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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. 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)






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






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






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






5. People who lack congruence between real selves and conscious self-concept develops psychological tension; incongruence occurs when feelings or experiences are inconsistent with acknowledged of self (e.g. perfect self-concept shaken by any failure)






6. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli






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






8. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes






9. Sexual force






10. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






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






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






13. Provides tools and experience that client can use to be more assertive






14. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned






15. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence






16. Uses operant principle of negative reinforcement to increase anxiety - anxiety-reaction created where there was none; usually to treat addiction and fetishes






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






18. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






19. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients






20. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






21. Act only on serotonin - most frequently prescribed because fewer side effects than tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs); Ex. fluoxetine (Prozac®) - paroxetine (Paxil®) - sertraline (Zoloft®)






22. The life instinct - including sex and love






23. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt






29. Based on personal activity and social interest - ruling-dominant type - getting-learning type - avoiding type - socially useful type






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






31. It is best used with normal people in search of growth






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






33. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






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






35. 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)


36. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






37. 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






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






39. 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 -






40. Treatment for mental health problems shown to produce results in empirical studies; many argue only this is ethical; others argue controlled experiments not like real treatments - less useful and applicable






41. Client-centered therapist should speak and act genuinely - not maintain a professional reserve (feelings and experiences of the therapist should match)






42. Individual theory






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






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






45. Victor Frankl






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Albert Ellis