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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






5. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






6. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






7. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






8. Irresistible impulse to set fires






9. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality






10. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






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






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






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






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






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






16. Learned helplessness






17. Perhaps use of neologisms






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






19. Irresistble impulse to gamble






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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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25. Erroneous or distorted thinking






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






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






28. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






29. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






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






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






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






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






34. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






35. Another person is in love with the individual






36. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






37. Motor immobility or waxy figure






38. Dependence and abuse of various substances






39. 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






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






41. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






42. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






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






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






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






46. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






47. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






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






49. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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50. Anxiety around social or performance situations