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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Parasomnias
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
2. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Nightmare
Culturally competent interventions
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
3. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Dependent personality disorder
Health psychology
Huntington'S disease
Confabulations
4. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Schizoid personality disorder
Negative symptoms
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Shared psychotic disorder
5. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Abuse
Catalepsy (catatonia)
anterograde amnesia
6. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
7. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
Echopraxia (catatonia)
PsycINFO database
Health psychology
8. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Process schizophrenia
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
9. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Hypersomnia
Tardive dyskinesia
10. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
11. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Dysthymic disorder
Somatic delusion
Huntington'S disease
Obsession
12. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Mental retardation
Kleptomania
13. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
diathesis-stress theory
Panic disorder
Community psychology
Sleep terror
14. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Social phobia
Psychological Bulletin
Schizotypal personality disorder
15. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Residual (schizophrenia)
Narcolepsy
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
16. 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
Delirium
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Manic symptoms
Neuroleptic drugs
17. Another person is in love with the individual
Delusions
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Erotomanic delusion
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
18. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Trichotillomania
Negative symptoms
Borderline personality disorder
Fugue
19. Parroting
Conversion disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Trichotillomania
20. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Abuse
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Grandiose delusion
Down syndrome
21. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Somatic delusion
Dependence
Bipolar disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
22. 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;
Shared psychotic disorder
Delusional disorder
Depressive realism
Major depressive disorder
23. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
retrograde amnesia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Reactive depression
Huntington'S disease
24. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Abuse
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Alzheimer'S disease
25. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Fugue
Schizophrenia (onset)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Dependence
26. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Dysthymic disorder
Mental retardation
retrograde amnesia
Schizophrenogenic mother
27. Absence of appropriate emotion
Flat affect
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Anorexia nervosa
Depressive realism
28. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Shared psychotic disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
David Rosenhan
29. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Life event stress
Panic disorder
30. 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
Dyssomnias
Community psychology
anterograde amnesia
Agoraphobia
31. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Flat affect
Tardive dyskinesia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
32. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Phobia
Depressive realism
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Wernicke'S syndrome
33. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Panic disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
34. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Reactive schizophrenia
Parasomnias
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
35. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Fugue
Health psychology
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
36. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Pick'S disease
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Major depressive disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
37. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Social phobia
retrograde amnesia
Alzheimer'S disease
Schizophrenogenic mother
38. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
39. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Life event stress
American Psychology Association (APA)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Health psychology
40. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Hypersomnia
Histrionic personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
PsycINFO database
41. 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'
PsycINFO database
Trichotillomania
Delirium
American Psychology Association (APA)
42. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Primary prevention
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Trichotillomania
43. 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
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Psychological abstracts
44. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Reactive schizophrenia
American Psychologist
Psychological Bulletin
Delirium
45. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
Phobia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Down syndrome
46. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Residual (schizophrenia)
Culturally competent interventions
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
47. Irresistible impulse to steal
Somatic delusion
Kleptomania
Manic symptoms
Stanley Hall
48. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Delusions
Reactive depression
Phobia
49. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
50. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Narcissistic personality disorder
pyromania
dopamine
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)