderline personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Schizophrenia (onset)
23. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Delusions
Paranoid personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Mental retardation
24. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Developmental disorders
Delusions
Health psychology
pyromania
25. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Agoraphobia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
retrograde amnesia
Amphetamines
26. Schizophrenogenic mother
Martin Seligman
Tay-Sachs disease
Fromm and Reichamn
Developmental disorders
27. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Narcissistic personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Flat affect
Thomas Szasz
28. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Dysthymic disorder
Specific phobia
29. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Schizophrenia (onset)
Neuroleptic drugs
Social phobia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
30. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Generalized anxiety disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Obsession
31. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Somatic delusion
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Schizoaffective disorder
32. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Panic disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Manic symptoms
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
33. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Confabulations
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Developmental disorders
34. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
anterograde amnesia
Delusional disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Health psychology
35. 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
PsycINFO database
Community psychology
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
36. Another person is in love with the individual
Life event stress
Erotomanic delusion
Dysthymic disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
37. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Psychological abstracts
Stanley Hall
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Tay-Sachs disease
38. 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
Health psychology
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
39. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
dopamine
Borderline personality disorder
Social phobia
dissociative Identity disorder
40. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
PsycINFO database
Life event stress
Phobia
Histrionic personality disorder
41. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Sleep terror
Reactive depression
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Dependence
42. 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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Panic attack
Residual (schizophrenia)
43. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Specific phobia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Disorganized behaviour
44. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Hypochondriasis
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
45. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Mental retardation
Delusional disorder
Manic symptoms
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
46. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Dementia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Tay-Sachs disease
Parasomnias
47. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Delirium
Conversion disorder
Tic disorders
48. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Narcolepsy
Delusional disorder
Trichotillomania
Residual (schizophrenia)
49. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Dependent personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Erotomanic delusion
Schizoaffective disorder
50. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Fugue
diathesis-stress theory
Bipolar disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)