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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






2. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






3. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another






4. Victor Frankl






5. abnormality derived from disturbances of awareness - client may not have insight or fully experience present situation (choosing not to acknowledge certain aspects)






6. Mistaking isolated incidents for the norm (e.g. 'no one will ever want to be with me')






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






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






9. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious






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






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






12. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






13. 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)






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






15. Ego - id - superego






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






17. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious






18. Male elements of a female






19. Treats family as a whole as client






20. 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






21. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients






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






23. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






24. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






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






26. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference






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






28. '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






29. 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






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






31. Initially: Freud preferred a topographic model of mental life - Then: Mental life was structural - meaning that mental life has particular organization other than layers (ego - id - superego)


32. 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 -






33. Client-centered therapist should speak and act genuinely - not maintain a professional reserve (feelings and experiences of the therapist should match)






34. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






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






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






37. Secondary process; guided by ego and responds to environment by delaying gratification






38. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems






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






40. Lessen the unconscious pressures on the individual by making as much of it conscious as possible - allow the ego to be a better mediator of forces






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






42. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy






43. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific






44. Stress-inoculation training






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






46. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem






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






48. Female elements of a man






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






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