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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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2. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
pathological gambling
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Hypersomnia
Dyssomnias
3. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
diathesis-stress theory
Residual (schizophrenia)
4. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Generalized anxiety disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Shared psychotic disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
5. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Martin Seligman
Confabulations
Psychological Bulletin
6. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Panic attack
Manic symptoms
DSM (description & history)
Schizophrenogenic mother
7. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
American Psychologist
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
8. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Parasomnias
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Amphetamines
Klinefelter'S syndrome
9. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Panic attack
Histrionic personality disorder
Specific phobia
10. 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
American Psychologist
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Social phobia
11. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Life event stress
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Trichotillomania
Social phobia
12. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Borderline personality disorder
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Life event stress
Dyssomnias
13. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Amnesia
Cretinism
Erotomanic delusion
14. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
pyromania
Schizophrenia (onset)
Panic attack
15. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Amphetamines
Dependence
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Schizotypal personality disorder
16. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Panic disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
17. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Bulimia nervosa
Neuroleptic drugs
Cretinism
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
18. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Panic disorder
Social phobia
Life event stress
Korsakoff'S syndrome
19. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Panic attack
American Psychology Association (APA)
Major depressive disorder
Dependent personality disorder
20. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Mental retardation
Culturally competent interventions
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
21. 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
Amphetamines
Fugue
Culturally competent interventions
Tay-Sachs disease
22. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Borderline personality disorder
Specific phobia
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
23. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Negative symptoms
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
pathological gambling
Confabulations
24. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Agoraphobia
Tay-Sachs disease
Delusional disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
25. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Wernicke'S syndrome
pyromania
Depressive realism
26. 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
Dependence
dopamine
DSM (axes)
David Rosenhan
27. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
American Psychologist
Trichotillomania
Huntington'S disease
28. 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'
Generalized anxiety disorder
Dependence
American Psychology Association (APA)
Histrionic personality disorder
29. 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
Amnesia
Psychological abstracts
Specific phobia
Trichotillomania
30. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
31. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Fromm and Reichamn
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
32. 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
Tay-Sachs disease
Primary prevention
Dysthymic disorder
33. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Tardive dyskinesia
Fromm and Reichamn
Pick'S disease
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
34. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Health psychology
Panic disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
35. Another person is in love with the individual
Bipolar disorder
Obsession
Insomnia
Erotomanic delusion
36. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Neuroleptic drugs
Paranoid personality disorder
Antisocial
Klinefelter'S syndrome
37. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Factitious disorder (group 9)
David Rosenhan
Delirium
Tic disorders
38. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Specific phobia
Sleep terror
Schizotypal personality disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
39. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
DSM (axes)
Obsession
Specific phobia
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
40. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Amphetamines
Social phobia
41. 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
Agoraphobia
Schizoaffective disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Depressive realism
42. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
American Psychologist
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Bipolar disorder
Disorganized behaviour
43. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
retrograde amnesia
Insomnia
Down syndrome
Psychological Bulletin
44. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Shared psychotic disorder
Confabulations
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
45. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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46. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Obsession
Narcolepsy
Psychological Bulletin
pathological gambling
47. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Tardive dyskinesia
Stanley Hall
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Fugue
48. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Primary prevention
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Amnesia
Cretinism
49. 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
Stanley Hall
Primary prevention
Down syndrome
Martin Seligman
50. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
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