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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. 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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2. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






3. Female elements of a man






4. Stress-inoculation training






5. 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)






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






7. short-term and directed; - thoughts - feelings and unconsciousness not addressed; - Therapist use counterconditioning techniques to help client learn new responses; - Techniques: systematic desensitization - flooding or implosive therapy - aversion t






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






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






10. Individual theory






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






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






13. Too mystical or spiritual






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






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






16. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






17. Correct maladaptive cognitions






18. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






26. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






27. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






33. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents






34. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






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






36. The life instinct - including sex and love






37. 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






38. Tricyclic chemical structure; ex. amitriptyline (Elavil®)






39. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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







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