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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Hypersomnia
pyromania
Reactive depression
Dyssomnias
2. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Community psychology
dissociative Identity disorder
Social phobia
Kleptomania
3. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Nightmare
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Conversion disorder
4. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Schizotypal personality disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Narcolepsy
5. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Antisocial
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
6. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
7. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Kleptomania
Schizophrenia (description)
Narcolepsy
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
8. Absence of appropriate emotion
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Flat affect
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder
9. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Social phobia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Schizophrenia (description)
10. Excessive sleepiness
PsycINFO database
Hypersomnia
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
11. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Neuroleptic drugs
Martin Seligman
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Abuse
12. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Negative symptoms
Life event stress
Huntington'S disease
Fromm and Reichamn
13. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Schizoid personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Abuse
14. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
15. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Obsession
Psychological Bulletin
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
16. 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
Community psychology
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Learning disorders
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
17. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Thomas Szasz
Bulimia nervosa
Mental retardation
Kleptomania
18. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Bipolar disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Amnesia
Delusional disorder
19. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Pick'S disease
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Schizotypal personality disorder
20. Parroting
Learning disorders
anterograde amnesia
Dysthymic disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
21. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Parkinson'S
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
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
Schizophrenia (onset)
Down syndrome
Alzheimer'S disease
Hypochondriasis
23. 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)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Nightmare
Developmental disorders
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
Panic attack
Echolalia (catatonia)
Reactive schizophrenia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
25. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Wernicke'S syndrome
Parkinson'S
David Rosenhan
26. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Huntington'S disease
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Delusional disorder
Amphetamines
27. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
28. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychologist
Grandiose delusion
Schizoid personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
29. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
PsycINFO database
Schizophrenia (types)
Bulimia nervosa
American Psychologist
30. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Stanley Hall
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
31. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Wernicke'S syndrome
Dyssomnias
pyromania
Obsession
32. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Reactive depression
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
DSM (axes)
33. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
PsycINFO database
Agoraphobia
Phobia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
34. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Dyssomnias
Tic disorders
David Rosenhan
35. Perhaps use of neologisms
Depressive realism
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Tic disorders
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
36. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Conversion disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (description)
37. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Community psychology
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Culturally competent interventions
38. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Insomnia
Paranoid personality disorder
Psychological Bulletin
Delirium
39. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Neuroleptic drugs
retrograde amnesia
anterograde amnesia
dopamine
40. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Somatic delusion
Histrionic personality disorder
Mental retardation
41. 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
Schizoaffective disorder
Primary prevention
Somatic delusion
anterograde amnesia
42. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
43. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Phobia
Process schizophrenia
Delirium
Flat affect
44. 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
Narcolepsy
American Psychologist
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
45. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Amnesia
Dependence
Conversion disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
46. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Fugue
Fromm and Reichamn
Schizophrenogenic mother
Elimination disorders
47. 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;
Generalized anxiety disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
48. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Antisocial
Down syndrome
Delirium
49. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Fugue
dopamine
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
50. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Fromm and Reichamn
Flat affect
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Dysthymic disorder