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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Learned helplessness
Bipolar disorder
Martin Seligman
Residual (schizophrenia)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
2. One has special talent or status
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Major depressive disorder
Grandiose delusion
Antisocial
3. Perhaps use of neologisms
Narcissistic personality disorder
DSM (axes)
Dysthymic disorder
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
4. 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
Hypersomnia
Shared psychotic disorder
Dependence
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
5. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Generalized anxiety disorder
Agoraphobia
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Paranoid personality disorder
6. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Schizophrenia (types)
DSM (axes)
Narcolepsy
Developmental disorders
7. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Conversion disorder
Hypochondriasis
Schizophrenia (description)
Psychological abstracts
8. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorganized behaviour
Alzheimer'S disease
Tic disorders
Manic symptoms
9. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Stanley Hall
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Community psychology
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
10. Imitating gestures of others
Agoraphobia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Parasomnias
Dysthymic disorder
11. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
David Rosenhan
Tardive dyskinesia
Panic disorder
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
12. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Erotomanic delusion
Schizotypal personality disorder
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
13. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Cretinism
Life event stress
Major depressive disorder
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
14. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Mental retardation
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Parasomnias
15. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Learning disorders
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Culturally competent interventions
16. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
17. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Schizophrenia (description)
Paranoid personality disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
18. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Thomas Szasz
Tay-Sachs disease
Schizophrenogenic mother
Residual (schizophrenia)
19. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Antisocial
20. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Primary prevention
Dyssomnias
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
21. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Negative symptoms
pyromania
Agoraphobia
Tay-Sachs disease
22. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
DSM (description & history)
Primary prevention
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
pyromania
23. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Schizophrenogenic mother
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Mental retardation
24. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Somatic delusion
Avoidant personality disorder
Nightmare
Schizophrenogenic mother
25. 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
Panic disorder
Agoraphobia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Delusional disorder
26. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
dopamine
Mental retardation
Wernicke'S syndrome
27. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Life event stress
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Somatic delusion
28. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Histrionic personality disorder
Bipolar disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Neuroleptic drugs
29. 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
Major depressive disorder
Health psychology
Panic disorder
Learning disorders
30. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
31. Persistent thoughts
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Obsession
32. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Conversion disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
33. Creating physical complaints through fabrication or self-infliction to assume sick role for attention
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Phobia
Mental retardation
34. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Trichotillomania
Echolalia (catatonia)
Hypochondriasis
pathological gambling
35. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Martin Seligman
Parasomnias
Schizophrenia (description)
36. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Fugue
Schizoid personality disorder
DSM (axes)
37. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Community psychology
Phobia
Negative symptoms
38. Irresistble impulse to gamble
DSM (description & history)
Pick'S disease
Stanley Hall
pathological gambling
39. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Fromm and Reichamn
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Insomnia
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
40. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Neuroleptic drugs
Confabulations
Learning disorders
41. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Mental retardation
Parasomnias
diathesis-stress theory
42. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Grandiose delusion
pathological gambling
Dependent personality disorder
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)
Trichotillomania
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Wernicke'S syndrome
44. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Neuroleptic drugs
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Parkinson'S
45. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Amphetamines
Delirium
Amnesia
46. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Neuroleptic drugs
Down syndrome
Anorexia nervosa
47. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Nightmare
Dementia
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Borderline personality disorder
48. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
Anorexia nervosa
David Rosenhan
Abuse
49. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Neuroleptic drugs
pyromania
Fugue
dopamine
50. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement
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