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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Displacement
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
eros
2. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Projection
Carl Gustav Jung
Rationalization
3. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Genuineness/congruence
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Personalizing
4. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Unconditional positive regard
Reaction formation
Free association
5. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
avoiding type
Psychodynamic theory
Role playing
6. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety
Flooding or implosive therapy
goal of therapy (existential theory)
hypnosis
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
7. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors
Stress-inoculation training
Hierarchy of needs
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Rationalization
8. 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
psychoanalytic theory
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
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
Donald Meichenbaum
Identification
Client-centered theory
Projection
10. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence
criticism (analytical theory)
process of becoming
therapy (existential theory)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
11. Inappropriately taking responsibility (e.g. 'our failed project was all my fault')
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Personalizing
12. Treats family as a whole as client
Anima
socially useful type
Family therapy
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
13. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective
Persona
Screen memory
Arbitrary inference
Empathy
14. Therapist engages in a dialogue with client rather than leading toward a goal; client learns from dialogue - and together focus on here-and-now experience rather than talking about the past
Empathy
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Melanie Klein
Anima
15. Not allowing threatening material into awareness
Repression or denial
Abraham Maslow
abnormal theory (individual theory)
Compensation
16. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Self
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
17. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology
abnormal theory (individual theory)
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Topographic model of mental life
18. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems
analytical theory
Applied psychology
psychoanalysis
Will to meaning
19. abnormality derived from disturbances of awareness - client may not have insight or fully experience present situation (choosing not to acknowledge certain aspects)
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Karen Horney
ego
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
20. Maladaptive cognitions lead to abnormal behaviour or disturbed affect; cognitive triad - types of maladaptive cognitions: arbitrary inference - overgeneralization - magnifying/minimizing - personalizing - dichotomous thinking
Overgeneralization
process of becoming
Donald Meichenbaum
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
21. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Alfred Adler
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Systematic desensitization
22. Albert Ellis
Unconditional positive regard
Hierarchy of needs
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
eros
23. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Flooding or implosive therapy
criticism (analytical theory)
archetype
24. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs
existential theory (originator)
Abraham Maslow
Reality principle
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
25. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
therapy (analytical theory)
Personal unconscious
Displacement
26. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant
object-relations theory
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
ruling-dominant type
Abraham Maslow
27. Person'S outer mask - mediator to external world; masks in cultures
therapy (existential theory)
Persona
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
28. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
ego
Will to meaning
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Antimanics
29. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Cognitive Theory
Modeling
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
30. Negative views about the self - the world - and the future; causes depression
Will to meaning
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
aggression
Cognitive triad
31. 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
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
neobehaviouralism
Evidence-based treatment
existential theory
32. Like cognitive and behaviour theory - considered too sterile and mechanistic
therapy (existential theory)
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Repression or denial
superego
33. Provides tools and experience that client can use to be more assertive
Assertiveness training
ruling-dominant type
Collective unconscious
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
34. When the therapist uses the patient'S transference to help him/her resolve problems that were the result of previous relationship by correcting the emotional experience in the therapist-patient relationship
Animus
Collective unconscious
Abraham Maslow
object relations therapy
35. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings
countertransference
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Projection
Systematic desensitization
36. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development
Anna Freud
Humanistic theory
Play therapy
therapy (Client-centered theory)
37. Class of neurotransmitter that dopamine - serotonin - and norepinephrine belongs to
Play therapy
Alfred Adler
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Monoamines (examples)
38. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Karen Horney
Abraham Maslow
transference
39. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Anxiolytics
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
40. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning
Cognitive Theory
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Behavior theory
existential theory
41. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
Shadow
criticism (existential theory)
superego
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
42. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Third Force
Melanie Klein
Humanistic theory
43. 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®))
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Psychodynamic theory
Antipsychotics
44. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
therapy (individual theory)
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
criticism (Behavior theory)
45. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
Hans Eysenck
Self
Topographic model of mental life
Psychodynamic theory
46. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics
Antabuse ®
Psychopharmacology
Rational-Emotive Theory
Antimanics
47. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes
Collective unconscious
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
goal of therapy (individual theory)
Compensation
48. 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
neobehaviouralism
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Rational-Emotive Theory
49. Jean Charcot and Pierre Janet
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
aggression
hypnosis
Donald Meichenbaum
50. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent
Identification
Stress-inoculation training
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Flooding or implosive therapy