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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. 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






2. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






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






4. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt






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






11. 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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12. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






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






14. Individual theory






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






16. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')






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






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. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






20. Male elements of a female






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






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






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






24. Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn






25. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido






26. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)






27. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






28. 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®)






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






30. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






31. General term that refers to theories that emphasize the positive - evolving free will in people (such as client-centered - Gestalt - or existential); optimistic about human nature; 'Third Force'






32. Includes elements of cognitive - behavioural - and emotion theory; intertwined thoughts and feelings produce behavior






33. 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






34. Too mystical or spiritual






35. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






42. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






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






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






45. 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®))






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






47. Stress-inoculation training






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






49. Ego - id - superego






50. 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






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