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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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






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






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






4. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;






5. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents






6. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






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






8. Goal is to increase sense of being and meaningfulness - to alleviate neurotic anxiety






9. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious






10. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet






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






12. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






13. Encourage people to stand apart from beliefs - biases and attitudes derived from the past - goal is to fully experience and perceive the present in order to become a while and integrated person






14. Tricyclic chemical structure; ex. amitriptyline (Elavil®)






15. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






16. Stress-inoculation training






17. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






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






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






20. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






21. Delivers electric current to brain to induce convulsions; effective for severely depressed patients






22. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






23. Rollo May - individual constantly strives to rise above a simple behavioral existence and toward genuine and meaningful existence






24. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt






25. 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






26. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety






27. No use of diagnostic tools because Rogers believed client-centered therapy applied to any problem






28. Uses operant conditioning to change behavior - reinforced for behaviors that come closer and closer to desired action






29. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant






30. Ego - id - superego






31. Person'S outer mask - mediator to external world; masks in cultures






32. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems






33. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






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






35. '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






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






37. Carl Gustav Jung - the psyche was directed toward life and awareness (rather than sex) - In each personal the psyche contains conscious and unconscious elements (personal and collective unconscious)






38. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content






39. Sexual force






40. Initially: Freud preferred a topographic model of mental life - Then: Mental life was structural - meaning that mental life has particular organization other than layers (ego - id - superego)

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41. 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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42. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols






43. Correct maladaptive cognitions






44. Reduces depressive symptoms - by taking opposite action of antimanics; depression appears to be from abnormally low levels of monoamines; increase production and transmission of various monoamines; - Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) - Monoamine oxid






45. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






46. Inappropriately taking responsibility (e.g. 'our failed project was all my fault')






47. Model based on learning; application of classical and operant conditioning principles to human abnormal behavior - change maladaptive behaviour through new learning; radical behavioralism - neobehaviouralism






48. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning






49. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem






50. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential