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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






2. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






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






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






5. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned






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






7. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






8. Correct maladaptive cognitions






9. Albert Ellis






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






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






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






13. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs






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






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






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






17. The life instinct - including sex and love






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






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






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






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






22. 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®)






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






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






25. 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)






26. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Treats family as a whole as client






32. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






33. Initially: an individual'S greatest conflict was that between the libido and the ego - Then: the true conflict is that between Eros and Thanatos ('The aim of all life is death')


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






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






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






37. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy






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






39. 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






40. Individual theory






41. Skinner'S operant ideas that behaviour is related only to consequences






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






43. It is best used with normal people in search of growth






44. Class of neurotransmitter that dopamine - serotonin - and norepinephrine belongs to






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






46. 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)






47. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






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






49. Too mystical or spiritual






50. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence