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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizophrenia (description)
pyromania
Delusions
Schizoid personality disorder
2. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Process schizophrenia
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Delusions
Specific phobia
3. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Disorganized behaviour
Cretinism
4. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders
Bipolar disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Health psychology
DSM (description & history)
5. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Schizotypal personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
6. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Developmental disorders
Neuroleptic drugs
Alzheimer'S disease
7. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Psychological Bulletin
Bulimia nervosa
Health psychology
Trichotillomania
8. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Paranoid personality disorder
Insomnia
Reactive depression
Panic attack
9. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Martin Seligman
Schizophrenogenic mother
Nightmare
Hypochondriasis
10. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Alzheimer'S disease
Reactive schizophrenia
Psychological abstracts
Anorexia nervosa
11. Imitating gestures of others
Hypochondriasis
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Schizophrenia (types)
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
12. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Mental retardation
Depressive realism
13. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Depressive realism
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
14. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Process schizophrenia
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Dependence
Schizophrenia (etiology)
15. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Avoidant personality disorder
Delirium
Schizophrenia (description)
16. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Process schizophrenia
Avoidant personality disorder
Thomas Szasz
17. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Primary prevention
Paranoid personality disorder
Elimination disorders
Tardive dyskinesia
18. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Avoidant personality disorder
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Tay-Sachs disease
19. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Psychological Bulletin
Stanley Hall
PsycINFO database
20. Schizophrenogenic mother
Thomas Szasz
Fromm and Reichamn
Schizophrenogenic mother
Dependence
21. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Dementia
Alzheimer'S disease
Parkinson'S
Conversion disorder
22. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Schizoaffective disorder
Huntington'S disease
Major depressive disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
23. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Bipolar disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
dissociative Identity disorder
Dysthymic disorder
24. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Confabulations
DSM (description & history)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
25. 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'
Panic disorder
Social phobia
American Psychology Association (APA)
Nightmare
26. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Dyssomnias
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Life event stress
Cretinism
27. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Delirium
Neuroleptic drugs
Antisocial
Hypochondriasis
28. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Kleptomania
Depressive realism
dopamine
Specific phobia
29. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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30. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
PsycINFO database
American Psychologist
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
31. 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
Panic attack
Dependence
Amphetamines
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
32. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Confabulations
Shared psychotic disorder
Martin Seligman
Down syndrome
33. 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
Hypochondriasis
Tic disorders
Specific phobia
Post-traumatic stress disorder
34. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Tardive dyskinesia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Major depressive disorder
retrograde amnesia
35. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Manic symptoms
compulsion
Dependent personality disorder
36. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Developmental disorders
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Cretinism
Psychological Bulletin
37. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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38. Irresistible impulse to steal
Cretinism
Kleptomania
Conversion disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
39. Parroting
Schizotypal personality disorder
Echolalia (catatonia)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Avoidant personality disorder
40. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Tardive dyskinesia
Schizoaffective disorder
Nightmare
Reactive depression
41. Multiaxial assessment - across five axes; clinical disorders and other conditions (group 1-15); personality disorders (group 16); General medical conditions; Psychosocial and environmental problems; Global assessment of functioning
pathological gambling
DSM (axes)
Parkinson'S
Dyssomnias
42. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Abuse
Thomas Szasz
43. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Delusional disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Delirium
44. Depressive episode by depressed mood - loss of interests - changes in weight or sleep - low energy - feelings of worthlessness - or thoughts of death; symptoms are present nearly every day for at least two weeks; females 2x likelier to be diagnosed;
Residual (schizophrenia)
Major depressive disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Dysthymic disorder
45. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Parasomnias
Tardive dyskinesia
anterograde amnesia
46. Excessive sleepiness
Narcissistic personality disorder
Hypersomnia
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Neuroleptic drugs
47. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Somatic delusion
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
48. Persistent thoughts
Obsession
Stanley Hall
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Huntington'S disease
49. 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
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Conversion disorder
Psychological abstracts
50. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Schizoid personality disorder
Negative symptoms
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
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