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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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






2. 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






3. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego






4. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






5. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






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






7. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential






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






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






10. Jean Charcot and Pierre Janet






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






12. 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






13. Male elements of a female






14. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion






15. 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)






16. Aaron Beck






17. 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)

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






19. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory






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






21. 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'






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






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






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






25. 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®))






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






27. 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






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






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






30. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






31. 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)






32. 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






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






34. 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 -






35. 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






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






37. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






38. Albert Ellis






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






40. Act only on serotonin - most frequently prescribed because fewer side effects than tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs); Ex. fluoxetine (Prozac®) - paroxetine (Paxil®) - sertraline (Zoloft®)






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






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






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






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






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






46. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology






47. 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






48. Client-centered therapist must maintain positivity regardless of choices - feelings or insights to facilitate a trusting and safe environment






49. 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






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







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