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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory
criticism (existential theory)
Gestalt Theory
Cognitive Theory
Antimanics
2. Like cognitive and behaviour theory - considered too sterile and mechanistic
Rational-Emotive Theory
hypnosis
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
3. Client-centered therapist should speak and act genuinely - not maintain a professional reserve (feelings and experiences of the therapist should match)
Neal Miller
Genuineness/congruence
Identification
hypnosis
4. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Sublimation
Reaction formation
Cognitive triad
5. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
transference
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
socially useful type
6. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs
Alfred Adler
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Collective unconscious
Antipsychotics
7. It is best used with normal people in search of growth
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Persona
existential theory
criticism (individual theory)
8. 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)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
catharsis/abreaction
Therapy (Behavior theory)
9. 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
Gestalt Theory
Evidence-based treatment
therapy (Client-centered theory)
individual theory
10. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
ruling-dominant type
11. 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
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Applied psychology
avoiding type
Shadow
12. Response to perceived one'S meaninglessness is neurosis or neurotic anxiety (as opposed to normal or justified anxiety)
Antabuse ®
Reality principle
abnormal theory (existential theory)
criticism (Client-centered theory)
13. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another
Dichotomous thinking
Cognitive Theory
Compensation
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
14. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')
Magnifying/minimizing
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Identification
Anima
15. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
criticism (existential theory)
Shaping
Magnifying/minimizing
Defense mechanism (+types)
16. 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
Screen memory
Pleasure principle
archetype
Dichotomous thinking
17. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology
Shaping
catharsis/abreaction
transference
Topographic model of mental life
18. 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 -
Cognitive Theory
Hierarchy of needs
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
19. Victor Frankl
psychic determinism
Karen Horney
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
existential theory (originator)
20. Individual theory
Monoamines (examples)
criticism (individual theory)
Harry Stack Sullivan
Alfred Adler
21. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy
catharsis/abreaction
Neo-Freudians
Psychopharmacology
Humanistic theory
22. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
Carl Gustav Jung
Stress-inoculation training
Gestalt Theory
Humanistic theory
23. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Repression or denial
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
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
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
Reaction formation
archetype
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
25. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Applied psychology
Cognitive Theory (originator)
psychoanalytic theory
26. Uses operant principle of negative reinforcement to increase anxiety - anxiety-reaction created where there was none; usually to treat addiction and fetishes
criticism (Behavior theory)
Aversion therapy
catharsis/abreaction
Displacement
27. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
process of becoming
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
analytical theory
Self
28. 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)
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Thanatos
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Free association
29. Includes elements of cognitive - behavioural - and emotion theory; intertwined thoughts and feelings produce behavior
Rational-Emotive Theory
Cognitive Theory
Collective unconscious
Therapy (Behavior theory)
30. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
Collective unconscious
psychoanalysis
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
31. Treats family as a whole as client
Family therapy
Behavior theory
Hans Eysenck
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
32. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')
Karen Horney
Psychopharmacology
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
Dichotomous thinking
33. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)
ego
psychoanalysis
aggression
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
34. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware
Harry Stack Sullivan
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Cognitive triad
35. Albert Ellis
Flooding or implosive therapy
Psychodynamic theory
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
transference
36. 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®)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
hypnosis
individual theory
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
37. 'Joseph Breuer' the central process in which a patient reports thoughts without censure or guidance - Freud: because unconscious material is always looking for a way out - the patient can uncover and express repressed material through free associatio
Antabuse ®
Free association
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Role playing
38. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs
Abraham Maslow
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
criticism (Client-centered theory)
39. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions
3 components of model of mental life
Anima
Harry Stack Sullivan
Collective unconscious
40. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific
Screen memory
Antipsychotics
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
41. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
Hierarchy of needs
therapy (analytical theory)
42. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
criticism (existential theory)
criticism (Behavior theory)
43. No use of diagnostic tools because Rogers believed client-centered therapy applied to any problem
criticism (Client-centered theory)
countertransference
Gestalt Theory
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
44. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem
Cognitive triad
object-relations theory
Magnifying/minimizing
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
45. 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
Evidence-based treatment
Gestalt Theory (originators)
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
46. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Rationalization
Shadow
Empathy
47. Used to reduce anxiety or to induce sleep; increases effectiveness of GABA (inhibitory); high potential for causing habituation and addiction; Ex. barbiturates and benzodiazepines such as diazepam (Valium®) and alprazolam (Xanax®)
Anxiolytics
transference
Monoamines (examples)
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
48. 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
Identification
Personal unconscious
Will to meaning
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
49. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious
psychic determinism
criticism (analytical theory)
Personal unconscious
Undoing
50. Sexual force
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
Genuineness/congruence
aggression
libido