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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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






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






3. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






4. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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






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






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






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






9. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






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






11. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






12. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






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






14. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






15. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






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

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17. 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






18. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






19. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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20. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






21. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






22. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






23. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






24. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






25. One has special talent or status






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






27. Absence of appropriate emotion






28. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






29. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






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






31. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning

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






33. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






34. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






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






36. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






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






38. 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






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






40. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






41. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






42. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






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






44. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






45. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






46. Schizophrenogenic mother






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






48. 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






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






50. Excessive sleepiness







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