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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






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






4. 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






5. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






6. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






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






8. 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






9. Excessive sleepiness






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






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

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






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






14. 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






15. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






16. Persistent thoughts






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






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






19. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






20. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






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






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






23. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






24. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






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






26. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






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






28. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






29. Motor immobility or waxy figure






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






31. Irresistible impulse to set fires






32. 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






33. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






34. 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






35. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






36. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






37. 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






38. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






39. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






40. Absence of appropriate emotion






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






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






43. 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






44. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






45. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






46. Another person is in love with the individual






47. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






48. Irresistble impulse to gamble






49. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






50. Imitating gestures of others