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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






2. Cognitive problems (memory - spatial tasks - or language) that result from a medical condition; may be result of Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S - Huntington'S - or Pick'S disease






3. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






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






5. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery






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






7. 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






8. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity


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


10. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews






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






12. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






13. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






14. Persistent thoughts






15. 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'






16. Dependence and abuse of various substances






17. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






18. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor






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


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






21. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking


22. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






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






24. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion






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






26. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery






27. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder






28. Motor immobility or waxy figure






29. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






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


35. Imitating gestures of others






36. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






37. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






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






39. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






40. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






41. Perhaps use of neologisms






42. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






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






44. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






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






46. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






47. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia






48. Excessive sleepiness






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






50. Made up events to fill in memory gaps