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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






2. Persistent thoughts






3. Another person is in love with the individual






4. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






5. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






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






7. 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






8. Learned helplessness






9. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






10. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






11. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder






12. Absence of appropriate emotion






13. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social






14. Anxiety around social or performance situations






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






16. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others






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






18. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive






19. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)






20. Frequently treated with anxiolytics






21. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes






22. Treatment/prevention programs that recognize and tailor to cultural differences; therapists beginning to be trained in customs and norms of various cultures to minimize Eurocentric bias and assumptions






23. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type






24. 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






25. Perhaps use of neologisms






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






27. Parroting






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






29. 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






30. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt






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






32. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






33. Index published by APA - found at most major libraries; montly compilation of 'nonevaluative summaries of the world'S literature in psychology'; in each issue - article abstracts arranged by topic; hardcopy version of PsycINFO






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






35. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities






36. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority






37. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders






38. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode






39. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






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


41. Erroneous or distorted thinking






42. Exposure to trauma that results in decreased ability to function and recurrent thoughts and anxiety about the incident; often linked to war veterans or victims of violence






43. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative






44. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification






45. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






46. Excessive sleepiness






47. One has special talent or status






48. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






49. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






50. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking