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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Imitating gestures of others






2. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






3. Schizophrenogenic mother






4. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






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






6. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






7. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor






8. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






9. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






10. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






11. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






12. Irresistible impulse to steal






13. 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






14. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






15. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






16. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






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






18. Erroneous or distorted thinking






19. One has special talent or status






20. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






21. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






22. 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






23. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






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






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






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






27. Parroting






28. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






29. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






30. 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






31. 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






32. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






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






34. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






35. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






36. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






37. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






38. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






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

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






41. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






42. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






43. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive






44. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






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






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






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






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






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






50. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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