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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Major depressive disorder
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
2. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Social phobia
Mental retardation
Tic disorders
Schizoid personality disorder
3. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
retrograde amnesia
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Nightmare
Culturally competent interventions
4. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Major depressive disorder
Dependence
Dependent personality disorder
Somatic delusion
5. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Dependence
diathesis-stress theory
Life event stress
6. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Fugue
pathological gambling
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Bulimia nervosa
7. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Panic disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
8. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
pathological gambling
Schizoaffective disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
9. 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
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
David Rosenhan
diathesis-stress theory
DSM (description & history)
10. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Tay-Sachs disease
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
11. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
compulsion
Schizotypal personality disorder
12. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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13. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Dependence
Dyssomnias
Obsession
14. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Flat affect
Martin Seligman
David Rosenhan
Dysthymic disorder
15. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Nightmare
Health psychology
Schizotypal personality disorder
16. 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;
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
pyromania
Dependent personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
17. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Bipolar disorder
Primary prevention
Schizotypal personality disorder
Erotomanic delusion
18. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Dysthymic disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Narcolepsy
19. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Sleep terror
20. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Dementia
Narcolepsy
Schizoid personality disorder
21. 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
Amnesia
Pick'S disease
Phobia
DSM (description & history)
22. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Learning disorders
compulsion
Dependence
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
23. 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
Reactive depression
Psychological abstracts
David Rosenhan
Histrionic personality disorder
24. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
DSM (description & history)
Cretinism
Abuse
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
25. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Process schizophrenia
Parkinson'S
Histrionic personality disorder
Delusions
26. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
American Psychology Association (APA)
Alzheimer'S disease
Down syndrome
Process schizophrenia
27. 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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28. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Psychological Bulletin
Manic symptoms
pathological gambling
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
29. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
30. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Nightmare
Residual (schizophrenia)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Hypochondriasis
31. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
American Psychology Association (APA)
dissociative Identity disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
32. 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
Alzheimer'S disease
DSM (axes)
Hypochondriasis
Conversion disorder
33. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Delusions
Sleep terror
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
34. Irresistible impulse to steal
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Kleptomania
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
35. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Anorexia nervosa
Negative symptoms
Phobia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
36. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Panic disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
dopamine
Amnesia
37. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
Histrionic personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
38. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Manic symptoms
Negative symptoms
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
39. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Mental retardation
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
American Psychologist
Fromm and Reichamn
40. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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41. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Tay-Sachs disease
Delirium
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Neuroleptic drugs
42. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Schizophrenia (description)
Fromm and Reichamn
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Delusions
43. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Confabulations
Paranoid personality disorder
Bipolar disorder
44. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
American Psychologist
retrograde amnesia
45. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Elimination disorders
46. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Manic symptoms
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
47. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
Mental retardation
Panic attack
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
48. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
pathological gambling
Culturally competent interventions
Hypochondriasis
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
49. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Anorexia nervosa
50. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Narcissistic personality disorder
Trichotillomania
Martin Seligman
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
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