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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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'
Delusional disorder
David Rosenhan
Grandiose delusion
American Psychology Association (APA)
2. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Panic attack
Conversion disorder
Panic disorder
Manic symptoms
3. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
DSM (description & history)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Confabulations
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
4. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Phobia
Reactive schizophrenia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Tardive dyskinesia
5. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Hypochondriasis
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
6. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Learning disorders
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Delusional disorder
7. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Kleptomania
Schizophrenogenic mother
Schizoid personality disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
8. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Nightmare
Fromm and Reichamn
9. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Delusional disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Flat affect
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
10. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Bulimia nervosa
Paranoid personality disorder
Depressive realism
11. 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
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
dissociative Identity disorder
Residual (schizophrenia)
12. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Tay-Sachs disease
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
13. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Kleptomania
14. 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
Primary prevention
Specific phobia
Neuroleptic drugs
Post-traumatic stress disorder
15. 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
Generalized anxiety disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Down syndrome
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
16. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Generalized anxiety disorder
Learning disorders
Amphetamines
Reactive depression
17. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Confabulations
Developmental disorders
diathesis-stress theory
18. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Insomnia
Down syndrome
Dysthymic disorder
Parasomnias
19. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Schizoid personality disorder
Process schizophrenia
20. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Schizophrenia (types)
Stanley Hall
Mental retardation
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
21. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Dementia
Conversion disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
22. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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23. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Dementia
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Schizoaffective disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
24. 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
Fromm and Reichamn
Panic attack
American Psychology Association (APA)
Negative symptoms
25. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Fromm and Reichamn
Conversion disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
pathological gambling
26. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizophrenia (description)
Parkinson'S
Nightmare
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
27. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Hypersomnia
Thomas Szasz
Delusions
28. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Alzheimer'S disease
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Delusions
Parasomnias
29. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Primary prevention
Dyssomnias
Schizotypal personality disorder
Confabulations
30. 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
Culturally competent interventions
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Sleep terror
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
31. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Elimination disorders
Sleep terror
Life event stress
Mental retardation
32. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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33. 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
Fromm and Reichamn
Psychological abstracts
Catalepsy (catatonia)
dissociative Identity disorder
34. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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35. 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
Dementia
Wernicke'S syndrome
DSM (axes)
Reactive schizophrenia
36. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Kleptomania
Fromm and Reichamn
Amphetamines
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
37. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Dyssomnias
38. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Bipolar disorder
Process schizophrenia
American Psychology Association (APA)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
39. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Alzheimer'S disease
Elimination disorders
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
40. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Conversion disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Tic disorders
Bipolar disorder
41. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Somatic delusion
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Dyssomnias
Delusions
42. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Nightmare
Factitious disorder (group 9)
compulsion
Flat affect
43. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Fugue
Delirium
Borderline personality disorder
44. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Dysthymic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Antisocial
45. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Reactive schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Residual (schizophrenia)
46. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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47. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Schizophrenogenic mother
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Mental retardation
Thomas Szasz
48. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Delirium
Parkinson'S
dissociative Identity disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
49. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Martin Seligman
Fromm and Reichamn
Conversion disorder
50. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
retrograde amnesia
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Mental retardation
Stanley Hall