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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Skinner'S operant ideas that behaviour is related only to consequences






2. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego






3. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






4. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics






5. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id






6. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another






7. short-term and directed; - thoughts - feelings and unconsciousness not addressed; - Therapist use counterconditioning techniques to help client learn new responses; - Techniques: systematic desensitization - flooding or implosive therapy - aversion t






8. Child clients; during play a child may convey emotions - situations - or disturbances conveyed might otherwise go unexpressed






9. Sexual force






10. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions






11. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this






12. Carl Rogers - Person centered/Rogerian theory - humanistic --> it has an optimistic outlook on human nature; - individual have an actualizing tendency that directs them out of conflict and toward full potential - best accomplished in atmosphere that






13. To change behaviour to be more desired or adaptive; successful in treating phobias - fetishes - OCD - sexual problems - and childhood disorders (especially nocturnal enuresis)






14. Joseph Wolpe - applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - exposed to increasingly anxiety-provoking stimuli until anxiety is decreased - start from staring at a picture of snake and then eventually holding on






15. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients






16. Victor Frankl






17. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures






18. 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






19. 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 -






20. Drugs that take away symptoms do not provide interpersonal support






21. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware






22. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






23. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors






24. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings






25. Freud; way in which ego protects self from threatening unconscious material; - repression/denial - rationalization - projection - displacement - reaction formation - compensation - sublimation - identification - undoing - countertransference - dreams






26. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective






27. Response to perceived one'S meaninglessness is neurosis or neurotic anxiety (as opposed to normal or justified anxiety)






28. Psychological tension created when (a)ctivating even occurs - and client has certain (b)eliefs about the event - leading to (c)onsequence of emotional disruption






29. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors






30. Karen Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan - accepted some of freud'S ideas and reject others






31. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy






32. Albert Ellis






33. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious






34. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






35. Too mystical or spiritual






36. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology






37. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence






38. How a therapist feels about his/her patients; analyst'S transfer of unconscious feelings or wishes (central figures in analyst'S life) onto patient






39. Negative views about the self - the world - and the future; causes depression






40. 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






41. Unhealthy individuals are too much affected by inferior feelings to pursue the will to power - make excuses or have a 'yes -but' mentality - if they do pursue goals - these are likely to be self-serving and egotistical






42. repressed drives and conflict become manifested in dysfunctional ways - psychic determinism






43. Used to reduce anxiety or to induce sleep; increases effectiveness of GABA (inhibitory); high potential for causing habituation and addiction; Ex. barbiturates and benzodiazepines such as diazepam (Valium®) and alprazolam (Xanax®)






44. Freud; pathological behaviour - dreams - unconscious behaviour (e.g. hysterical or neurotic women) are symptoms of underlying - unresolved conflict - which are manifested when the ego does not find acceptable ways to express conflict






45. Treats family as a whole as client






46. The life instinct - including sex and love






47. Mistaking isolated incidents for the norm (e.g. 'no one will ever want to be with me')






48. B.F. Skinner - Ivan Pavlov - Joseph Wolpe






49. Initially: an individual'S greatest conflict was that between the libido and the ego - Then: the true conflict is that between Eros and Thanatos ('The aim of all life is death')

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50. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism