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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
compulsion
Elimination disorders
Dementia
Tic disorders
2. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Manic symptoms
Mental retardation
Narcissistic personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
3. 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;
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Dependence
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
4. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Mental retardation
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Negative symptoms
Dysthymic disorder
5. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Trichotillomania
Parasomnias
retrograde amnesia
6. One has special talent or status
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Grandiose delusion
dopamine
Bipolar disorder
7. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Fromm and Reichamn
Schizotypal personality disorder
DSM (axes)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
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
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Dyssomnias
Residual (schizophrenia)
9. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Abuse
Learning disorders
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
10. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Delusional disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Stanley Hall
Social phobia
11. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Confabulations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Huntington'S disease
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
12. 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
Huntington'S disease
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
DSM (description & history)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
13. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Social phobia
14. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Phobia
Trichotillomania
American Psychology Association (APA)
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
Trichotillomania
diathesis-stress theory
Sleep terror
Down syndrome
16. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Parasomnias
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Process schizophrenia
17. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Reactive schizophrenia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
dissociative Identity disorder
18. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Negative symptoms
Avoidant personality disorder
19. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Nightmare
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
pyromania
20. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
DSM (description & history)
21. 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
Primary prevention
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
pyromania
22. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Mental retardation
Fugue
Process schizophrenia
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
23. 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
Schizophrenia (description)
Process schizophrenia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Psychological abstracts
24. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Grandiose delusion
American Psychologist
retrograde amnesia
Residual (schizophrenia)
25. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Amphetamines
Tic disorders
26. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Culturally competent interventions
Martin Seligman
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
27. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Amphetamines
Flat affect
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
28. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Delusional disorder
Pick'S disease
29. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Narcolepsy
Somatic delusion
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
30. 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
Reactive schizophrenia
Community psychology
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Hypersomnia
31. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Delusions
Panic disorder
32. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
Negative symptoms
33. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Conversion disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
34. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
dopamine
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Trichotillomania
35. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Tic disorders
Manic symptoms
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Insomnia
36. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Disorganized behaviour
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Phobia
37. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Psychological abstracts
Schizophrenia (description)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Disorganized behaviour
38. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
compulsion
Alzheimer'S disease
39. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Delusions
Psychological Bulletin
Neuroleptic drugs
Schizophrenogenic mother
40. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Confabulations
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
DSM (axes)
anterograde amnesia
41. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Major depressive disorder
Dyssomnias
42. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
DSM (axes)
Confabulations
43. 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
Flat affect
David Rosenhan
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Stanley Hall
44. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Reactive depression
Anorexia nervosa
Bipolar disorder
45. 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)
pyromania
Reactive schizophrenia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
46. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Confabulations
Pick'S disease
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Delirium
47. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Negative symptoms
Psychological Bulletin
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Community psychology
48. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Developmental disorders
Phobia
Schizophrenia (types)
Panic attack
49. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Learning disorders
Life event stress
Elimination disorders
50. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Down syndrome
Insomnia
Specific phobia