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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. 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






2. Individual'S mental life consists of a constant push-pull between the competing forces of the id - superego and environment. - each areas struggles for acknowledgement and expression - how well a persons' ego handles this determines his mental health






3. 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






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






5. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






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






7. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings






8. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned






9. 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






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






11. 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)






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






13. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






19. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






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






26. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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®))






32. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors






33. Ego - id - superego






34. Class of neurotransmitter that dopamine - serotonin - and norepinephrine belongs to






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






44. directed by client who decides how often to meet and what to discuss; therapist is nondirective - providing a self-exploration - safe and trusting atmosphere for client; provide empathy - unconditional positive regard - genuineness/congruence






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






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






48. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






49. Too mystical or spiritual






50. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory







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