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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion






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






3. Provide trusting atmosphere for client to self-direct growth and tap his own 'vast resources' - evidence of growth includes a congruent self-concept - positive self-regard - internal locus-of-evaluation - and willingness to experience






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






5. Individual theory






6. 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






7. 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






8. Treats family as a whole as client






9. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent






10. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli






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






12. 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






13. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






14. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






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






16. 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






17. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






18. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents






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






24. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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®)






31. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






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






33. 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'






34. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






35. 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






36. 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®))






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






38. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






39. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)






40. Model based on learning; application of classical and operant conditioning principles to human abnormal behavior - change maladaptive behaviour through new learning; radical behavioralism - neobehaviouralism






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






42. Victor Frankl






43. Aaron Beck






44. Initially: an individual'S greatest conflict was that between the libido and the ego - Then: the true conflict is that between Eros and Thanatos ('The aim of all life is death')


45. Sexual force






46. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning






47. Response to perceived one'S meaninglessness is neurosis or neurotic anxiety (as opposed to normal or justified anxiety)






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






49. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning






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