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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






2. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






3. Schizophrenogenic mother






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






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






6. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






7. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






8. Prevent documented psychosocial problems through contact with an at-risk group; proactive intervention; e.g. prenatal health care - Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) - and Head Start






9. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






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






11. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






12. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






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






14. Anxiety around social or performance situations






15. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






16. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






17. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






18. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






19. Erroneous or distorted thinking






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. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests






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






23. Perhaps use of neologisms






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






25. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






26. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






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






28. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






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






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






31. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






32. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






33. Persistent thoughts






34. 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






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






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






37. Another person is in love with the individual






38. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






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






40. 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






41. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery






42. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification






43. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






44. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






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






47. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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48. 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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49. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






50. Absence of appropriate emotion