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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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1. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






2. Difficulty falling/staying asleep






3. Schizophrenic symptoms accompanying a depressive episode






4. Indicated by psychomotor disturbance such as catalepsy - excessive motor activity - prominent posturing - echolalia - echopraxia






5. Use increase dopamine activity - produces schizophrenic-like paranoid symptoms






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






7. Ex. autism - indicated by severe problems with social skills - communication - and interests






8. 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






9. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






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






11. Aka manic depression; indicated by depressive symptoms that alternate with manic symptoms; equally prevalent in genders






12. Schizophrenia results from a physiological predisposition (abnormal brain chemistry) paired with an external stressor






13. Recurrent use despite substance-related problems or danger






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






15. One has special talent or status






16. Refusing to eat enough to maintain healthy weight; excessive concern about obesity






17. Involve disruption of memory or identity; formerly psychogenic disorders; retrograde and anterograde amnesia - fugue - identity disorder - depersonalization






18. Suddenly fleeing to a new location - forgetting true identity - and/or establishing a new identity






19. Abnormal movements - behaviours - emotions - perceptions during sleep; usually between transitions of wake to non-REM or wake to REM; somnambulism - sleep terrors - etc.






20. Indicated by disturbed consciousness (awareness - attention - focus) and cognition (memory disorientation)






21. 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






22. 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






23. Irresistible impulse to steal






24. 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






25. Disease of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain characterized by changes in personality

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26. 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






27. Reduce dopamine activity by blocking receptors; reducing schizophrenic symptoms (e.g. antipsychotic chlorpromazine); can cause Parkinsonès-like symptoms since they decrease dopamine activity






28. Aka hebephrenic schizophrenia; indicated by disorganized speech and behaviour - and flat affect






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






30. Gestures - mannerisms - or grimacing






31. Forgetting of events that occurred after the trauma






32. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






33. B - dramatic - emotional or erratic; shallow or excess emotion - attention-seeking






34. Paranoid - disorganized - catatonic - undifferentiated - residual






35. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts






36. Irresistble impulse to gamble






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






38. (Not book definition) an irreversible - progressive brain disorder - characterized by the deterioration of memory - language - and eventually - physical functioning

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39. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa






40. Another person is in love with the individual






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






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






43. Learned helplessness






44. Frequently results from large - sudden changes or problems






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






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






47. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






48. Major depressive disorder - dysthymic disorder - bipolar disorder






49. Dependence and abuse of various substances






50. Inability to recall information relating to trauma