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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania






2. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






3. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






4. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






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






6. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






7. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






8. Excessive sleepiness






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






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






11. Imitating gestures of others






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






13. Perhaps use of neologisms






14. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity






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






16. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






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






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






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






20. Irresistible impulse to set fires






21. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






22. 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






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






24. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






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






31. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






32. 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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33. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






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






35. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery






36. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






37. Parroting






38. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






39. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






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






41. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning

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






43. 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






44. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






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






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






47. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






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






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






50. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion