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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Arbitrary inference
Role playing
2. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Topographic model of mental life
Melanie Klein
Rational-Emotive Theory
3. Therapist engages in a dialogue with client rather than leading toward a goal; client learns from dialogue - and together focus on here-and-now experience rather than talking about the past
Overgeneralization
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Aversion therapy
4. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
Sublimation
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Repression or denial
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
5. Karen Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan - accepted some of freud'S ideas and reject others
Neo-Freudians
Defense mechanism (+types)
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
Reaction formation
6. 'Joseph Breuer' the central process in which a patient reports thoughts without censure or guidance - Freud: because unconscious material is always looking for a way out - the patient can uncover and express repressed material through free associatio
catharsis/abreaction
transference
Free association
Undoing
7. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics
Antabuse ®
3 components of model of mental life
existential theory
Magnifying/minimizing
8. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
object-relations theory
archetype
hypnosis
9. Skinner'S operant ideas that behaviour is related only to consequences
radical behavioralism
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
object-relations theory
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
10. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors
Unconditional positive regard
catharsis/abreaction
Modeling
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
11. Alfred Adler - Adlerian theory - people are viewed as creative - social and whole as opposed to Freud'S more negative and structural approach - process of becoming - Healthy individuals: --> peruse goals in spite of feelings of interiority - --> has
existential theory (originator)
individual theory
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Melanie Klein
12. Treats family as a whole as client
Family therapy
transference
individual theory
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
13. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence
Cognitive Theory
therapy (existential theory)
Thanatos
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
14. Lessen the unconscious pressures on the individual by making as much of it conscious as possible - allow the ego to be a better mediator of forces
Third Force
Systematic desensitization
hypnosis
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
15. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant
psychoanalytic theory
Behavior theory
ruling-dominant type
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
16. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Neal Miller
psychoanalysis
aggression
17. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
psychic determinism
Cognitive triad
Antimanics
18. Male elements of a female
Shadow
Monoamines (examples)
Animus
Carl Gustav Jung
19. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective
Magnifying/minimizing
Identification
Topographic model of mental life
Empathy
20. directed by client who decides how often to meet and what to discuss; therapist is nondirective - providing a self-exploration - safe and trusting atmosphere for client; provide empathy - unconditional positive regard - genuineness/congruence
Family therapy
Humanistic theory
therapy (Client-centered theory)
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
21. repressed drives and conflict become manifested in dysfunctional ways - psychic determinism
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
criticism (analytical theory)
criticism (Client-centered theory)
22. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka
Identification
Gestalt Theory (originators)
psychic determinism
Repression or denial
23. Directed therapy helps expose and restructure maladaptive thought and reasoning patterns - generally short-term - therapist focuses on tangible evidence of client'S logic (what client says and does)
Anima
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Humanistic theory
24. Stress-inoculation training
Personalizing
Will to meaning
Donald Meichenbaum
Defense mechanism (+types)
25. Response to perceived one'S meaninglessness is neurosis or neurotic anxiety (as opposed to normal or justified anxiety)
Cognitive Theory (originator)
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Pleasure principle
Psychodynamic theory
26. People in the process of realizing themselves - The individual is motivated by social needs and feelings of inferiority that arise when the current self does not match the self-ideal
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
existential theory (originator)
process of becoming
goal of therapy (existential theory)
27. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets
id
Sublimation
Cognitive triad
Third Force
28. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development
Anna Freud
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
Monoamines (examples)
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
29. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Modeling
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Anxiolytics
30. The part of mind that contains the unconscious biological drives and wishes - At birth: mental life is composed solely of the id and its biological drives (sex and aggression) - with development - the id also includes unconscious wishes
id
hypnosis
ruling-dominant type
Role playing
31. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt
Persona
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Rationalization
Melanie Klein
32. Too mystical or spiritual
Personalizing
criticism (analytical theory)
Animus
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
33. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
Magnifying/minimizing
ego
criticism (analytical theory)
34. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)
avoiding type
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
35. Provide trusting atmosphere for client to self-direct growth and tap his own 'vast resources' - evidence of growth includes a congruent self-concept - positive self-regard - internal locus-of-evaluation - and willingness to experience
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Stress-inoculation training
Role playing
Sublimation
36. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Undoing
37. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes
Collective unconscious
getting-learning type
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
38. Client-centered therapist must maintain positivity regardless of choices - feelings or insights to facilitate a trusting and safe environment
Collective unconscious
Unconditional positive regard
Anna Freud
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
39. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior
therapy (analytical theory)
Thanatos
Play therapy
Antabuse ®
40. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')
Arbitrary inference
psychic determinism
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
41. People work their way up hierarchy toward self-actualization by satisfying needs at the previous level: physiological needs - hunger - thirst - shelter - warmth - safety - security - stability - lack of fear - belonging - love - acceptance - esteem -
Shaping
Abraham Maslow
eros
Hierarchy of needs
42. Psychological tension created when (a)ctivating even occurs - and client has certain (b)eliefs about the event - leading to (c)onsequence of emotional disruption
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Melanie Klein
ruling-dominant type
Collective unconscious
43. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients
Thanatos
Donald Meichenbaum
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
44. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)
Rational-Emotive Theory
Overgeneralization
Antimanics
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
45. First drugs for psychopathology; - usually to treat positive symptoms of schizophrenia (delusion and hallucination) by blocking dopamine receptors and inhibiting dopamine production (ex. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine®) - and haloperidol (Haldol®))
Antipsychotics
Thanatos
abnormal theory (individual theory)
avoiding type
46. Jung - universally meaningful concepts - passed through collective unconscious; - allow us to organize experiences with consistent themes and indicated by cross-cultural similarity in symbols - folklore - myths; - Common archetypes: persona - shadow
therapy (analytical theory)
transference
archetype
Undoing
47. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Projection
Antipsychotics
Undoing
48. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy
archetype
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Client-centered theory
Psychopharmacology
49. Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn
catharsis/abreaction
avoiding type
psychoanalysis
object relations therapy
50. Ego - id - superego
Empathy
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
3 components of model of mental life
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)