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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Schizophrenogenic mother
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Fromm and Reichamn
Schizophrenogenic mother
Panic disorder
2. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Negative symptoms
Elimination disorders
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Martin Seligman
3. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Narcolepsy
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
dissociative Identity disorder
American Psychologist
4. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Avoidant personality disorder
anterograde amnesia
5. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Narcissistic personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Sleep terror
6. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
7. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
8. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Agoraphobia
Somatic delusion
Process schizophrenia
9. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Martin Seligman
Tic disorders
Bipolar disorder
10. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Disorganized behaviour
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Mental retardation
11. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Process schizophrenia
Delirium
Histrionic personality disorder
12. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Disorganized behaviour
Manic symptoms
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
13. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Disorganized behaviour
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
14. 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
Community psychology
Catalepsy (catatonia)
pathological gambling
Process schizophrenia
15. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Korsakoff'S syndrome
American Psychology Association (APA)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Depressive realism
16. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Delirium
17. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizoid personality disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
18. 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
Dependence
David Rosenhan
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
19. 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
Confabulations
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Psychological abstracts
Post-traumatic stress disorder
20. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
PsycINFO database
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizophrenogenic mother
21. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Trichotillomania
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Psychological abstracts
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
22. 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
Kleptomania
Cretinism
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
23. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Specific phobia
Social phobia
Reactive schizophrenia
24. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Trichotillomania
Schizophrenia (description)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Narcolepsy
25. Excessive sleepiness
Trichotillomania
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Hypersomnia
26. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Cretinism
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Stanley Hall
27. 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
Dementia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Fromm and Reichamn
28. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Dependent personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
Schizoid personality disorder
American Psychologist
29. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning
DSM (axes)
Learning disorders
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
30. 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)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
retrograde amnesia
31. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Fromm and Reichamn
Bulimia nervosa
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Neuroleptic drugs
32. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Wernicke'S syndrome
David Rosenhan
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
33. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Mental retardation
34. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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35. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Process schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
36. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
37. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Pick'S disease
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Life event stress
38. Perhaps use of neologisms
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Psychological Bulletin
39. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Agoraphobia
Delusional disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Phobia
40. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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41. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Dependent personality disorder
Dependence
Hypersomnia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
42. 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
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Sleep terror
Dyssomnias
43. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Sleep terror
Schizophrenogenic mother
Echolalia (catatonia)
44. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
45. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Paranoid personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
46. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Somatic delusion
Phobia
Delusions
Confabulations
47. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Disorganized behaviour
Nightmare
48. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Psychological abstracts
Martin Seligman
Parkinson'S
49. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Grandiose delusion
50. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Disorganized behaviour
Kleptomania
Phenylketonuria (PKU)