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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence
Pleasure principle
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Rationalization
2. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id
Pleasure principle
Modeling
object-relations theory
abnormal theory (individual theory)
3. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
process of becoming
Arbitrary inference
archetype
4. 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
Animus
therapy (existential theory)
psychoanalytic theory
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
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
Reality principle
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
6. Client-centered therapist must maintain positivity regardless of choices - feelings or insights to facilitate a trusting and safe environment
Cognitive Theory
Neal Miller
Unconditional positive regard
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
7. Stress-inoculation training
Donald Meichenbaum
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
socially useful type
Hierarchy of needs
8. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli
behavior theory (originators)
archetype
Cognitive triad
neobehaviouralism
9. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems
Psychodynamic theory
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Antabuse ®
Applied psychology
10. 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
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Antidepressants (+types)
Applied psychology
11. 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
criticism (Behavior theory)
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
psychic determinism
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
12. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs
Abraham Maslow
Will to meaning
Rationalization
eros
13. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious
criticism (Behavior theory)
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Cognitive triad
14. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients
Evidence-based treatment
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
goal of therapy (individual theory)
Magnifying/minimizing
15. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
hypnosis
therapy (individual theory)
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
16. '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
Free association
Compensation
Undoing
Family therapy
17. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
Karen Horney
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Flooding or implosive therapy
18. Correct maladaptive cognitions
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Arbitrary inference
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
19. Individual theory
Shaping
Free association
Projection
Alfred Adler
20. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
Self
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
socially useful type
Client-centered theory
21. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures
Aversion therapy
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Shadow
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
22. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Personal unconscious
psychoanalytic theory
23. Treatment for mental health problems shown to produce results in empirical studies; many argue only this is ethical; others argue controlled experiments not like real treatments - less useful and applicable
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Evidence-based treatment
radical behavioralism
24. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Free association
Compensation
eros
25. 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
process of becoming
Free association
Abraham Maslow
Antidepressants (+types)
26. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
Will to meaning
Self
Genuineness/congruence
27. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Pleasure principle
Modeling
abnormal theory (individual theory)
28. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings
Identification
therapy (individual theory)
existential theory
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
29. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka
Sublimation
Displacement
Gestalt Theory (originators)
id
30. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence
therapy (existential theory)
therapy (individual theory)
Applied psychology
neobehaviouralism
31. Too mystical or spiritual
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Compensation
criticism (analytical theory)
Applied psychology
32. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
Genuineness/congruence
criticism (existential theory)
Psychodynamic theory
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
33. Albert Ellis
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
abnormal theory (individual theory)
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Systematic desensitization
34. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets
Compensation
criticism (analytical theory)
Sublimation
Free association
35. 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
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
abnormal theory (individual theory)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
36. 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
Third Force
superego
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Melanie Klein
37. Delivers electric current to brain to induce convulsions; effective for severely depressed patients
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
hypnosis
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
id
38. 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
Thanatos
hypnosis
therapy (analytical theory)
individual theory
39. Male elements of a female
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Animus
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Antabuse ®
40. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Dreams
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
41. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem
criticism (Behavior theory)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Family therapy
transference
42. 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'
Play therapy
Humanistic theory
socially useful type
criticism (analytical theory)
43. Person'S outer mask - mediator to external world; masks in cultures
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
Antimanics
Persona
Unconditional positive regard
44. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
ruling-dominant type
ego
criticism (individual theory)
Cognitive triad
45. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning
existential theory
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
ruling-dominant type
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
46. Psychological tension created when (a)ctivating even occurs - and client has certain (b)eliefs about the event - leading to (c)onsequence of emotional disruption
Evidence-based treatment
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Self
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
47. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;
Reality principle
Humanistic theory
object-relations theory
Identification
48. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)
Collective unconscious
therapy (individual theory)
catharsis/abreaction
Psychodynamic theory
49. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
Play therapy
Projection
Self
Undoing
50. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics
Abraham Maslow
catharsis/abreaction
Antabuse ®
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)