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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Too mystical or spiritual
Karen Horney
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
object relations therapy
criticism (analytical theory)
2. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
Humanistic theory
getting-learning type
3. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
Dreams
Arbitrary inference
Overgeneralization
4. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics
Antabuse ®
avoiding type
analytical theory
process of becoming
5. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt
Family therapy
eros
Rationalization
Personalizing
6. Correct maladaptive cognitions
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Projection
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Antipsychotics
7. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Dreams
Humanistic theory
id
8. Ego - id - superego
3 components of model of mental life
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
transference
Evidence-based treatment
9. 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
criticism (analytical theory)
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Antimanics
therapy (Client-centered theory)
10. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems
Displacement
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Topographic model of mental life
Applied psychology
11. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
libido
analytical theory
criticism (existential theory)
goal of therapy (individual theory)
12. Emphasized culture and society over instinct; suggested neuroticism expressed as movement toward - against - and away from people
Karen Horney
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Therapy (Behavior theory)
13. Rollo May - individual constantly strives to rise above a simple behavioral existence and toward genuine and meaningful existence
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Overgeneralization
Will to meaning
14. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient
existential theory
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
psychoanalytic theory
Displacement
15. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli
neobehaviouralism
Identification
Neo-Freudians
psychoanalytic theory
16. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id
neobehaviouralism
Pleasure principle
goal of therapy (existential theory)
criticism (individual theory)
17. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')
Dichotomous thinking
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
countertransference
aggression
18. 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
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Antidepressants (+types)
archetype
19. 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 (analytical theory)
hypnosis
Evidence-based treatment
Repression or denial
20. People in the process of realizing themselves - The individual is motivated by social needs and feelings of inferiority that arise when the current self does not match the self-ideal
process of becoming
Anna Freud
Alfred Adler
criticism (Behavior theory)
21. Client-centered therapist should speak and act genuinely - not maintain a professional reserve (feelings and experiences of the therapist should match)
Identification
Neal Miller
Genuineness/congruence
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
22. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols
Genuineness/congruence
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Animus
therapy (analytical theory)
23. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion
Carl Gustav Jung
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
catharsis/abreaction
Pleasure principle
24. 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
Hierarchy of needs
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Shaping
25. Goal is to increase sense of being and meaningfulness - to alleviate neurotic anxiety
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
Harry Stack Sullivan
26. Based on personal activity and social interest - ruling-dominant type - getting-learning type - avoiding type - socially useful type
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
Anima
Will to meaning
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
27. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
countertransference
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Cognitive Theory (originator)
transference
28. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
Topographic model of mental life
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
29. 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®)
Rationalization
Third Force
Projection
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
30. 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'
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Hans Eysenck
Hierarchy of needs
Humanistic theory
31. Karen Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan - accepted some of freud'S ideas and reject others
Neo-Freudians
Rationalization
Thanatos
Personal unconscious
32. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned
Carl Gustav Jung
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
id
Neal Miller
33. 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®))
Systematic desensitization
Antimanics
Antipsychotics
Reaction formation
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
avoiding type
object relations therapy
Dreams
Repression or denial
35. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings
Behavior theory
Personalizing
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
36. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors
3 components of model of mental life
Anima
Evidence-based treatment
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
37. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
Rational-Emotive Theory
Gestalt Theory
psychoanalysis
criticism (existential theory)
38. Male elements of a female
neobehaviouralism
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Animus
39. Includes elements of cognitive - behavioural - and emotion theory; intertwined thoughts and feelings produce behavior
behavior theory (originators)
Hans Eysenck
Family therapy
Rational-Emotive Theory
40. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Anna Freud
Antipsychotics
transference
41. How a therapist feels about his/her patients; analyst'S transfer of unconscious feelings or wishes (central figures in analyst'S life) onto patient
Aversion therapy
criticism (individual theory)
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
countertransference
42. Aaron Beck
Cognitive Theory (originator)
Animus
behavior theory (originators)
avoiding type
43. 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)
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Collective unconscious
44. 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)
Gestalt Theory (originators)
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
avoiding type
analytical theory
45. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes
Collective unconscious
Humanistic theory
Third Force
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
46. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;
Systematic desensitization
criticism (Client-centered theory)
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
object-relations theory
47. 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
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
abnormal theory (individual theory)
therapy (Client-centered theory)
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
48. Freud; pathological behaviour - dreams - unconscious behaviour (e.g. hysterical or neurotic women) are symptoms of underlying - unresolved conflict - which are manifested when the ego does not find acceptable ways to express conflict
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Donald Meichenbaum
id
psychic determinism
49. 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
Personal unconscious
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
object-relations theory
psychoanalytic theory
50. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
Identification
Reality principle
Hans Eysenck
libido