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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy






2. When the therapist uses the patient'S transference to help him/her resolve problems that were the result of previous relationship by correcting the emotional experience in the therapist-patient relationship






3. Albert Ellis






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






5. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






6. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures






7. Emphasized culture and society over instinct; suggested neuroticism expressed as movement toward - against - and away from people






8. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist






9. The life instinct - including sex and love






10. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido






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






12. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory






13. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion






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






15. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






16. 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 -






17. Male elements of a female






18. 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






19. 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)






20. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






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






22. 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®)






23. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






24. Sexual force






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






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






27. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






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






30. 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






31. 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)






32. Ego - id - superego






33. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology






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






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






36. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has






37. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)






38. Female elements of a man






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. Maladaptive cognitions lead to abnormal behaviour or disturbed affect; cognitive triad - types of maladaptive cognitions: arbitrary inference - overgeneralization - magnifying/minimizing - personalizing - dichotomous thinking






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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