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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Alfred Adler - Adlerian theory - people are viewed as creative - social and whole as opposed to Freud'S more negative and structural approach - process of becoming - Healthy individuals: --> peruse goals in spite of feelings of interiority - --> has






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






3. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Client-centered therapist must maintain positivity regardless of choices - feelings or insights to facilitate a trusting and safe environment






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






11. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






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






13. 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






14. First drugs for psychopathology; - usually to treat positive symptoms of schizophrenia (delusion and hallucination) by blocking dopamine receptors and inhibiting dopamine production (ex. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine®) - and haloperidol (Haldol®))






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






16. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






17. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






24. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning






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






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






27. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Albert Ellis






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






34. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






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






36. 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®)






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






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






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






40. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)






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






42. Stress-inoculation training






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






44. Female elements of a man






45. 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






46. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






47. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference






48. 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®)






49. Victor Frankl






50. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs