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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Abuse
dissociative Identity disorder
Dependence
2. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Wernicke'S syndrome
Schizophrenogenic mother
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Mental retardation
3. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Shared psychotic disorder
Abuse
Residual (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (description)
4. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Tardive dyskinesia
Major depressive disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
5. 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
Pick'S disease
Dependence
Dementia
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
6. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Tay-Sachs disease
Culturally competent interventions
7. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Tay-Sachs disease
8. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Process schizophrenia
Erotomanic delusion
Abuse
9. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Dysthymic disorder
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Schizophrenia (types)
10. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Martin Seligman
Reactive schizophrenia
Trichotillomania
dissociative Identity disorder
11. 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
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Elimination disorders
Psychological abstracts
anterograde amnesia
12. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Antisocial
Primary prevention
Negative symptoms
Psychological Bulletin
13. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning
Bipolar disorder
Dementia
Schizophrenogenic mother
DSM (axes)
14. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Bipolar disorder
anterograde amnesia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
15. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Manic symptoms
Abuse
Post-traumatic stress disorder
diathesis-stress theory
16. 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
Obsession
Sleep terror
Dependence
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
17. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Parkinson'S
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Tay-Sachs disease
Stanley Hall
18. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Sleep terror
PsycINFO database
Dependence
19. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Delirium
Parasomnias
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
20. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Panic disorder
Narcolepsy
Schizoaffective disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
21. 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
Flat affect
Amphetamines
Community psychology
Panic disorder
22. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Kleptomania
Phobia
Process schizophrenia
23. 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;
Shared psychotic disorder
DSM (description & history)
Major depressive disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
24. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Schizophrenogenic mother
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Panic disorder
Down syndrome
25. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Narcolepsy
Dementia
Down syndrome
26. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Martin Seligman
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
27. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
compulsion
Echolalia (catatonia)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
retrograde amnesia
28. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
American Psychologist
Panic disorder
DSM (description & history)
Antisocial
29. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Parasomnias
Hypersomnia
Delirium
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
30. Perhaps use of neologisms
Schizophrenia (description)
DSM (axes)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
31. Schizophrenogenic mother
Factitious disorder (group 9)
compulsion
Fromm and Reichamn
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
32. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Major depressive disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Histrionic personality disorder
33. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
dissociative Identity disorder
Bipolar disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
34. 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
Agoraphobia
Obsession
pyromania
Amnesia
35. Learned helplessness
Borderline personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Stanley Hall
Martin Seligman
36. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Psychological abstracts
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Bipolar disorder
37. Excessive sleepiness
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Confabulations
Hypersomnia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
38. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Borderline personality disorder
Manic symptoms
Cretinism
Trichotillomania
39. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Dementia
Panic attack
40. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Neuroleptic drugs
Health psychology
Dependent personality disorder
Hypersomnia
41. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
pyromania
Echolalia (catatonia)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Schizotypal personality disorder
42. 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
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Shared psychotic disorder
David Rosenhan
Trichotillomania
43. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Tardive dyskinesia
Trichotillomania
Bulimia nervosa
44. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Learning disorders
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
compulsion
45. Persistent thoughts
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Hypersomnia
Obsession
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
46. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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47. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Paranoid personality disorder
Phobia
Stanley Hall
Schizophrenia (description)
48. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Somatic delusion
Avoidant personality disorder
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Schizophrenogenic mother
49. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
50. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Dependent personality disorder
Narcolepsy
Abuse