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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;






2. 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






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






5. 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






6. Tricyclic chemical structure; ex. amitriptyline (Elavil®)






7. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






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






9. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






10. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned






11. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






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






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






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






15. 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')

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






17. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)






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






19. 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)






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






21. Jean Charcot and Pierre Janet






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






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






24. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols






25. 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®)






26. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious






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






28. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






29. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






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






31. The life instinct - including sex and love






32. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






33. Person'S outer mask - mediator to external world; masks in cultures






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






35. Goal is to increase sense of being and meaningfulness - to alleviate neurotic anxiety






36. 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






37. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors






38. 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®)






39. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning






40. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures






41. 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






42. Emphasized culture and society over instinct; suggested neuroticism expressed as movement toward - against - and away from people






43. Sexual force






44. 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






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






46. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion






47. Model based on learning; application of classical and operant conditioning principles to human abnormal behavior - change maladaptive behaviour through new learning; radical behavioralism - neobehaviouralism






48. 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






49. Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn






50. The part of mind that contains the unconscious biological drives and wishes - At birth: mental life is composed solely of the id and its biological drives (sex and aggression) - with development - the id also includes unconscious wishes






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