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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Indicated by school achievement or standardized scores at least 2 SDs below mean for age and IQ
Learning disorders
Amnesia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
2. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Delusions
Schizophrenia (onset)
Thomas Szasz
Martin Seligman
3. 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
Schizoid personality disorder
American Psychology Association (APA)
Dependence
Down syndrome
4. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Neuroleptic drugs
Specific phobia
Manic symptoms
5. 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'
American Psychology Association (APA)
David Rosenhan
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Grandiose delusion
6. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Schizophrenia (onset)
Social phobia
Negative symptoms
Amnesia
7. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Antisocial
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Insomnia
Hypochondriasis
8. Learned helplessness
Parasomnias
Tay-Sachs disease
Martin Seligman
Process schizophrenia
9. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Dementia
Schizophrenia (onset)
Reactive depression
Reactive schizophrenia
10. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Developmental disorders
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Reactive depression
11. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Schizophrenia (types)
Agoraphobia
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
American Psychologist
12. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Schizophrenia (description)
Narcolepsy
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
Paranoid personality disorder
13. 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
Huntington'S disease
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Pick'S disease
Agoraphobia
14. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode
Schizoaffective disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Narcolepsy
Dependence
15. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Reactive depression
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
retrograde amnesia
16. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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17. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Community psychology
Dependent personality disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
18. Irresistible impulse to set fires
pyromania
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Sleep terror
Tic disorders
19. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen
Generalized anxiety disorder
Somatic delusion
Community psychology
Tic disorders
20. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Dyssomnias
dissociative Identity disorder
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Erotomanic delusion
21. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual
Culturally competent interventions
Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Psychological abstracts
22. 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
Huntington'S disease
Health psychology
DSM (axes)
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
23. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
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24. Excessive sleepiness
Antisocial
Schizoaffective disorder
Hypersomnia
Dyssomnias
25. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Manic symptoms
Elimination disorders
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Grandiose delusion
26. Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence; delirium - dementia - other cognitive disorders; mental disorders due to a general medical condition; substance-related disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; mood disorders;
Agoraphobia
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Manic symptoms
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
27. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
Nightmare
Manic symptoms
Schizophrenia (etiology)
28. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
David Rosenhan
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Mental retardation
29. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Dependence
Avoidant personality disorder
Hypersomnia
30. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Erotomanic delusion
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Flat affect
31. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Thomas Szasz
Delusional disorder
Schizophrenia (etiology)
32. Irresistible urge dictates behaviour - giving in lessens tension - though disruptive to overall functioning; kleptomania - pyromania - pathological gambling - trichotillomania
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Schizophrenia (description)
Kleptomania
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
33. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Community psychology
Neuroleptic drugs
diathesis-stress theory
34. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
pathological gambling
Elimination disorders
Martin Seligman
35. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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36. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Paranoid personality disorder
pyromania
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Martin Seligman
37. 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
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
DSM (description & history)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
38. Persistent thoughts
Obsession
Paranoid personality disorder
Kleptomania
Depressive realism
39. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Life event stress
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
retrograde amnesia
Dementia
40. Perhaps use of neologisms
Klinefelter'S syndrome
compulsion
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
pathological gambling
41. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Stanley Hall
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Antisocial
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
42. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Delusions
Elimination disorders
Learning disorders
43. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Psychological Bulletin
Echolalia (catatonia)
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Developmental disorders
44. Another person is in love with the individual
Reactive depression
dopamine
Erotomanic delusion
Thomas Szasz
45. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Elimination disorders
Specific phobia
Process schizophrenia
Parasomnias
46. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Schizophrenia (description)
Life event stress
Bipolar disorder
47. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Specific phobia
Delusions
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
48. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Dependence
Schizophrenogenic mother
PsycINFO database
Schizoid personality disorder
49. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Primary prevention
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Negative symptoms
50. Parroting
Dementia
Borderline personality disorder
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Echolalia (catatonia)