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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Provides tools and experience that client can use to be more assertive
criticism (Behavior theory)
Role playing
Compensation
Assertiveness training
2. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)
libido
Flooding or implosive therapy
Psychodynamic theory
id
3. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors
libido
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
getting-learning type
3 components of model of mental life
4. 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 (Client-centered theory)
analytical theory
psychic determinism
Cognitive Theory (originator)
5. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs
neobehaviouralism
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Abraham Maslow
Repression or denial
6. 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
abnormal theory (individual theory)
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
catharsis/abreaction
Dreams
7. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings
Therapy (Behavior theory)
id
analytical theory
Projection
8. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
Hans Eysenck
criticism (individual theory)
socially useful type
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
9. 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
Systematic desensitization
libido
Antimanics
goal of therapy (existential theory)
10. Too mystical or spiritual
process of becoming
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Personalizing
criticism (analytical theory)
11. Provide trusting atmosphere for client to self-direct growth and tap his own 'vast resources' - evidence of growth includes a congruent self-concept - positive self-regard - internal locus-of-evaluation - and willingness to experience
Antipsychotics
Abraham Maslow
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Shaping
12. 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
Antimanics
Evidence-based treatment
Stress-inoculation training
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
13. Encourage people to stand apart from beliefs - biases and attitudes derived from the past - goal is to fully experience and perceive the present in order to become a while and integrated person
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
individual theory
Gestalt Theory
Hierarchy of needs
14. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
socially useful type
Shaping
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
therapy (existential theory)
15. Child clients; during play a child may convey emotions - situations - or disturbances conveyed might otherwise go unexpressed
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
Play therapy
Monoamines (examples)
Thanatos
16. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes
Shadow
Psychodynamic theory
Displacement
Collective unconscious
17. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets
Hierarchy of needs
Sublimation
Antipsychotics
Play therapy
18. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
Rational-Emotive Theory
psychoanalysis
therapy (individual theory)
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
19. Freud; way in which ego protects self from threatening unconscious material; - repression/denial - rationalization - projection - displacement - reaction formation - compensation - sublimation - identification - undoing - countertransference - dreams
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
3 components of model of mental life
Defense mechanism (+types)
20. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Reality principle
Carl Gustav Jung
Psychopharmacology
21. Female elements of a man
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Anima
Neal Miller
neobehaviouralism
22. Secondary process; guided by ego and responds to environment by delaying gratification
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Psychopharmacology
Antabuse ®
Reality principle
23. Skinner'S operant ideas that behaviour is related only to consequences
Projection
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Antabuse ®
radical behavioralism
24. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Self
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
25. 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®)
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
abnormal theory (existential theory)
26. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences
Screen memory
Antipsychotics
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Cognitive Theory
27. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions
Family therapy
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Harry Stack Sullivan
28. Drugs that take away symptoms do not provide interpersonal support
Shadow
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
abnormal theory (individual theory)
29. Maladaptive cognitions lead to abnormal behaviour or disturbed affect; cognitive triad - types of maladaptive cognitions: arbitrary inference - overgeneralization - magnifying/minimizing - personalizing - dichotomous thinking
psychoanalysis
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
criticism (Behavior theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
30. Jean Charcot and Pierre Janet
eros
hypnosis
existential theory
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
31. 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
Therapy (Behavior theory)
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Repression or denial
criticism (existential theory)
32. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id
Assertiveness training
Pleasure principle
Flooding or implosive therapy
Play therapy
33. Psychological tension created when (a)ctivating even occurs - and client has certain (b)eliefs about the event - leading to (c)onsequence of emotional disruption
Animus
Undoing
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Compensation
34. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)
Displacement
Antimanics
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Dichotomous thinking
35. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem
Magnifying/minimizing
criticism (Behavior theory)
Defense mechanism (+types)
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
36. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence
Cognitive Theory (originator)
Cognitive Theory
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
37. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;
Free association
object-relations theory
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
getting-learning type
38. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist
Arbitrary inference
Anna Freud
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
psychoanalysis
39. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant
Aversion therapy
ruling-dominant type
Donald Meichenbaum
Will to meaning
40. Rollo May - individual constantly strives to rise above a simple behavioral existence and toward genuine and meaningful existence
analytical theory
Will to meaning
Pleasure principle
existential theory
41. Negative views about the self - the world - and the future; causes depression
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Cognitive triad
object relations therapy
archetype
42. Uses operant conditioning to change behavior - reinforced for behaviors that come closer and closer to desired action
Family therapy
Shaping
Shadow
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
43. People work their way up hierarchy toward self-actualization by satisfying needs at the previous level: physiological needs - hunger - thirst - shelter - warmth - safety - security - stability - lack of fear - belonging - love - acceptance - esteem -
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
Hierarchy of needs
Evidence-based treatment
44. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents
Thanatos
psychoanalysis
transference
behavior theory (originators)
45. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt
Undoing
Evidence-based treatment
Rationalization
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
46. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Hans Eysenck
therapy (analytical theory)
47. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
behavior theory (originators)
Monoamines (examples)
48. Client-centered therapist should speak and act genuinely - not maintain a professional reserve (feelings and experiences of the therapist should match)
Genuineness/congruence
archetype
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Anxiolytics
49. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific
Free association
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
Repression or denial
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
50. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Antidepressants (+types)
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
ego