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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
Hypersomnia
Learning disorders
Shared psychotic disorder
Specific phobia
2. 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
Echopraxia (catatonia)
Community psychology
Elimination disorders
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
3. C - anxious or fearful; social inhibitions hypersensitivity - perceptions of inadequacy
Avoidant personality disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Echolalia (catatonia)
Neuroleptic drugs
4. Absence of appropriate emotion
Down syndrome
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Flat affect
5. Viewed schizophrenic world as simply misunderstood or artistic; felt they should not be treated
Thomas Szasz
Histrionic personality disorder
Parkinson'S
Pick'S disease
6. Falling asleep uncontrollably during routine daily activity
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Dependent personality disorder
Narcolepsy
Korsakoff'S syndrome
7. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Schizophrenia (description)
Antisocial
Kleptomania
Flat affect
8. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
Narcissistic personality disorder
Huntington'S disease
Wernicke'S syndrome
Amnesia
9. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Parasomnias
Anorexia nervosa
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
Delusional disorder
10. Aka folie a deux; when two people have shared delusions
Shared psychotic disorder
Erotomanic delusion
Schizophrenia (description)
dopamine
11. Manifested by physical or bodily symptoms that cause reduced functioning; conversion disorder - hypochondriasis; formerly 'psychosomatic' disorders
compulsion
Negative symptoms
DSM (description & history)
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
12. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests
Neuroleptic drugs
Developmental disorders
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Depressive realism
13. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Schizoid personality disorder
pathological gambling
anterograde amnesia
Somatic delusion
14. Cognitive problems (memory - spatial tasks - or language) that result from a medical condition; may be result of Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S - Huntington'S - or Pick'S disease
Dementia
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
Kleptomania
Wernicke'S syndrome
15. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Amphetamines
Phobia
Social phobia
Community psychology
16. Inappropriate dress - agitation - shouting
Depressive realism
Echolalia (catatonia)
Disorganized behaviour
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
17. 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
Catalepsy (catatonia)
Dependence
Abuse
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
18. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Conversion disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
Elimination disorders
Schizophrenia (types)
19. 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
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
Reactive schizophrenia
DSM (description & history)
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
20. Irresistible impulse to set fires
Specific phobia
pyromania
Learning disorders
Narcissistic personality disorder
21. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Abuse
Stanley Hall
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Anorexia nervosa
22. 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;
Specific phobia
Community psychology
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Major depressive disorder
23. 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;
Somatic delusion
DSM IV disorder groups (16)
Agoraphobia
Narcolepsy
24. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Amnesia
pathological gambling
Tic disorders
25. Finding of depressed people tend to be more realistic than nondepressed
Depressive realism
DSM (axes)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
26. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Grandiose delusion
Eating disorders (group 12; types)
Anorexia nervosa
27. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)
Schizophrenia (onset)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Tic disorders
Delirium
28. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing
Panic attack
Prominent posturing (catatonia)
Alzheimer'S disease
Confabulations
29. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror
Parasomnias
Factitious disorder (group 9)
Schizophrenogenic mother
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
30. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization
Histrionic personality disorder
Klinefelter'S syndrome
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Nightmare
31. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
32. One has special talent or status
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
dopamine
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Grandiose delusion
33. Schizophrenia develops gradually - lower rate of recovery
Fugue
Process schizophrenia
Schizoaffective disorder
Personality disorders (group 16; +types)
34. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Parasomnias
Residual (schizophrenia)
Delusions
Generalized anxiety disorder
35. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)
Amnesia
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Bulimia nervosa
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
36. Diathesis-stress theory; physiological predisposition (excess dopamine) paired with external stressor
Confabulations
Kleptomania
Schizophrenia (etiology)
Histrionic personality disorder
37. Anxiety in response to a stimulus (e.g. flying - heights - needles - or driving)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Histrionic personality disorder
Specific phobia
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
38. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Positive symptoms (schizophrenia)
Abuse
Nightmare
Manic symptoms
39. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
Generalized anxiety disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Schizophrenogenic mother
Conversion disorder
40. 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
Fromm and Reichamn
Psychological Bulletin
Community psychology
Agoraphobia
41. Dependence and abuse of various substances
Dependence
Confabulations
Substance-related disorders (group 4)
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
42. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Fugue
Dyssomnias
Dissociative disorders (group 10; +types)
Panic disorder
43. Schizophrenia develops suddenly in response to a particular event - higher rate of recovery
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Tay-Sachs disease
Delirium
Reactive schizophrenia
44. 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
Catatonic (schizophrenia)
Psychological abstracts
Major depressive disorder
Alzheimer'S disease
45. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Bipolar disorder
Adjustment disorders (group 15)
46. Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder; indicated by patterns of behaviour that violate rules - norms - or the rights of others
Mental retardation
Schizophrenogenic mother
Alzheimer'S disease
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
47. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
dopamine
American Psychologist
Health psychology
Fromm and Reichamn
48. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25
Mental retardation
Insomnia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Obsession
49. Prevent documented psychosocial problems through contact with an at-risk group; proactive intervention; e.g. prenatal health care - Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) - and Head Start
Primary prevention
Reactive depression
Sleep terror
DSM (axes)
50. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
retrograde amnesia
Trichotillomania
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking