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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Cretinism
Antisocial
Histrionic personality disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
2. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Social phobia
Abuse
Tardive dyskinesia
3. 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;
Schizoid personality disorder
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Hypochondriasis
Major depressive disorder
4. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Narcissistic personality disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
5. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
pyromania
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
6. 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)
Pick'S disease
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Anorexia nervosa
7. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Fugue
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Somatic delusion
Manic symptoms
8. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Tardive dyskinesia
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
pathological gambling
9. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Narcissistic personality disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
compulsion
pyromania
10. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Antisocial
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Dependent personality disorder
11. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Mental retardation
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Cretinism
Stanley Hall
12. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
retrograde amnesia
Schizophrenia (onset)
13. 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
Mental retardation
Down syndrome
Erotomanic delusion
Dementia
14. 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;
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
DSM (description & history)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
15. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Amnesia
Schizophrenogenic mother
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Depressive realism
16. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Schizophrenia (onset)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
diathesis-stress theory
Korsakoff'S syndrome
17. Excessive sleepiness
pathological gambling
Hypersomnia
Culturally competent interventions
Pick'S disease
18. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Developmental disorders
Parkinson'S
19. 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
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Cretinism
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Community psychology
20. Parroting
Hypochondriasis
Echolalia (catatonia)
Confabulations
Delusions
21. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Schizophrenogenic mother
Reactive depression
Kleptomania
Nightmare
22. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
diathesis-stress theory
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Parkinson'S
Panic attack
23. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Learning disorders
Residual (schizophrenia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
anterograde amnesia
24. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Process schizophrenia
Kleptomania
Paranoid personality disorder
Neuroleptic drugs
25. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Schizophrenia (types)
Psychological abstracts
Delusional disorder
Wernicke'S syndrome
26. Persistent thoughts
Health psychology
anterograde amnesia
Dependent personality disorder
Obsession
27. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Tardive dyskinesia
David Rosenhan
Anorexia nervosa
28. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Psychological Bulletin
Specific phobia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
compulsion
29. 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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30. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Wernicke'S syndrome
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Specific phobia
Developmental disorders
31. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Hypersomnia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
32. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Martin Seligman
Developmental disorders
Parasomnias
33. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Echolalia (catatonia)
Parasomnias
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
34. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Process schizophrenia
American Psychology Association (APA)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
35. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Borderline personality disorder
36. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Delusional disorder
Conversion disorder
Negative symptoms
Developmental disorders
37. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Tic disorders
Community psychology
38. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Delusional disorder
Hypochondriasis
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Abuse
39. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Mental retardation
Thomas Szasz
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
diathesis-stress theory
40. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
PsycINFO database
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Trichotillomania
Mental retardation
41. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Stanley Hall
Down syndrome
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Panic disorder
42. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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43. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Cretinism
Agoraphobia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
44. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
David Rosenhan
Depressive realism
Panic disorder
Residual (schizophrenia)
45. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Disorganized behaviour
dissociative Identity disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Erotomanic delusion
46. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
pyromania
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Narcissistic personality disorder
Abuse
47. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
pathological gambling
retrograde amnesia
Schizoaffective disorder
48. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
American Psychology Association (APA)
Avoidant personality disorder
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
American Psychologist
49. 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
Erotomanic delusion
Agoraphobia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
50. 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
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Life event stress
Primary prevention
Shared psychotic disorder