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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Recurrent panic attacks - persistent worry about another attack; often accompanied by mitral valve heart problem






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






3. Form of mental retardation caused by iodine deficiency






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






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






6. Avoidant - dependent - obsessive-compulsive






7. 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






8. Range from fetishes to arousal problems to gender discomfort; desire - arousal - orgasmic - and sexual pain disorders






9. Sleep abnormalities; hypersomnia - narcolepsy - etc.






10. IQ 70 or below; mild 70-55 - moderate 55-40 - severe 40-25 - profound <25






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






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






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






14. Learned helplessness






15. Abnormally absent; includes flat affect or restrictions in thought - speech - or behaviour






16. One has special talent or status






17. Binge eating with harmful ways to prevent weight gain (e.g. induced vomiting or laxative use)






18. Frequent disruption of sleep because of screaming or crying






19. Psychological problems converted to bodily symptoms; generally relate to voluntary movement and may be manifested as 'paralysis'; formerly known as 'hysteria' by Freud






20. Delirium and dementia related to Alzheimer'S - Parkinson'S and alcoholism)






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






22. Erroneous or distorted thinking






23. Korsakoff'S and Wernicke'S syndrome






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






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






26. Irresistible impulse to pull out one'S own body hair






27. 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






28. Hall; founded 1892; governing body of psychology; purpose to 'advance psychology as a science - as a profession - and as a means of promoting human welfare'






29. Dependence and abuse of various substances






30. Official APA journal - published monthly; archival - current issue - theoretical - and practical articles from all psychology






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






32. 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






33. 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;






34. Schizophrenogenic mother






35. Forgetting of events that occurred before the trauma






36. Persistent delusions of various types: erotomanic - grandiose - jealousy - persecutory - somatic






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






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






39. Inability to recall information relating to trauma






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






41. Type of mother who 'causes' children to become schizophrenic






42. Dyssomnias and parasomnias; insomnia - hypersomnia - narcolepsy - nightmare - sleep terror






43. Indicated by preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations






44. Paranoid - schizoid - schizotypal






45. Excessive sleepiness






46. Frequent disruption of sleep because of nightmares






47. Direct physiological result of a medical problem (e.g. depression due to hypothyroidism)






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






49. Ex. Tourette'S syndrome is indicated by motor and vocal tics






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