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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Thomas Szasz
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
2. 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
anterograde amnesia
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Down syndrome
Cretinism
3. One has special talent or status
Conversion disorder
Martin Seligman
compulsion
Grandiose delusion
4. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Cretinism
Grandiose delusion
Developmental disorders
Manic symptoms
5. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Paranoid personality disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Disorganized behaviour
Psychological abstracts
6. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
dopamine
Fromm and Reichamn
7. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
David Rosenhan
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
8. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
diathesis-stress theory
Health psychology
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Psychological abstracts
9. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
10. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Bipolar disorder
DSM (axes)
Borderline personality disorder
11. 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;
Major depressive disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
compulsion
Confabulations
12. 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
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Delusional disorder
Dependence
13. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Conversion disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
14. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Developmental disorders
Parasomnias
Histrionic personality disorder
Agoraphobia
15. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Dementia
Residual (schizophrenia)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
16. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Schizophrenia (onset)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Specific phobia
Tardive dyskinesia
17. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Dysthymic disorder
American Psychologist
Schizophrenogenic mother
Reactive schizophrenia
18. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
dopamine
Specific phobia
Reactive schizophrenia
Delusional disorder
19. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Major depressive disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Community psychology
Bipolar disorder
20. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
pathological gambling
Tic disorders
Agoraphobia
21. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Stanley Hall
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Schizophrenia (description)
Kleptomania
22. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Trichotillomania
retrograde amnesia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
23. Schizophrenogenic mother
Sleep terror
Fromm and Reichamn
Parasomnias
Catalepsy (catatonia)
24. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
Amphetamines
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Elimination disorders
25. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Down syndrome
Somatic delusion
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
26. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Stanley Hall
diathesis-stress theory
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
27. Parroting
Psychological abstracts
Borderline personality disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Avoidant personality disorder
28. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Dyssomnias
29. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
dissociative Identity disorder
Flat affect
Tay-Sachs disease
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
30. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Social phobia
American Psychologist
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
31. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
dissociative Identity disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
32. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Process schizophrenia
Delirium
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Sleep terror
33. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Developmental disorders
34. Persistent thoughts
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Obsession
Hypochondriasis
Depressive realism
35. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Martin Seligman
Insomnia
Histrionic personality disorder
Nightmare
36. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
37. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Bulimia nervosa
Delirium
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Life event stress
38. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
39. A component of many different anxiety disorders - lasts for a discrete period of time often <10 min; overwhelming feelings of danger or need to escape - expressed as an intense fear of dying or 'going crazy'; accompanied by sweating - trembling - pou
Delusions
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Panic attack
American Psychology Association (APA)
40. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Panic disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Martin Seligman
41. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
42. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Delusions
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
compulsion
Delusional disorder
43. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Reactive depression
Negative symptoms
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Schizoaffective disorder
44. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Dependent personality disorder
Manic symptoms
Tic disorders
Depressive realism
45. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Schizophrenia (onset)
anterograde amnesia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
46. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Schizotypal personality disorder
Phobia
Narcolepsy
Delirium
47. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
Mental retardation
Hypochondriasis
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
48. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
49. Perhaps use of neologisms
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Bipolar disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Phobia
50. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
pathological gambling
Histrionic personality disorder
Reactive schizophrenia
Confabulations