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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
2. Irresistible impulse to set fires
dissociative Identity disorder
Flat affect
Schizotypal personality disorder
pyromania
3. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Dysthymic disorder
Social phobia
Panic disorder
retrograde amnesia
4. Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence; delirium - dementia - other cognitive disorders; mental disorders due to a general medical condition; substance-related disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; mood disorders;
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Reactive schizophrenia
dissociative Identity disorder
pyromania
5. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
Pick'S disease
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
6. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
diathesis-stress theory
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Social phobia
7. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Pick'S disease
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Delusions
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
8. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
9. 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
Culturally competent interventions
Anorexia nervosa
Insomnia
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
10. 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
dopamine
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
David Rosenhan
Factitious disorder (group 9)
11. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
American Psychologist
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Developmental disorders
12. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Phobia
Panic disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Tic disorders
13. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Parasomnias
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Delusions
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
14. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Psychological abstracts
dissociative Identity disorder
Confabulations
Bipolar disorder
15. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Hypochondriasis
Reactive schizophrenia
Fugue
Bulimia nervosa
16. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Grandiose delusion
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Tardive dyskinesia
17. 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
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Dementia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
18. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Schizophrenogenic mother
Depressive realism
dopamine
Delirium
19. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Health psychology
Schizophrenia (onset)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
20. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Schizophrenia (description)
Dependence
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Bulimia nervosa
21. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Manic symptoms
Kleptomania
Phobia
22. Excessive sleepiness
Bipolar disorder
compulsion
Huntington'S disease
Hypersomnia
23. Persistent thoughts
Narcissistic personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Obsession
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
24. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Trichotillomania
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Delirium
25. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Dependent personality disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
26. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizophrenia (types)
Tic disorders
pyromania
27. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Erotomanic delusion
28. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
pathological gambling
Dementia
Learning disorders
Nightmare
29. 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
Schizotypal personality disorder
Panic disorder
Process schizophrenia
30. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Histrionic personality disorder
31. 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)
Delirium
Amnesia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
32. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
33. 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
dissociative Identity disorder
Community psychology
Dependence
Nightmare
34. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Narcolepsy
Bipolar disorder
35. Schizophrenogenic mother
Borderline personality disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Dependent personality disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
36. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Conversion disorder
Insomnia
37. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Schizotypal personality disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
pyromania
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
38. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
39. 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
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Panic attack
40. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Schizophrenia (onset)
Paranoid personality disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Histrionic personality disorder
41. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
David Rosenhan
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
42. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Disorganized behaviour
retrograde amnesia
Depressive realism
Residual (schizophrenia)
43. 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
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Paranoid personality disorder
Agoraphobia
pathological gambling
44. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Delusions
Wernicke'S syndrome
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
45. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Insomnia
Thomas Szasz
Antisocial
46. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Depressive realism
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
47. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
dopamine
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Disorganized behaviour
48. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
anterograde amnesia
DSM (axes)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Confabulations
49. 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
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Stanley Hall
Down syndrome
Residual (schizophrenia)
50. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Mental retardation
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)