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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






2. 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






3. 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®)






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






5. '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






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






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






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






9. Stress-inoculation training






10. 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






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






12. abnormality derived from disturbances of awareness - client may not have insight or fully experience present situation (choosing not to acknowledge certain aspects)






13. No use of diagnostic tools because Rogers believed client-centered therapy applied to any problem






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






21. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






22. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






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






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






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






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






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






28. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)






29. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential






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






31. Initially: Freud preferred a topographic model of mental life - Then: Mental life was structural - meaning that mental life has particular organization other than layers (ego - id - superego)

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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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48. 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)






49. Victor Frankl






50. 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