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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2
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1. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.
Schizophrenogenic mother
Dyssomnias
pathological gambling
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
2. Persistent thoughts
Primary prevention
Obsession
anterograde amnesia
Abuse
3. Another person is in love with the individual
Somatic delusion
Stanley Hall
Disorganized (schizophrenia)
Erotomanic delusion
4. Difficulty falling/staying asleep
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Insomnia
Phobia
pathological gambling
5. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares
Learning disorders
American Psychology Association (APA)
Nightmare
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
6. Inflated self-esteem - decreased sleep - talkativeness - flight of ideas - intense goal-directed activity - excessive pleasure-seeking
Manic symptoms
Health psychology
Dependence
Post-traumatic stress disorder
7. Studies biological - behavioural and social impacts on health and illness; Important finding: increased stress leads to higher likelihood of sickness - social support is associated with better health outcomes
Sleep disorders (group 13; types)
Health psychology
Developmental disorders
Shared psychotic disorder
8. Learned helplessness
dopamine
Martin Seligman
David Rosenhan
Reactive depression
9. Inability to recall information relating to trauma
PsycINFO database
Amnesia
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
10. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders
Bipolar disorder
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Mood disorders (group 6; types)
Delusional disorder
11. Hallucinations or delusions are present; schizophrenia - schizoaffective disorder - delusional disorder - shared psychotic disorder
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Hypochondriasis
Huntington'S disease
12. Absence of appropriate emotion
David Rosenhan
Flat affect
Psychotic disorder (group 5; +types)
Mental retardation
13. Recognized - unreasonable - intense anxiety symptoms and avoidance of a stimulus; specific and social
Insomnia
Psychological Bulletin
Schizophrenia (types)
Phobia
14. Anxiety around social or performance situations
Paranoid personality disorder
Social phobia
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
15. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud
Anorexia nervosa
Nightmare
pyromania
Conversion disorder
16. C - anxious or fearful; dependence and clinginess to others
Tic disorders
anterograde amnesia
Dependent personality disorder
Bipolar disorder
17. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair
Life event stress
Elimination disorders
Delusional disorder
Trichotillomania
18. Onset between late adolescence and mid-30s; process vs. reactive
Schizophrenia (onset)
Schizotypal personality disorder
American Psychologist
Flat affect
19. Recessive - genetic deficiency of hexosaminidase A; symptoms that resemble psychological disorders (e.g. schizophrenia or dementia)
Reactive schizophrenia
Panic disorder
Tay-Sachs disease
Amphetamines
20. Frequently treated with anxiolytics
PsycINFO database
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
American Psychology Association (APA)
Generalized anxiety disorder
21. C - anxious or fearful; excessive orderliness and control - perfectionism - rigid conformity to rules and moral codes
Somatic delusion
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Kleptomania
Reactive depression
22. 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
Learning disorders
Delirium
Amphetamines
Culturally competent interventions
23. Many schizophrenic symptoms not fitting a particular type
Kleptomania
Undifferentiated (schizophrenia)
Conversion disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
24. 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
Somatic delusion
Panic attack
Depressive realism
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
25. Perhaps use of neologisms
Psychological abstracts
Nonsensical or disorganized speech
Schizoaffective disorder
Amphetamines
26. Usually treated with behavioural therapies that expose patient to anxiety-provoking stimulus to change response (i.e. systematic desensitization and flooding)
Reactive depression
DSM (axes)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Specific anxiety disorders (treatment)
27. Parroting
Korsakoff'S syndrome
Process schizophrenia
Echolalia (catatonia)
Kleptomania
28. A - odd or eccentric; detachment - small range of emotion
Histrionic personality disorder
Social phobia
Schizoid personality disorder
Developmental disorders
29. 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
Amnesia
Developmental disorders
David Rosenhan
anterograde amnesia
30. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; disregard for rights of others - absence of guilt
Depressive realism
Health psychology
Fromm and Reichamn
Antisocial
31. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology
Martin Seligman
dopamine
American Psychologist
Disruptive behaviour disorders (2 disorders)
32. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic
Schizotypal personality disorder
Delusional disorder
Panic disorder
Anorexia nervosa
33. 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
Psychological abstracts
Cluster C personality (anxious or fearful disorders)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Tay-Sachs disease
34. Panic attack - generalized anxiety disorder - specific anxiety disorders: panic disorder - agoraphobia - phobia - obsessive-compulsive disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder
Delirium - dementia - and amnestic and other cognitive disorders (group 2)
Alzheimer'S disease
Life event stress
Anxiety disorders (group 7; types)
35. Can result from long-term use of neuroleptics or psychotropics; characterized by involuntary - repetitive movements of tongue - jaw - or extremities
Wernicke'S syndrome
Tardive dyskinesia
retrograde amnesia
Antisocial
36. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; need for admiration - idea of superiority
Schizophrenogenic mother
Somatoform disorders (group 8; +types)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Depressive realism
37. Mental retardation - learning disorders - developmental disorders - attention-deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders - tic disorders - elimination disorders
Cluster B personality (dramatic - emotional or erratic disorders)
Obsession
Disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence (group 1; types)
American Psychologist
38. Symptoms of MDD (i.e. lower mood) are present more days than not for more than 2 years - but never an actual depressive episode
Impulse control disorders not elsewhere classified (group 14; types)
Dysthymic disorder
Dementia
compulsion
39. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity
Specific phobia
Schizophrenia (onset)
Fugue
Schizophrenia (prognosis)
40. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality
41. Erroneous or distorted thinking
Panic attack
Narcissistic personality disorder
Delusions
Alzheimer'S disease
42. Exposure to trauma that results in decreased ability to function and recurrent thoughts and anxiety about the incident; often linked to war veterans or victims of violence
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Delirium
Abuse
Learning disorders
43. Formerly dementia praecox - renamed by Eugene Bleuler as 'Split mind' from reality; symptoms may be positive or negative
Post-traumatic stress disorder
American Psychologist
Schizophrenia (description)
Generalized anxiety disorder
44. Ex. Nocturnal enuresis - bed wetting - usually treated with behaviour modification
Obsession
Borderline personality disorder
Tic disorders
Elimination disorders
45. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying
Amphetamines
Major depressive disorder
Sleep terror
Dependence
46. Excessive sleepiness
Delusional disorder
American Psychologist
Hypersomnia
DSM (axes)
47. One has special talent or status
Flat affect
Social phobia
Grandiose delusion
Major depressive disorder
48. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics
Tic disorders
Narcissistic personality disorder
American Psychologist
anterograde amnesia
49. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome
Sexual and gender identity disorders (group 11; types)
Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking
Obsession
Thomas Szasz
50. From vitamin B deficiency - loss of memory and orientation - often make up confabulations - Organic disorders that result from years of heavy drinking