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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Narcolepsy
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
2. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Martin Seligman
Schizophrenia (onset)
3. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
dopamine
Schizophrenogenic mother
Catalepsy (catatonia)
4. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
5. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Life event stress
Schizophrenia (description)
Confabulations
6. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Residual (schizophrenia)
Agoraphobia
Avoidant personality disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
7. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
compulsion
Bipolar disorder
Life event stress
8. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Bipolar disorder
Delusional disorder
Developmental disorders
Fromm and Reichamn
9. 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
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Primary prevention
dissociative Identity disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
10. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Dysthymic disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
11. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
David Rosenhan
Panic attack
Parasomnias
12. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Process schizophrenia
Grandiose delusion
13. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Kleptomania
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
pyromania
Borderline personality disorder
14. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Major depressive disorder
Dyssomnias
Korsakoff'S syndrome
15. Cognitive problems (memory - spatial tasks - or language) that result from a medical condition; may be result of Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S - Huntington'S - or Pick'S disease
dissociative Identity disorder
PsycINFO database
Huntington'S disease
Dementia
16. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Amnesia
Shared psychotic disorder
17. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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18. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Delirium
diathesis-stress theory
Specific phobia
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
19. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Learning disorders
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Trichotillomania
20. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Avoidant personality disorder
21. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
American Psychologist
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
retrograde amnesia
DSM (description & history)
22. 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
Narcolepsy
Anorexia nervosa
Phobia
Psychological abstracts
23. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
American Psychologist
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
24. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Hypochondriasis
Dementia
25. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning
Negative symptoms
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
DSM (axes)
Specific phobia
26. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Stanley Hall
Anorexia nervosa
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
27. Learned helplessness
Pick'S disease
Martin Seligman
compulsion
David Rosenhan
28. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
dopamine
Panic disorder
29. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Disorganized behaviour
Insomnia
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
30. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
Grandiose delusion
retrograde amnesia
Agoraphobia
31. Imitating gestures of others
Developmental disorders
Process schizophrenia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Learning disorders
32. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
33. 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
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Dependent personality disorder
DSM (description & history)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
34. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Mental retardation
Down syndrome
Depressive realism
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
35. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Abuse
36. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Paranoid personality disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Somatic delusion
37. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Community psychology
Obsession
Echopraxia (catatonia)
38. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
compulsion
Schizophrenogenic mother
PsycINFO database
Delusional disorder
39. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Psychological Bulletin
Echopraxia (catatonia)
40. Irresistible impulse to steal
Alzheimer'S disease
Kleptomania
Depressive realism
Amnesia
41. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Sleep terror
Delusional disorder
Psychological Bulletin
Phobia
42. Persistent thoughts
American Psychologist
Obsession
Pick'S disease
Manic symptoms
43. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Borderline personality disorder
Negative symptoms
Klinefelter'S syndrome
pathological gambling
44. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Confabulations
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Schizophrenogenic mother
45. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizoaffective disorder
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Trichotillomania
46. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
diathesis-stress theory
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Stanley Hall
47. 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
Amnesia
Dependence
Psychological Bulletin
Disorganized behaviour
48. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Negative symptoms
Parasomnias
Thomas Szasz
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
49. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Dependence
Major depressive disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
50. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Confabulations
Hypersomnia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
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