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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






2. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings






3. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






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






5. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems






6. 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 -






7. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






8. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






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






10. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






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






12. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')






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






14. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology






15. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned






16. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






17. Provides tools and experience that client can use to be more assertive






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






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






20. Albert Ellis






21. 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






22. Psychological tension created when (a)ctivating even occurs - and client has certain (b)eliefs about the event - leading to (c)onsequence of emotional disruption






23. 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






24. Male elements of a female






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






26. Victor Frankl






27. Drugs that take away symptoms do not provide interpersonal support






28. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients






29. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures






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






31. The life instinct - including sex and love






32. Karen Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan - accepted some of freud'S ideas and reject others






33. 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






34. Sexual force






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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®))






42. 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






43. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






44. 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






45. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






46. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






47. How a therapist feels about his/her patients; analyst'S transfer of unconscious feelings or wishes (central figures in analyst'S life) onto patient






48. '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






49. 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)






50. Stress-inoculation training