Test your basic knowledge |

GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

Subjects : gre, psychology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






2. Erroneous or distorted thinking






3. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting






4. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery






5. 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






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






7. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






8. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






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






10. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






11. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






12. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






13. 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






14. Dependence and abuse of various substances






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






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






17. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






18. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor






19. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






20. 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






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






22. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






24. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






25. Imitating gestures of others






26. 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






27. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


29. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






30. Learned helplessness






31. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






32. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour






33. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






34. 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






35. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






36. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






40. Irresistible impulse to set fires






41. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual






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






43. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






44. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






45. 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;






46. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






47. One has special talent or status






48. Irresistble impulse to gamble






49. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions






50. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder