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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






2. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






3. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






4. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






5. Persistent thoughts






6. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






7. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






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






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






10. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






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






12. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






13. 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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14. 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;






15. 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






16. Indicated by some combination of: continued use despite substance-related problems; need for increased amount; desire but inability to stop use; withdrawal; lessening of outside interests; much time getting - using - or recovering from substance






17. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






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






19. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






20. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






21. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






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






23. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






24. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






25. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






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. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






28. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania






29. Irresistible impulse to set fires






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






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






32. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






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






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






35. 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;






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






37. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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






39. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion






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






41. 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






42. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25






43. Excessive sleepiness






44. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






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

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






47. 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






48. Irresistible impulse to steal






49. Anxiety around social or performance situations






50. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting