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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Delusions
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
2. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
Reactive depression
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
3. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Community psychology
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
4. 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
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Down syndrome
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Specific phobia
5. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
David Rosenhan
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Psychological Bulletin
Residual (schizophrenia)
6. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
dissociative Identity disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
7. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Grandiose delusion
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (types)
Phobia
8. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Parasomnias
Dementia
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
9. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Learning disorders
Schizophrenia (description)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
10. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
DSM (description & history)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
pyromania
dopamine
11. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Major depressive disorder
Social phobia
Histrionic personality disorder
Insomnia
12. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Process schizophrenia
Tic disorders
Dependent personality disorder
13. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Huntington'S disease
Amnesia
Delusional disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
14. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Residual (schizophrenia)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Negative symptoms
Amphetamines
15. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Sleep terror
diathesis-stress theory
Schizophrenia (onset)
Social phobia
16. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Dependence
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
dissociative Identity disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
17. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Flat affect
Panic disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
18. 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
Phobia
PsycINFO database
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychological Bulletin
19. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Parkinson'S
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Specific phobia
20. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychologist
Parkinson'S
Flat affect
Echopraxia (catatonia)
21. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Down syndrome
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
American Psychology Association (APA)
22. 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;
Negative symptoms
Major depressive disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Kleptomania
23. 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
Hypochondriasis
Depressive realism
retrograde amnesia
David Rosenhan
24. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Tic disorders
Specific phobia
Community psychology
25. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Reactive depression
Elimination disorders
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Bulimia nervosa
26. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Panic attack
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
27. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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28. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Tardive dyskinesia
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
29. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Avoidant personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
30. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
DSM (axes)
dissociative Identity disorder
Somatic delusion
Schizophrenia (etiology)
31. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Developmental disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Fugue
Amphetamines
32. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Panic attack
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Grandiose delusion
33. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenogenic mother
Dementia
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
34. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Dependence
Antisocial
Delusions
Grandiose delusion
35. 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
Schizoaffective disorder
Dementia
Schizoid personality disorder
Huntington'S disease
36. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Obsession
Down syndrome
Alzheimer'S disease
Anorexia nervosa
37. 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
Insomnia
Schizotypal personality disorder
Culturally competent interventions
Psychological Bulletin
38. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Learning disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
39. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Disorganized behaviour
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
40. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenogenic mother
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Reactive depression
Schizophrenia (types)
41. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Residual (schizophrenia)
42. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Narcissistic personality disorder
Antisocial
Reactive depression
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
43. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Schizotypal personality disorder
Cretinism
Residual (schizophrenia)
dissociative Identity disorder
44. 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
Bulimia nervosa
Dependence
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Agoraphobia
45. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
diathesis-stress theory
Delusions
Health psychology
anterograde amnesia
46. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Fugue
Thomas Szasz
Parasomnias
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
47. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
American Psychologist
Shared psychotic disorder
Process schizophrenia
compulsion
48. One has special talent or status
Pick'S disease
anterograde amnesia
Mental retardation
Grandiose delusion
49. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Schizophrenia (onset)
Avoidant personality disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Grandiose delusion
50. Persistent thoughts
Tay-Sachs disease
Obsession
Histrionic personality disorder
American Psychologist