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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






2. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






3. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






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






5. One has special talent or status






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






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






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






9. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






10. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






11. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






12. 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






13. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






14. Dependence and abuse of various substances






15. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






16. 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






17. Learned helplessness






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






19. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






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






21. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






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






23. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






24. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






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






26. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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27. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






28. Parroting






29. Persistent thoughts






30. 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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31. 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






32. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






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






34. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






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






36. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






37. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






38. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






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






40. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25






41. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






42. Another person is in love with the individual






43. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






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






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






46. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






47. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor






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

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49. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






50. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)