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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






2. Perhaps use of neologisms






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






4. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking






5. Imitating gestures of others






6. Another person is in love with the individual






7. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






8. 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;






9. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






10. 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






11. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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12. 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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13. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






14. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






15. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)






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






17. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)






18. 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;






19. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention






20. Excessive sleepiness






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






22. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)






23. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






24. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






25. 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






26. 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






27. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity






28. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






29. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






30. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism






31. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






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

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33. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






34. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






35. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






36. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






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






38. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






39. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






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






41. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






42. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt






43. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






44. 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






45. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






46. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






47. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






48. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






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

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50. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes







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