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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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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2. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'
Confabulations
Schizophrenogenic mother
American Psychology Association (APA)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
3. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Tay-Sachs disease
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Panic attack
4. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Abuse
Culturally competent interventions
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
5. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms
Generalized anxiety disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Amphetamines
6. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Depressive realism
Trichotillomania
Schizoid personality disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
7. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Nightmare
Amphetamines
Tic disorders
8. 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
Schizoaffective disorder
Down syndrome
Martin Seligman
Obsession
9. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Bipolar disorder
Reactive depression
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
10. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Delusions
Specific phobia
Schizophrenia (onset)
11. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Schizophrenia (description)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Disorganized behaviour
Tay-Sachs disease
12. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Process schizophrenia
Social phobia
Trichotillomania
13. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (onset)
Delirium
Generalized anxiety disorder
14. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
PsycINFO database
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
DSM (description & history)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
15. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Amnesia
16. 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
Agoraphobia
Bipolar disorder
Life event stress
Panic attack
17. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
PsycINFO database
Anorexia nervosa
Conversion disorder
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
18. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Nightmare
compulsion
Social phobia
Schizoaffective disorder
19. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Reactive schizophrenia
American Psychology Association (APA)
Antisocial
Catalepsy (catatonia)
20. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Paranoid personality disorder
Tic disorders
Dyssomnias
Narcolepsy
21. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems
Life event stress
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Obsession
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
22. 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
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Agoraphobia
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Culturally competent interventions
23. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Insomnia
dopamine
Huntington'S disease
Echolalia (catatonia)
24. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Dementia
Avoidant personality disorder
25. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Panic attack
Schizophrenia (description)
Bipolar disorder
Down syndrome
26. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Reactive schizophrenia
Klinefelter'S syndrome
dissociative Identity disorder
Nightmare
27. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Flat affect
American Psychology Association (APA)
Dysthymic disorder
28. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Parasomnias
Delirium
Thomas Szasz
29. Imitating gestures of others
compulsion
Echolalia (catatonia)
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Tardive dyskinesia
30. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Down syndrome
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Agoraphobia
31. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenogenic mother
Dementia
pathological gambling
32. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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33. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
American Psychologist
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
34. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Stanley Hall
35. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Anorexia nervosa
Cretinism
DSM (axes)
36. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
pyromania
Huntington'S disease
37. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Mental retardation
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Thomas Szasz
38. Perhaps use of neologisms
Sleep terror
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
39. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Antisocial
Huntington'S disease
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Martin Seligman
40. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Kleptomania
Avoidant personality disorder
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Narcissistic personality disorder
41. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Dyssomnias
Panic disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Mental retardation
42. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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43. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Avoidant personality disorder
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Narcissistic personality disorder
44. Irresistible impulse to steal
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Life event stress
Kleptomania
Stanley Hall
45. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Abuse
Elimination disorders
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Schizoaffective disorder
46. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Insomnia
Psychological Bulletin
anterograde amnesia
Generalized anxiety disorder
47. 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
DSM (description & history)
Hypersomnia
Panic disorder
Parasomnias
48. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Huntington'S disease
Mental retardation
pathological gambling
Nightmare
49. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Schizotypal personality disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Delusions
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
50. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
anterograde amnesia
David Rosenhan
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
pathological gambling