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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Based on personal activity and social interest - ruling-dominant type - getting-learning type - avoiding type - socially useful type






2. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






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






4. 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






5. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






6. 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






7. Sexual force






8. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors






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






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






11. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)






12. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id






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






14. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology






15. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






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






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






18. Freud; way in which ego protects self from threatening unconscious material; - repression/denial - rationalization - projection - displacement - reaction formation - compensation - sublimation - identification - undoing - countertransference - dreams






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






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






21. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






22. Rollo May - individual constantly strives to rise above a simple behavioral existence and toward genuine and meaningful existence






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






24. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. 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 -






29. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant






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






31. '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






32. Treats family as a whole as client






33. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






34. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






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






36. 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)






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






38. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')






39. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent






40. Victor Frankl






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






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






43. The part of mind that imposes learned or socialized drives - not something one is born with - but develops over time - influenced by moral and parental training






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






45. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






46. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






47. Reduces depressive symptoms - by taking opposite action of antimanics; depression appears to be from abnormally low levels of monoamines; increase production and transmission of various monoamines; - Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) - Monoamine oxid






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






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






50. 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®)