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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






2. Persistent thoughts






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






4. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






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






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






7. 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






8. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






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






10. Motor immobility or waxy figure






11. Irresistible impulse to set fires






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






13. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






14. Irresistible impulse to steal






15. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






16. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






17. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






18. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






19. Irresistble impulse to gamble






20. Absence of appropriate emotion






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






22. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






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






24. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






25. 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






26. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






27. Learned helplessness






28. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






29. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






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






31. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






32. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






33. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






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. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger






36. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






37. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






38. 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






39. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning

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






41. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity






42. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery






43. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






44. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






45. 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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46. 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






47. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






48. Dependence and abuse of various substances






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






50. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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