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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning






2. 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®)






3. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt






4. Treats family as a whole as client






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






6. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence






7. Like cognitive and behaviour theory - considered too sterile and mechanistic






8. Victor Frankl






9. 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






10. Stress-inoculation training






11. Skinner'S operant ideas that behaviour is related only to consequences






12. Sexual force






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






20. 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






21. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






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






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






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






25. 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®))






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






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






34. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






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






36. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious






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






38. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






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






40. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Negative views about the self - the world - and the future; causes depression






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






50. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist