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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning
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2. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
pyromania
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Erotomanic delusion
Nightmare
3. Watered-down schizophrenia with few positive symptoms - if any
Erotomanic delusion
Residual (schizophrenia)
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
Hypersomnia
4. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal
Cluster A personality (odd or eccentric disorders)
pathological gambling
Paranoid personality disorder
Conversion disorder
5. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; instability in relationships and emotions - impulsivity
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Primary prevention
Schizophrenia (onset)
Borderline personality disorder
6. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Community psychology
Amphetamines
Flat affect
7. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychological abstracts
Avoidant personality disorder
Major depressive disorder
8. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Dependent personality disorder
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Delusions
Echolalia (catatonia)
9. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Shared psychotic disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Parkinson'S
Schizoid personality disorder
10. Assumption of 2+ identities that control behavior in different situations; formerly multiple personality disorder
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
pathological gambling
Disorganized behaviour
dissociative Identity disorder
11. Made up events to fill in memory gaps
Life event stress
American Psychology Association (APA)
Confabulations
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
12. From thiamine deficiency - memory problems and eye dysfunctions - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
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13. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)
Avoidant personality disorder
Schizophrenia (types)
Mental disorders due to a general medical condition (group 3)
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
14. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect
Amphetamines
Negative symptoms
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
15. Irrational concern about having a serious disease
Hypochondriasis
Reactive schizophrenia
Alzheimer'S disease
DSM (axes)
16. 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
Down syndrome
Huntington'S disease
Agoraphobia
Pick'S disease
17. Problems with attention - behaviour - and impulsivity; frequently treated with stimulants (e.g. Ritalin® and Adderall®)
Anorexia nervosa
Community psychology
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
18. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
Agoraphobia
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Kleptomania
19. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Process schizophrenia
compulsion
Stanley Hall
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
20. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Neuroleptic drugs
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
21. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations
Flat affect
Narcolepsy
Histrionic personality disorder
Paranoid (schizophrenia)
22. Founder of American Psychology Association (APA)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Stanley Hall
Elimination disorders
American Psychology Association (APA)
23. Tremors with declining neurological functioning; caused by deficient dopamine activity - boost dopamine by drug such as levodopa
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24. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
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25. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Confabulations
26. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Negative symptoms
Panic attack
Social phobia
pathological gambling
27. Imitating gestures of others
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Stanley Hall
Dependent personality disorder
Dyssomnias
28. Irresistble impulse to gamble
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizophrenia (onset)
pathological gambling
Amnesia
29. 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
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Community psychology
Generalized anxiety disorder
Down syndrome
30. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Learning disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder
31. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Delirium
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Schizoaffective disorder
retrograde amnesia
32. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Martin Seligman
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Dyssomnias
33. 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
Schizoaffective disorder
Dependence
Narcolepsy
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
34. Persistent thoughts
Obsession
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Pick'S disease
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
35. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem
Panic disorder
pyromania
Erotomanic delusion
Avoidant personality disorder
36. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
DSM (axes)
Anorexia nervosa
retrograde amnesia
37. Recessive - infant disease - excess amino acids - inborn error of metabolism
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Manic symptoms
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Somatic delusion
38. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Delusional disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
Dependence
39. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma
Dependent personality disorder
Depressive realism
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
anterograde amnesia
40. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Mental retardation
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Reactive depression
Learning disorders
41. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Histrionic personality disorder
Conversion disorder
Insomnia
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
42. Parroting
Echolalia (catatonia)
Generalized anxiety disorder
Shared psychotic disorder
Fromm and Reichamn
43. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.
Parasomnias
Obsession
Reactive schizophrenia
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
44. Another person is in love with the individual
Thomas Szasz
Alzheimer'S disease
Community psychology
Erotomanic delusion
45. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Neuroleptic drugs
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
Psychological Bulletin
American Psychology Association (APA)
46. One has special talent or status
pathological gambling
Culturally competent interventions
Grandiose delusion
Schizophrenia (types)
47. Irresistible impulse to steal
pyromania
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Kleptomania
Delusions
48. A - odd or eccentric; distrust - suspicion
Paranoid personality disorder
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
49. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking
Mental retardation
Histrionic personality disorder
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Panic disorder
50. 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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