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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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
Catalepsy (catatonia)
compulsion
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Agoraphobia
2. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Process schizophrenia
Specific phobia
Shared psychotic disorder
Nightmare
3. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Conversion disorder
Martin Seligman
Manic symptoms
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
4. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Dysthymic disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Delusional disorder
Somatic delusion
5. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Hypersomnia
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Panic disorder
DSM (description & history)
6. 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
Stanley Hall
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Panic attack
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
7. 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
Huntington'S disease
DSM (axes)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Delusions
8. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Schizophrenogenic mother
Somatic delusion
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Thomas Szasz
9. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Psychological abstracts
David Rosenhan
Factitious disorder (group 9)
10. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
dopamine
dissociative Identity disorder
American Psychologist
Borderline personality disorder
11. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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12. One has special talent or status
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Trichotillomania
DSM (description & history)
Grandiose delusion
13. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Disorganized behaviour
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Learning disorders
14. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Schizophrenia (description)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Process schizophrenia
Major depressive disorder
15. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Narcolepsy
Developmental disorders
David Rosenhan
16. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Fugue
Tic disorders
Delusions
17. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
Sleep terror
Dependence
PsycINFO database
18. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Antisocial
Schizophrenia (onset)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Sleep terror
19. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychologist
Bipolar disorder
Hypersomnia
compulsion
20. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Stanley Hall
Flat affect
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Antisocial
21. 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
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Fugue
Culturally competent interventions
Mental retardation
22. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (onset)
Abuse
Disorganized behaviour
23. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Fugue
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Borderline personality disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
24. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
dissociative Identity disorder
Abuse
American Psychology Association (APA)
Phobia
25. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Flat affect
Alzheimer'S disease
26. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Mental retardation
Schizotypal personality disorder
27. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Amphetamines
Tay-Sachs disease
DSM (axes)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
28. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Erotomanic delusion
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
29. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Process schizophrenia
Residual (schizophrenia)
Trichotillomania
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
30. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Hypochondriasis
Confabulations
31. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Parkinson'S
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Developmental disorders
32. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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33. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
pyromania
pathological gambling
Schizotypal personality disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
34. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Tay-Sachs disease
Dementia
Tic disorders
35. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Mental retardation
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Learning disorders
Psychological Bulletin
36. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Specific phobia
Nightmare
Disorganized behaviour
37. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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38. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Borderline personality disorder
Parkinson'S
Tay-Sachs disease
Stanley Hall
39. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Parasomnias
dissociative Identity disorder
PsycINFO database
40. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Huntington'S disease
Disorganized behaviour
Cretinism
PsycINFO database
41. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Narcolepsy
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Process schizophrenia
42. Perhaps use of neologisms
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Reactive schizophrenia
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
David Rosenhan
43. 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
Dementia
Dependence
Community psychology
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
44. Schizophrenogenic mother
Learning disorders
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Community psychology
45. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Dependent personality disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
46. 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
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Down syndrome
Huntington'S disease
Neuroleptic drugs
47. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Developmental disorders
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
pathological gambling
48. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Conversion disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
diathesis-stress theory
49. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Dementia
Amphetamines
Tardive dyskinesia
50. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Obsession
Neuroleptic drugs
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)