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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id
libido
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Pleasure principle
Melanie Klein
2. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Rationalization
individual theory
Carl Gustav Jung
3. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem
criticism (Behavior theory)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Anxiolytics
4. Correct maladaptive cognitions
Evidence-based treatment
object relations therapy
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Projection
5. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
psychoanalysis
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Gestalt Theory (originators)
6. Albert Ellis
Shaping
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
7. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors
eros
individual theory
criticism (individual theory)
Stress-inoculation training
8. Treats family as a whole as client
getting-learning type
Family therapy
Anna Freud
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
9. 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 -
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Systematic desensitization
psychoanalysis
Hierarchy of needs
10. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious
Anxiolytics
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
radical behavioralism
11. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs
Abraham Maslow
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Cognitive triad
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
12. Client-centered therapist should speak and act genuinely - not maintain a professional reserve (feelings and experiences of the therapist should match)
Anna Freud
Alfred Adler
Genuineness/congruence
Gestalt Theory (originators)
13. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Defense mechanism (+types)
Antimanics
14. Child clients; during play a child may convey emotions - situations - or disturbances conveyed might otherwise go unexpressed
psychoanalytic theory
Play therapy
criticism (Behavior theory)
Applied psychology
15. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
object-relations theory
criticism (Client-centered theory)
Screen memory
16. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients
goal of therapy (individual theory)
transference
Personal unconscious
Stress-inoculation training
17. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Projection
criticism (existential theory)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
18. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems
Applied psychology
process of becoming
archetype
criticism (analytical theory)
19. Victor Frankl
Defense mechanism (+types)
Third Force
criticism (existential theory)
existential theory (originator)
20. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning
ruling-dominant type
psychoanalysis
existential theory
Personalizing
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
Will to meaning
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Stress-inoculation training
Role playing
22. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent
ruling-dominant type
Alfred Adler
Self
Identification
23. 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
abnormal theory (individual theory)
Karen Horney
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Client-centered theory
24. Provides tools and experience that client can use to be more assertive
Assertiveness training
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Self
socially useful type
25. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety
Flooding or implosive therapy
Applied psychology
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Topographic model of mental life
26. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Antipsychotics
Melanie Klein
Displacement
27. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
ruling-dominant type
Undoing
28. 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
Client-centered theory
Assertiveness training
Pleasure principle
individual theory
29. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
socially useful type
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Collective unconscious
individual theory
30. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Overgeneralization
Compensation
psychoanalysis
31. 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
process of becoming
goal of therapy (individual theory)
psychoanalytic theory
Neo-Freudians
32. B.F. Skinner - Ivan Pavlov - Joseph Wolpe
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
psychoanalysis
criticism (Behavior theory)
behavior theory (originators)
33. Class of neurotransmitter that dopamine - serotonin - and norepinephrine belongs to
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
Alfred Adler
Monoamines (examples)
34. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children
Dichotomous thinking
Cognitive triad
Melanie Klein
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
35. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')
Magnifying/minimizing
behavior theory (originators)
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Melanie Klein
36. abnormality derived from disturbances of awareness - client may not have insight or fully experience present situation (choosing not to acknowledge certain aspects)
Persona
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Gestalt Theory (originators)
id
37. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures
Shadow
Projection
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Dichotomous thinking
38. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence
Empathy
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
39. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
goal of therapy (individual theory)
neobehaviouralism
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
40. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Flooding or implosive therapy
socially useful type
41. 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
Reality principle
Shadow
object relations therapy
Client-centered theory
42. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning
criticism (analytical theory)
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Identification
43. 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
Defense mechanism (+types)
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
therapy (individual theory)
Antidepressants (+types)
44. Female elements of a man
socially useful type
Neo-Freudians
Anima
Thanatos
45. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
Melanie Klein
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Reality principle
Hans Eysenck
46. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Reaction formation
Personalizing
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
47. Rollo May - individual constantly strives to rise above a simple behavioral existence and toward genuine and meaningful existence
Will to meaning
Systematic desensitization
Overgeneralization
Personalizing
48. Delivers electric current to brain to induce convulsions; effective for severely depressed patients
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Play therapy
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
Compensation
49. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Antipsychotics
Karen Horney
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
50. Uses operant principle of negative reinforcement to increase anxiety - anxiety-reaction created where there was none; usually to treat addiction and fetishes
process of becoming
Antabuse ®
Aversion therapy
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
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