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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Imitating gestures of others






2. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






3. Absence of appropriate emotion






4. 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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5. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






6. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






7. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






8. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






9. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






10. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt






11. 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






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






13. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






14. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






15. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






16. Motor immobility or waxy figure






17. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






18. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






19. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






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






21. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






22. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity






23. 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






24. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






25. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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26. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






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






28. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity

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






30. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






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






32. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






33. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






34. Anxiety around social or performance situations






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






36. 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'






37. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






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






39. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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40. 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






41. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






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






43. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






44. 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






45. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






46. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






47. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






48. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests






49. 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






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