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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. 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;






2. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed






3. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






4. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa

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






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






7. 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






8. Antisocial - borderline - histrionic - narcissistic






9. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






10. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated






11. 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;






12. Irrational concern about having a serious disease






13. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






14. E.g. believing a part of the body is ugly of misshapen






15. Excessive sleepiness






16. Parroting






17. Presence of an identifiable stressor (e.g. divorce) that results in emotional difficulty and decreased function






18. 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






19. Depression resulting from particular events - similar to Martin Seligman'S learned helplessness






20. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any






21. Anxiety around social or performance situations






22. 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






23. 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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24. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking

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






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






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






28. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)






29. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders






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






31. Characterized by rigid - pervasive - culturally abnormal personality; A (odd or eccentric) - B (dramatic - emotional or erratic) - C (anxious or fearful)






32. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder






33. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy






34. Online format of Psychological Abstracts; access all psychology abstracts catalogued under search






35. Another person is in love with the individual






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






37. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions






38. 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






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






40. Genetically inherited progressive degeneration of thought - emotion - and movement

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






42. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






43. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others






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






45. Made up events to fill in memory gaps






46. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






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






48. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






49. Absence of appropriate emotion






50. Persistent thoughts







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