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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Generalized anxiety disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
2. 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
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Agoraphobia
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
3. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Alzheimer'S disease
Borderline personality disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
4. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Pick'S disease
Bulimia nervosa
Insomnia
Korsakoff'S syndrome
5. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Psychological abstracts
Residual (schizophrenia)
Culturally competent interventions
Martin Seligman
6. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Erotomanic delusion
American Psychologist
Elimination disorders
Culturally competent interventions
7. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Down syndrome
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Residual (schizophrenia)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
8. 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
Paranoid personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Phobia
DSM (description & history)
9. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Reactive depression
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Hypochondriasis
10. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Narcolepsy
Alzheimer'S disease
11. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
12. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
13. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Dysthymic disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Parasomnias
Histrionic personality disorder
14. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Erotomanic delusion
Life event stress
Nightmare
15. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Hypochondriasis
Process schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
16. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Paranoid personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
17. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Dependent personality disorder
Conversion disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
18. 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
Health psychology
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Tardive dyskinesia
Conversion disorder
19. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Stanley Hall
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Dyssomnias
Reactive schizophrenia
20. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Amnesia
Bulimia nervosa
Fugue
retrograde amnesia
21. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Fugue
DSM (axes)
Disorganized behaviour
Delusional disorder
22. 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
Paranoid personality disorder
Fugue
Down syndrome
Korsakoff'S syndrome
23. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
anterograde amnesia
Borderline personality disorder
Somatic delusion
24. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Nightmare
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Panic disorder
Conversion disorder
25. 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
Nightmare
Culturally competent interventions
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Community psychology
26. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
anterograde amnesia
Parkinson'S
Dependence
27. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
28. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Psychological abstracts
Down syndrome
Specific phobia
Psychological Bulletin
29. Irresistible impulse to steal
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Kleptomania
retrograde amnesia
Fromm and Reichamn
30. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Hypochondriasis
Amnesia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
31. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
DSM (axes)
Hypochondriasis
dopamine
32. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Paranoid personality disorder
Delirium
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Bulimia nervosa
33. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Reactive depression
Psychological abstracts
American Psychology Association (APA)
Bulimia nervosa
34. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
35. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
36. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Shared psychotic disorder
Process schizophrenia
Delusions
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
37. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Narcissistic personality disorder
Confabulations
pathological gambling
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
38. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Trichotillomania
Stanley Hall
Echolalia (catatonia)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
39. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Residual (schizophrenia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Major depressive disorder
40. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Nightmare
Trichotillomania
dopamine
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
41. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Nightmare
Generalized anxiety disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Shared psychotic disorder
42. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Hypersomnia
Social phobia
Schizoid personality disorder
43. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Panic disorder
Delusions
PsycINFO database
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
44. Parroting
American Psychologist
Echolalia (catatonia)
Dementia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
45. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
46. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Tardive dyskinesia
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Cretinism
dissociative Identity disorder
47. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Health psychology
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Depressive realism
diathesis-stress theory
48. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Schizoid personality disorder
Process schizophrenia
Bulimia nervosa
49. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
DSM (description & history)
Depressive realism
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
50. Schizophrenogenic mother
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Agoraphobia
Fromm and Reichamn
Dependent personality disorder