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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






2. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






3. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






4. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






5. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






6. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






7. Anxiety around social or performance situations






8. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






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






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






11. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






12. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






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






14. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






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

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






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






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






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






20. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






21. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ






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






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

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30. 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






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






32. Irresistble impulse to gamble






33. 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






34. Erroneous or distorted thinking






35. 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






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






37. Imitating gestures of others






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






39. Excessive sleepiness






40. Irresistible impulse to set fires






41. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






42. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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43. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






44. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






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






46. Parroting






47. Prevent documented psychosocial problems through contact with an at-risk group; proactive intervention; e.g. prenatal health care - Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) - and Head Start






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

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49. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






50. Absence of appropriate emotion