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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Learning disorders
Developmental disorders
2. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Abuse
Life event stress
Trichotillomania
3. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Delusions
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Reactive schizophrenia
4. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Parasomnias
Amphetamines
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Reactive schizophrenia
5. Schizophrenogenic mother
Residual (schizophrenia)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Major depressive disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
6. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
PsycINFO database
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
anterograde amnesia
7. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Narcolepsy
Schizophrenia (types)
Abuse
dissociative Identity disorder
8. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Schizotypal personality disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Down syndrome
Stanley Hall
9. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Social phobia
Health psychology
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
10. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Bulimia nervosa
Panic attack
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Antisocial
11. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Grandiose delusion
12. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Fugue
Generalized anxiety disorder
13. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Stanley Hall
Tay-Sachs disease
diathesis-stress theory
Erotomanic delusion
14. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Antisocial
Somatic delusion
Amphetamines
15. 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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16. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Tay-Sachs disease
Agoraphobia
Borderline personality disorder
17. Parroting
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Echolalia (catatonia)
Antisocial
18. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Hypochondriasis
PsycINFO database
Echolalia (catatonia)
19. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Reactive depression
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Depressive realism
20. Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence; delirium - dementia - other cognitive disorders; mental disorders due to a general medical condition; substance-related disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; mood disorders;
Wernicke'S syndrome
Histrionic personality disorder
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
21. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Psychological Bulletin
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Neuroleptic drugs
22. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Elimination disorders
Dyssomnias
Erotomanic delusion
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
23. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Stanley Hall
Sleep terror
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Agoraphobia
24. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
retrograde amnesia
Martin Seligman
Bulimia nervosa
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
25. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Sleep terror
Panic disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Korsakoff'S syndrome
26. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Anorexia nervosa
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Mental retardation
27. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Amphetamines
Reactive depression
David Rosenhan
Anorexia nervosa
28. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Mental retardation
Primary prevention
Klinefelter'S syndrome
29. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
pathological gambling
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (onset)
30. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Residual (schizophrenia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Narcolepsy
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
31. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Disorganized behaviour
Schizophrenia (types)
pyromania
32. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Amphetamines
dissociative Identity disorder
Insomnia
33. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Wernicke'S syndrome
Neuroleptic drugs
DSM (description & history)
Negative symptoms
34. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Manic symptoms
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizoaffective disorder
Obsession
35. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Shared psychotic disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Delirium
36. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Obsession
Manic symptoms
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
37. 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
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Community psychology
Elimination disorders
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
38. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Bipolar disorder
Sleep terror
39. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Dyssomnias
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Schizoaffective disorder
PsycINFO database
40. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Nightmare
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
41. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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42. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Schizophrenogenic mother
Reactive schizophrenia
Dysthymic disorder
Schizophrenia (onset)
43. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Panic disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
44. 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
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
DSM (axes)
Narcissistic personality disorder
45. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Martin Seligman
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Histrionic personality disorder
46. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
pathological gambling
Major depressive disorder
Bulimia nervosa
47. 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
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Nightmare
Amnesia
Psychological abstracts
48. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Thomas Szasz
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
49. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Sleep terror
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Panic attack
Korsakoff'S syndrome
50. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Elimination disorders
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)