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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Anorexia nervosa
Histrionic personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Delusional disorder
2. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Sleep terror
Tardive dyskinesia
3. 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
Psychological abstracts
Echolalia (catatonia)
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenia (description)
4. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Nightmare
5. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Schizophrenia (onset)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizoid personality disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
6. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Negative symptoms
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
7. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Reactive depression
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
8. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
Fromm and Reichamn
Panic disorder
Psychological abstracts
9. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Thomas Szasz
Psychological abstracts
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
10. 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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11. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Trichotillomania
Delirium
Factitious disorder (group 9)
12. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Health psychology
Echopraxia (catatonia)
diathesis-stress theory
Borderline personality disorder
13. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Process schizophrenia
DSM (axes)
Conversion disorder
14. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Health psychology
Delirium
pathological gambling
15. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Paranoid personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Dyssomnias
16. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Hypochondriasis
Histrionic personality disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Avoidant personality disorder
17. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Dysthymic disorder
Community psychology
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
18. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was
Major depressive disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
19. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Elimination disorders
Reactive schizophrenia
Mental retardation
20. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Health psychology
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
21. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Dependent personality disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
PsycINFO database
Life event stress
22. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Panic attack
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
pathological gambling
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
23. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Somatic delusion
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Obsession
Specific phobia
24. 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
Dyssomnias
Schizophrenia (types)
Community psychology
Echolalia (catatonia)
25. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Huntington'S disease
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Thomas Szasz
Schizophrenogenic mother
26. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Depressive realism
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Dementia
Nightmare
27. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Down syndrome
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
pyromania
Manic symptoms
28. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Insomnia
Psychological abstracts
29. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Amnesia
Narcolepsy
Schizoaffective disorder
Martin Seligman
30. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Schizophrenia (description)
Schizoaffective disorder
Hypochondriasis
Amnesia
31. Parroting
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Borderline personality disorder
diathesis-stress theory
Echolalia (catatonia)
32. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Manic symptoms
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
33. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Dysthymic disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Amnesia
Schizoaffective disorder
34. 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
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Dementia
Trichotillomania
35. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Schizoid personality disorder
Psychological Bulletin
DSM (description & history)
pathological gambling
36. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
anterograde amnesia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
37. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Conversion disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Antisocial
38. Learned helplessness
Obsession
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Martin Seligman
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
39. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
40. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Tic disorders
Tardive dyskinesia
Narcolepsy
Trichotillomania
41. 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
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Agoraphobia
Tay-Sachs disease
compulsion
42. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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43. Irresistible impulse to steal
pyromania
Kleptomania
Narcolepsy
Reactive schizophrenia
44. 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
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Psychological abstracts
Culturally competent interventions
45. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Tic disorders
diathesis-stress theory
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Conversion disorder
46. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Schizophrenia (description)
Down syndrome
Anorexia nervosa
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
47. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Culturally competent interventions
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Elimination disorders
Health psychology
48. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
dissociative Identity disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Hypochondriasis
Reactive schizophrenia
49. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
diathesis-stress theory
anterograde amnesia
50. 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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