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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Social phobia
Alzheimer'S disease
Residual (schizophrenia)
Fromm and Reichamn
2. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Conversion disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
3. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Learning disorders
Abuse
Hypochondriasis
4. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Fugue
Dependent personality disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
5. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
6. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Agoraphobia
David Rosenhan
Pick'S disease
Schizoaffective disorder
7. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Wernicke'S syndrome
Culturally competent interventions
Dyssomnias
Conversion disorder
8. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Fromm and Reichamn
American Psychologist
Hypersomnia
Phobia
9. Persistent thoughts
Obsession
Delirium
Hypochondriasis
Psychological abstracts
10. Absence of appropriate emotion
Mental retardation
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Flat affect
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
11. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Tay-Sachs disease
Reactive schizophrenia
Depressive realism
12. One has special talent or status
Neuroleptic drugs
Tic disorders
Manic symptoms
Grandiose delusion
13. Excessive sleepiness
Grandiose delusion
Hypersomnia
Dementia
Obsession
14. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Schizophrenia (description)
Paranoid personality disorder
Nightmare
PsycINFO database
15. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
pyromania
Bipolar disorder
16. Parroting
Narcolepsy
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Echolalia (catatonia)
Negative symptoms
17. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Hypersomnia
Tic disorders
18. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Echopraxia (catatonia)
anterograde amnesia
Delusions
Hypochondriasis
19. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
retrograde amnesia
Dependent personality disorder
Cretinism
20. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
PsycINFO database
Schizophrenia (description)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Parkinson'S
21. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Antisocial
Parasomnias
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Social phobia
22. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Echolalia (catatonia)
Dysthymic disorder
Residual (schizophrenia)
23. Depressive episode by depressed mood - loss of interests - changes in weight or sleep - low energy - feelings of worthlessness - or thoughts of death; symptoms are present nearly every day for at least two weeks; females 2x likelier to be diagnosed;
Histrionic personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Amphetamines
24. 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
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
DSM (axes)
Tardive dyskinesia
Panic attack
25. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Alzheimer'S disease
Reactive depression
Pick'S disease
Nightmare
26. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Borderline personality disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Abuse
27. Another person is in love with the individual
Erotomanic delusion
PsycINFO database
Hypersomnia
Fugue
28. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Paranoid personality disorder
Panic attack
Social phobia
Panic disorder
29. 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
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Culturally competent interventions
30. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
31. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Amnesia
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Fromm and Reichamn
32. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
33. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Down syndrome
34. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
Bipolar disorder
Life event stress
Delirium
35. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Social phobia
Neuroleptic drugs
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Depressive realism
36. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Delusional disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
37. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Schizophrenia (types)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Kleptomania
38. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
pyromania
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Fugue
Process schizophrenia
39. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Culturally competent interventions
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Panic disorder
40. 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
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Community psychology
Erotomanic delusion
Developmental disorders
41. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
42. 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
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
DSM (description & history)
Process schizophrenia
Narcolepsy
43. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Phobia
Primary prevention
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
44. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Psychological Bulletin
Parasomnias
Delusional disorder
45. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Antisocial
Life event stress
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
46. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Abuse
Anorexia nervosa
Learning disorders
47. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Reactive schizophrenia
anterograde amnesia
48. 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
Disorganized behaviour
Avoidant personality disorder
David Rosenhan
Agoraphobia
49. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
American Psychology Association (APA)
Parkinson'S
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
50. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Down syndrome
compulsion
Alzheimer'S disease
Flat affect