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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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






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






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. 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®))






5. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware






6. 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)






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content






11. Too mystical or spiritual






12. 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






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






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






15. Ego - id - superego






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






17. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






18. 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






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






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






21. Correct maladaptive cognitions






22. 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






23. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






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






25. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






26. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')






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






28. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics






29. Male elements of a female






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






31. Includes elements of cognitive - behavioural - and emotion theory; intertwined thoughts and feelings produce behavior






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






33. 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






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






35. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has






36. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning






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






38. Sexual force






39. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes






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






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






42. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido






43. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this






44. Treats family as a whole as client






45. 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






46. Inappropriately taking responsibility (e.g. 'our failed project was all my fault')






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






48. Stress-inoculation training






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






50. Female elements of a man