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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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






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






3. Excessive sleepiness






4. Dependence and abuse of various substances






5. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






6. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25






7. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






8. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt






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






10. 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






11. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






12. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






13. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






14. 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






15. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






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






17. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






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






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






20. Parroting






21. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






22. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






23. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






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






25. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






26. Irresistible impulse to set fires






27. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






28. Erroneous or distorted thinking






29. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification






30. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






31. 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






32. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






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






34. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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35. 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






36. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






37. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






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






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






40. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






41. Cognitive problems (memory - spatial tasks - or language) that result from a medical condition; may be result of Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S - Huntington'S - or Pick'S disease






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






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






44. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






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






46. One has special talent or status






47. Motor immobility or waxy figure






48. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






49. 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






50. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor







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