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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






2. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






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






4. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






5. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others






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






7. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






8. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






9. Erroneous or distorted thinking






10. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






11. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






12. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






13. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive






14. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






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






16. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






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






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






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;






20. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






21. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






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






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






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;






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






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






27. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






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






29. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






30. Excessive sleepiness






31. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






32. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






33. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






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






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






36. Anxiety around social or performance situations






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






38. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






39. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






40. Imitating gestures of others






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






43. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






44. Learned helplessness






45. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






46. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






47. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






48. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






49. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






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