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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Delirium
Social phobia
Panic disorder
2. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Somatic delusion
Schizophrenia (types)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Dependent personality disorder
3. 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
Schizophrenia (description)
DSM (description & history)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
4. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Wernicke'S syndrome
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Antisocial
5. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Fugue
Elimination disorders
Health psychology
6. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
7. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Hypochondriasis
diathesis-stress theory
Social phobia
8. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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9. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Schizoaffective disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Bipolar disorder
10. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Conversion disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Dysthymic disorder
11. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Residual (schizophrenia)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Panic disorder
Grandiose delusion
12. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Bipolar disorder
Insomnia
13. Schizophrenogenic mother
Kleptomania
Fromm and Reichamn
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Narcolepsy
14. Irresistible impulse to steal
Reactive schizophrenia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Kleptomania
15. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Thomas Szasz
Nightmare
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Histrionic personality disorder
16. One has special talent or status
Life event stress
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
DSM (description & history)
Grandiose delusion
17. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Flat affect
Developmental disorders
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Echolalia (catatonia)
18. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
DSM (axes)
American Psychologist
anterograde amnesia
19. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Post-traumatic stress disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Antisocial
Sleep terror
20. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Schizoaffective disorder
Reactive depression
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Amnesia
21. Learned helplessness
Dyssomnias
Confabulations
Martin Seligman
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
22. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
DSM (description & history)
David Rosenhan
23. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Dysthymic disorder
Erotomanic delusion
Schizophrenia (description)
24. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Negative symptoms
Amnesia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
25. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Fromm and Reichamn
Wernicke'S syndrome
dopamine
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
26. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Agoraphobia
Reactive schizophrenia
Flat affect
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
27. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Community psychology
Narcolepsy
Schizoaffective disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
28. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
American Psychologist
Agoraphobia
American Psychology Association (APA)
Nightmare
29. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Histrionic personality disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
30. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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31. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Learning disorders
Alzheimer'S disease
American Psychologist
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
32. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
compulsion
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Disorganized behaviour
DSM (description & history)
33. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Elimination disorders
Amphetamines
Trichotillomania
34. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Anorexia nervosa
PsycINFO database
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
35. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Bipolar disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Elimination disorders
Narcissistic personality disorder
36. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Schizophrenogenic mother
Cretinism
pyromania
Narcolepsy
37. 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
Culturally competent interventions
Down syndrome
Delusional disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
38. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
David Rosenhan
Schizophrenia (types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Residual (schizophrenia)
39. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Sleep terror
Phobia
Wernicke'S syndrome
Amphetamines
40. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Psychological Bulletin
Dyssomnias
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Obsession
41. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
David Rosenhan
Specific phobia
Tic disorders
42. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Culturally competent interventions
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
DSM (axes)
Thomas Szasz
43. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Parkinson'S
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Abuse
44. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Dependent personality disorder
Bipolar disorder
American Psychologist
45. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Life event stress
Narcissistic personality disorder
Tic disorders
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
46. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Amphetamines
Reactive schizophrenia
Borderline personality disorder
Dysthymic disorder
47. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Kleptomania
Antisocial
Tardive dyskinesia
Social phobia
48. Perhaps use of neologisms
Dysthymic disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
49. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Psychological abstracts
anterograde amnesia
Paranoid personality disorder
Conversion disorder
50. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Antisocial
Major depressive disorder
Depressive realism
Schizophrenia (onset)