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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)
transference
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Magnifying/minimizing
Stress-inoculation training
2. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
catharsis/abreaction
avoiding type
Shadow
3. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
Self
behavior theory (originators)
Sublimation
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
4. 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
neobehaviouralism
archetype
Psychopharmacology
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
5. Not allowing threatening material into awareness
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Repression or denial
radical behavioralism
libido
6. 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®)
Anna Freud
Personalizing
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
therapy (individual theory)
7. 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)
Animus
Cognitive Theory (originator)
Neal Miller
analytical theory
8. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
Arbitrary inference
Assertiveness training
socially useful type
Flooding or implosive therapy
9. The part of mind that imposes learned or socialized drives - not something one is born with - but develops over time - influenced by moral and parental training
existential theory
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
superego
Stress-inoculation training
10. 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)
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
eros
11. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems
Flooding or implosive therapy
3 components of model of mental life
Neo-Freudians
Applied psychology
12. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning
process of becoming
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Hans Eysenck
13. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
socially useful type
Carl Gustav Jung
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
14. 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
Alfred Adler
Antidepressants (+types)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
3 components of model of mental life
15. Freud; way in which ego protects self from threatening unconscious material; - repression/denial - rationalization - projection - displacement - reaction formation - compensation - sublimation - identification - undoing - countertransference - dreams
Defense mechanism (+types)
Abraham Maslow
criticism (Behavior theory)
aggression
16. 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
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
3 components of model of mental life
Evidence-based treatment
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
17. 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
Pleasure principle
Unconditional positive regard
Cognitive Theory
id
18. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings
therapy (existential theory)
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Topographic model of mental life
19. Delivers electric current to brain to induce convulsions; effective for severely depressed patients
Personalizing
Hans Eysenck
Persona
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
20. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')
psychoanalytic theory
Projection
Magnifying/minimizing
Dreams
21. 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®)
Neo-Freudians
Magnifying/minimizing
superego
Anxiolytics
22. The life instinct - including sex and love
Neal Miller
id
Therapy (Behavior theory)
eros
23. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
Rational-Emotive Theory
Genuineness/congruence
Thanatos
24. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem
Assertiveness training
process of becoming
criticism (Behavior theory)
Donald Meichenbaum
25. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors
catharsis/abreaction
object-relations theory
eros
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
26. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
Psychopharmacology
therapy (existential theory)
Antipsychotics
27. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
psychoanalysis
Gestalt Theory (originators)
psychic determinism
28. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet
Hans Eysenck
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
aggression
Undoing
29. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology
Topographic model of mental life
criticism (individual theory)
Undoing
Monoamines (examples)
30. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
ego
Shaping
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
31. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy
criticism (Client-centered theory)
Psychopharmacology
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
32. Treats family as a whole as client
criticism (existential theory)
hypnosis
Reaction formation
Family therapy
33. Sexual force
Cognitive triad
libido
transference
Projection
34. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)
Free association
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
35. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective
Hans Eysenck
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Empathy
Third Force
36. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
analytical theory
Melanie Klein
Applied psychology
37. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols
Collective unconscious
therapy (analytical theory)
Alfred Adler
Gestalt Theory
38. General term that refers to theories that emphasize the positive - evolving free will in people (such as client-centered - Gestalt - or existential); optimistic about human nature; 'Third Force'
Humanistic theory
Neo-Freudians
Alfred Adler
analytical theory
39. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)
Systematic desensitization
Antimanics
Unconditional positive regard
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
40. Mistaking isolated incidents for the norm (e.g. 'no one will ever want to be with me')
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
Evidence-based treatment
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Overgeneralization
41. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
individual theory
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Psychodynamic theory
42. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures
criticism (existential theory)
Shadow
Flooding or implosive therapy
therapy (analytical theory)
43. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content
Hierarchy of needs
Identification
Dreams
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
44. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Carl Gustav Jung
Persona
criticism (existential theory)
45. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents
transference
countertransference
Antipsychotics
Play therapy
46. 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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47. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Flooding or implosive therapy
Dichotomous thinking
Aversion therapy
48. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious
Personal unconscious
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
Shadow
Abraham Maslow
49. 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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50. Includes elements of cognitive - behavioural - and emotion theory; intertwined thoughts and feelings produce behavior
Rational-Emotive Theory
Neal Miller
process of becoming
Unconditional positive regard
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