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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Borderline personality disorder
Mental retardation
Social phobia
American Psychologist
2. One with a history of good social and interpersonal skills likelier to recover than antisocial individual
Parkinson'S
Anorexia nervosa
Panic attack
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
3. Excessive sleepiness
Negative symptoms
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Hypersomnia
4. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive
Reactive schizophrenia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Specific phobia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
5. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Social phobia
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Hypochondriasis
6. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder
Learning disorders
Dependence
Mental retardation
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
7. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor
Parkinson'S
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
retrograde amnesia
diathesis-stress theory
8. A - odd or eccentric; eccentricity - distorted reality
Delirium
Schizotypal personality disorder
Depressive realism
Somatic delusion
9. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
American Psychologist
pathological gambling
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Manic symptoms
10. Published bimonthly by APA; various papers ranging from literature reviews to quantitative reviews
Panic disorder
Delusions
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Psychological Bulletin
11. Perhaps use of neologisms
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Manic symptoms
Borderline personality disorder
Panic disorder
12. Motor immobility or waxy figure
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Reactive schizophrenia
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Abuse
13. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Hypochondriasis
Schizophrenia (onset)
Martin Seligman
14. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Hypersomnia
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Paranoid personality disorder
Dementia
15. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Hypochondriasis
Sleep terror
pyromania
Specific phobia
16. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Psychological abstracts
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Thomas Szasz
Agoraphobia
17. Irresistible impulse to steal
Borderline personality disorder
Parasomnias
Kleptomania
Residual (schizophrenia)
18. Major player in the physiology of various disorders - too much dopamine activity is believed to cause schizophrenia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Manic symptoms
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
dopamine
19. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Amnesia
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
20. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
Bulimia nervosa
Disorganized behaviour
Dependent personality disorder
21. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Sleep terror
22. Abnormally present; delusions - perceptual hallucinations - nonsensical or disorganized speech - disorganized behaviour
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
23. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Catalepsy (catatonia)
PsycINFO database
Elimination disorders
Paranoid personality disorder
24. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Learning disorders
Reactive schizophrenia
Dyssomnias
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
25. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger
Delusional disorder
Depressive realism
Developmental disorders
Abuse
26. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency
Antisocial
Parasomnias
Schizoid personality disorder
Cretinism
27. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic
Stanley Hall
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
28. Another person is in love with the individual
Antisocial
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Erotomanic delusion
29. 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
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
DSM (description & history)
Down syndrome
Reactive schizophrenia
30. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Neuroleptic drugs
Confabulations
Panic disorder
Stanley Hall
31. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Confabulations
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Thomas Szasz
32. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Dyssomnias
Delirium
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Stanley Hall
33. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
anterograde amnesia
Fugue
Panic disorder
Insomnia
34. Psychology taken into community (community centres or schools) rather than individuals go to clinics and universities; emphasizes respect - recognizes logistics that keep needy people from seeking help
Psychological abstracts
Martin Seligman
dissociative Identity disorder
Community psychology
35. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Nightmare
Avoidant personality disorder
Community psychology
pathological gambling
36. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
American Psychologist
Fromm and Reichamn
Narcissistic personality disorder
37. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Specific phobia
Schizoaffective disorder
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
Bipolar disorder
38. 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
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Dependence
American Psychologist
39. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Kleptomania
Borderline personality disorder
pathological gambling
40. Male with one Y and 2 X chromosomes - hypogonadism and reduced fertility; other physical and behavioural differences and problems with varying severity
41. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Developmental disorders
Tay-Sachs disease
Flat affect
Martin Seligman
42. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Social phobia
Antisocial
Delusions
Mental retardation
43. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
dissociative Identity disorder
diathesis-stress theory
Delirium
Factitious disorder (group 9)
44. Imitating gestures of others
Flat affect
Delusions
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
45. 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
Down syndrome
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Panic attack
Tic disorders
46. Characterized by obsessions or compulsions that are time-consuming - distressing - and disruptive; typical obsessions might be about locking the door - or becoming contaminated; typical compulsions might be checking behaviour - counting - or hand was
Delirium
Psychological Bulletin
Schizophrenia (types)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
47. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Health psychology
Narcolepsy
Culturally competent interventions
48. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Confabulations
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
49. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Kleptomania
Process schizophrenia
Schizophrenogenic mother
Paranoid personality disorder
50. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Paranoid personality disorder
Panic attack