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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Amphetamines
Phobia
Abuse
Dependence
2. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Specific phobia
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Process schizophrenia
Hypochondriasis
3. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
anterograde amnesia
Avoidant personality disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Depressive realism
4. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Trichotillomania
5. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
dopamine
Schizophrenogenic mother
Fugue
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
Panic attack
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Anorexia nervosa
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
7. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Tay-Sachs disease
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Reactive schizophrenia
8. One has special talent or status
Residual (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
Dependence
Grandiose delusion
9. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Borderline personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
10. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Dyssomnias
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Bipolar disorder
anterograde amnesia
11. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Schizophrenogenic mother
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Bulimia nervosa
12. 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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13. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
DSM (axes)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Life event stress
Stanley Hall
14. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Martin Seligman
Culturally competent interventions
Conversion disorder
15. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Confabulations
Social phobia
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Health psychology
16. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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17. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Borderline personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Narcolepsy
18. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
dissociative Identity disorder
Major depressive disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
19. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
American Psychologist
Manic symptoms
Reactive depression
Insomnia
20. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Schizophrenia (description)
Borderline personality disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Cretinism
21. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
pyromania
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizophrenia (types)
Insomnia
22. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Tic disorders
American Psychologist
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
23. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Dependence
PsycINFO database
Bulimia nervosa
Avoidant personality disorder
24. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Paranoid personality disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
25. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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26. Schizophrenogenic mother
Dependence
Social phobia
Fromm and Reichamn
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
27. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Nightmare
pyromania
Narcissistic personality disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
28. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Neuroleptic drugs
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
29. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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30. 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
DSM (description & history)
Parasomnias
Paranoid personality disorder
pathological gambling
31. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Histrionic personality disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Abuse
diathesis-stress theory
32. 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
Community psychology
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Phobia
Abuse
33. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Somatic delusion
dissociative Identity disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
34. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Bipolar disorder
Developmental disorders
Conversion disorder
35. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Fugue
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
36. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Reactive schizophrenia
Learning disorders
Confabulations
Delirium
37. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Down syndrome
anterograde amnesia
Health psychology
38. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Culturally competent interventions
Schizophrenia (types)
Developmental disorders
Delirium
39. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Psychological abstracts
dopamine
Obsession
40. 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;
Delirium
Major depressive disorder
David Rosenhan
Depressive realism
41. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Psychological abstracts
Kleptomania
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
42. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Bulimia nervosa
Community psychology
Delusional disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
43. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Developmental disorders
44. 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
pathological gambling
Dementia
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Delirium
45. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Health psychology
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
46. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
DSM (description & history)
dopamine
PsycINFO database
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
47. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Antisocial
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Disorganized behaviour
48. Excessive sleepiness
Phobia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Hypersomnia
49. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Phobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Anorexia nervosa
Learning disorders
50. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
diathesis-stress theory
Process schizophrenia
Manic symptoms
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)