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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. 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






2. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






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






4. 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;






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






6. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






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






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






9. Another person is in love with the individual






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






11. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






12. 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






13. Index published by APA - found at most major libraries; montly compilation of 'nonevaluative summaries of the world'S literature in psychology'; in each issue - article abstracts arranged by topic; hardcopy version of PsycINFO






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






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






16. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






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






18. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






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






20. Anxiety around social or performance situations






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






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






23. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






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






25. 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






26. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






27. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt






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






29. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






30. Dependence and abuse of various substances






31. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






32. Irresistble impulse to gamble






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Imitating gestures of others






43. Schizophrenogenic mother






44. Irresistible impulse to set fires






45. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






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






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






48. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






49. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






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