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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)
therapy (individual theory)
Hans Eysenck
avoiding type
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
2. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;
Donald Meichenbaum
object-relations theory
Assertiveness training
therapy (individual theory)
3. Response to perceived one'S meaninglessness is neurosis or neurotic anxiety (as opposed to normal or justified anxiety)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Personal unconscious
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
4. 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)
Pleasure principle
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
abnormal theory (existential theory)
5. 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)
Anxiolytics
analytical theory
Antimanics
Behavior theory
6. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem
Rationalization
Antidepressants (+types)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
therapy (individual theory)
7. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
archetype
Stress-inoculation training
psychoanalysis
8. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem
Flooding or implosive therapy
Displacement
ego
criticism (Behavior theory)
9. 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
Gestalt Theory
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Client-centered theory
object relations therapy
10. Inappropriately taking responsibility (e.g. 'our failed project was all my fault')
Flooding or implosive therapy
Thanatos
Personalizing
Systematic desensitization
11. Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn
Applied psychology
Harry Stack Sullivan
avoiding type
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
12. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
radical behavioralism
criticism (existential theory)
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
libido
13. Mistaking isolated incidents for the norm (e.g. 'no one will ever want to be with me')
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Overgeneralization
Cognitive Theory (originator)
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
14. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware
Reality principle
eros
Hierarchy of needs
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
15. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective
Empathy
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
16. Based on personal activity and social interest - ruling-dominant type - getting-learning type - avoiding type - socially useful type
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Persona
Identification
17. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
Modeling
Will to meaning
Play therapy
psychoanalysis
18. Child clients; during play a child may convey emotions - situations - or disturbances conveyed might otherwise go unexpressed
Play therapy
object relations therapy
Antipsychotics
Shaping
19. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Shadow
psychoanalysis
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
20. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Pleasure principle
transference
21. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt
Will to meaning
Hans Eysenck
Rationalization
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
22. Client-centered therapist must maintain positivity regardless of choices - feelings or insights to facilitate a trusting and safe environment
Flooding or implosive therapy
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Unconditional positive regard
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
23. Jean Charcot and Pierre Janet
Assertiveness training
Repression or denial
hypnosis
libido
24. Too mystical or spiritual
getting-learning type
Psychodynamic theory
criticism (analytical theory)
Displacement
25. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children
Melanie Klein
object relations therapy
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Screen memory
26. Freud; way in which ego protects self from threatening unconscious material; - repression/denial - rationalization - projection - displacement - reaction formation - compensation - sublimation - identification - undoing - countertransference - dreams
Carl Gustav Jung
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Flooding or implosive therapy
Defense mechanism (+types)
27. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics
Antabuse ®
radical behavioralism
Repression or denial
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
28. 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®)
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
Anxiolytics
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Melanie Klein
29. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
Gestalt Theory
socially useful type
Carl Gustav Jung
individual theory
30. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets
Animus
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
Free association
Sublimation
31. 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
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Role playing
criticism (individual theory)
individual theory
32. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient
Displacement
criticism (analytical theory)
Repression or denial
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
33. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent
Overgeneralization
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Identification
goal of therapy (individual theory)
34. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka
Will to meaning
aggression
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Monoamines (examples)
35. Correct maladaptive cognitions
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Personalizing
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Client-centered theory
36. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors
Applied psychology
Personal unconscious
object-relations theory
Stress-inoculation training
37. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs
aggression
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Genuineness/congruence
38. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has
Reaction formation
Compensation
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
therapy (individual theory)
39. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
transference
Aversion therapy
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
40. 'Joseph Breuer' the central process in which a patient reports thoughts without censure or guidance - Freud: because unconscious material is always looking for a way out - the patient can uncover and express repressed material through free associatio
Free association
Neo-Freudians
aggression
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
41. 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
Cognitive Theory (originator)
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
42. Drugs that take away symptoms do not provide interpersonal support
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Family therapy
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
43. Male elements of a female
Karen Horney
id
Animus
Dichotomous thinking
44. Maladaptive cognitions lead to abnormal behaviour or disturbed affect; cognitive triad - types of maladaptive cognitions: arbitrary inference - overgeneralization - magnifying/minimizing - personalizing - dichotomous thinking
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
Personalizing
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
45. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
radical behavioralism
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Hans Eysenck
neobehaviouralism
46. Model based on learning; application of classical and operant conditioning principles to human abnormal behavior - change maladaptive behaviour through new learning; radical behavioralism - neobehaviouralism
criticism (Behavior theory)
Behavior theory
Empathy
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
47. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior
Thanatos
Repression or denial
analytical theory
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
48. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
getting-learning type
aggression
Compensation
49. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism
Third Force
Genuineness/congruence
Flooding or implosive therapy
Anima
50. Provides tools and experience that client can use to be more assertive
Play therapy
Cognitive triad
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Assertiveness training