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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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






2. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient






3. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet






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






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






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






7. Stress-inoculation training






8. Individual theory






9. Carl Rogers - Person centered/Rogerian theory - humanistic --> it has an optimistic outlook on human nature; - individual have an actualizing tendency that directs them out of conflict and toward full potential - best accomplished in atmosphere that






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






11. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






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






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






14. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt






15. 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






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






17. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions






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






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






20. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






21. Treats family as a whole as client






22. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






28. 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)






29. 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






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






31. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






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






33. 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®)






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. 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)






43. 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®)






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






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






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






47. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem






48. Albert Ellis






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






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