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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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






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






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






4. Stress-inoculation training






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






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






7. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






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






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






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






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






12. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






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






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






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






16. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






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






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






19. Joseph Wolpe - applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - exposed to increasingly anxiety-provoking stimuli until anxiety is decreased - start from staring at a picture of snake and then eventually holding on






20. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






21. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)






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






23. 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






24. 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)






25. Like cognitive and behaviour theory - considered too sterile and mechanistic






26. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')






32. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






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






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






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






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






37. Male elements of a female






38. 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 -






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






40. 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)






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






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






43. 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






44. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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