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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. 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
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Insomnia
Grandiose delusion
2. Parroting
Social phobia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Elimination disorders
3. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Dependent personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Phobia
4. 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
Neuroleptic drugs
Agoraphobia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Post-traumatic stress disorder
5. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Cretinism
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Depressive realism
6. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Schizotypal personality disorder
Fugue
Manic symptoms
Echopraxia (catatonia)
7. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Fromm and Reichamn
Delirium
Panic disorder
8. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Trichotillomania
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
American Psychologist
Pick'S disease
9. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Reactive schizophrenia
Specific phobia
DSM (description & history)
Schizophrenia (types)
10. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Psychological abstracts
Narcissistic personality disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Echopraxia (catatonia)
11. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Shared psychotic disorder
dissociative Identity disorder
Down syndrome
12. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Wernicke'S syndrome
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Delirium
13. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Schizophrenia (onset)
Schizophrenia (description)
Health psychology
Conversion disorder
14. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Delirium
Stanley Hall
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
15. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Developmental disorders
Somatic delusion
Residual (schizophrenia)
retrograde amnesia
16. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Parkinson'S
Residual (schizophrenia)
Confabulations
Schizoaffective disorder
17. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Down syndrome
Neuroleptic drugs
Narcolepsy
Schizoaffective disorder
18. Imitating gestures of others
Elimination disorders
Primary prevention
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Psychological Bulletin
19. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
20. 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
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
American Psychologist
Dependence
Social phobia
21. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Conversion disorder
Specific phobia
Process schizophrenia
22. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Dependent personality disorder
Process schizophrenia
Reactive schizophrenia
23. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Bulimia nervosa
Thomas Szasz
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
24. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Schizotypal personality disorder
Social phobia
Conversion disorder
Hypochondriasis
25. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
David Rosenhan
Schizophrenia (onset)
Histrionic personality disorder
Schizoaffective disorder
26. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Panic attack
Wernicke'S syndrome
Delusional disorder
Manic symptoms
27. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Echolalia (catatonia)
Delusions
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Dyssomnias
28. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Obsession
Abuse
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Panic disorder
29. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Manic symptoms
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Depressive realism
Learning disorders
30. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Delirium
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Mental retardation
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
31. Studied effect of diagnostic labels on perception of behaviour; experiment of normal pseudopatients feigned disorders - once in hospital - individuals acted normally - but behaviours construed as fitting the diagnosis anyway
Primary prevention
Schizophrenia (types)
David Rosenhan
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
32. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Agoraphobia
Sleep terror
33. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour
Generalized anxiety disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
DSM (description & history)
Negative symptoms
34. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)
Fromm and Reichamn
Dysthymic disorder
Bipolar disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
35. Prevent documented psychosocial problems through contact with an at-risk group; proactive intervention; e.g. prenatal health care - Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) - and Head Start
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Primary prevention
Dysthymic disorder
Dependent personality disorder
36. 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
Health psychology
Panic attack
Psychological Bulletin
DSM (description & history)
37. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Delusions
Developmental disorders
Psychological abstracts
Grandiose delusion
38. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Delusional disorder
Agoraphobia
39. Excessive sleepiness
Hypersomnia
Delusions
Developmental disorders
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
40. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
41. 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
Erotomanic delusion
Parkinson'S
Phobia
Panic attack
42. 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)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Somatic delusion
Echopraxia (catatonia)
43. 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'
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
American Psychology Association (APA)
Abuse
Huntington'S disease
44. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness
Schizophrenia (onset)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Reactive depression
Bipolar disorder
45. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Alzheimer'S disease
Reactive schizophrenia
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
46. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
dissociative Identity disorder
Amphetamines
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Manic symptoms
47. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Fugue
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Panic disorder
dopamine
48. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Nightmare
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
49. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Grandiose delusion
Parkinson'S
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
50. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Somatic delusion
dopamine
Grandiose delusion