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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. 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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2. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;
Personal unconscious
Reality principle
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
object-relations theory
3. 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®)
Defense mechanism (+types)
abnormal theory (individual theory)
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
Anxiolytics
4. Uses operant conditioning to change behavior - reinforced for behaviors that come closer and closer to desired action
Shaping
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Melanie Klein
countertransference
5. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)
Psychodynamic theory
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
ruling-dominant type
Gestalt Theory
6. 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)
analytical theory
Will to meaning
individual theory
Assertiveness training
7. 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
Anna Freud
criticism (individual theory)
Antidepressants (+types)
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
8. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Assertiveness training
Hans Eysenck
Compensation
9. Victor Frankl
Antidepressants (+types)
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
existential theory (originator)
Play therapy
10. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Defense mechanism (+types)
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
11. abnormality derived from disturbances of awareness - client may not have insight or fully experience present situation (choosing not to acknowledge certain aspects)
aggression
Screen memory
Neo-Freudians
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
12. 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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13. Includes elements of cognitive - behavioural - and emotion theory; intertwined thoughts and feelings produce behavior
Rational-Emotive Theory
behavior theory (originators)
Empathy
Topographic model of mental life
14. Class of neurotransmitter that dopamine - serotonin - and norepinephrine belongs to
superego
Evidence-based treatment
Monoamines (examples)
Personalizing
15. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients
process of becoming
goal of therapy (individual theory)
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
16. Individual theory
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Alfred Adler
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
avoiding type
17. 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
aggression
socially useful type
id
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
18. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
psychoanalysis
Melanie Klein
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
Reality principle
19. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
ego
Antimanics
20. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka
Empathy
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Donald Meichenbaum
Hans Eysenck
21. 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 -
Displacement
Play therapy
Cognitive Theory (originator)
Hierarchy of needs
22. Albert Ellis
Assertiveness training
Carl Gustav Jung
individual theory
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
23. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
Self
Genuineness/congruence
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Hans Eysenck
24. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory
Hierarchy of needs
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Monoamines (examples)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
25. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious
Topographic model of mental life
Applied psychology
Personal unconscious
Antipsychotics
26. Skinner'S operant ideas that behaviour is related only to consequences
Hans Eysenck
radical behavioralism
individual theory
Behavior theory
27. Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn
transference
countertransference
avoiding type
Projection
28. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent
ego
Antipsychotics
getting-learning type
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
29. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives
Undoing
Third Force
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
30. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')
Magnifying/minimizing
behavior theory (originators)
Undoing
Reality principle
31. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
Flooding or implosive therapy
archetype
Behavior theory
32. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content
aggression
Free association
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Dreams
33. 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
superego
Compensation
Cognitive Theory
Cognitive triad
34. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children
Stress-inoculation training
Projection
Melanie Klein
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
35. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant
Systematic desensitization
socially useful type
ruling-dominant type
Rational-Emotive Theory
36. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective
Gestalt Theory
Evidence-based treatment
Reaction formation
Empathy
37. Too mystical or spiritual
criticism (analytical theory)
Anxiolytics
Overgeneralization
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
38. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors
libido
Stress-inoculation training
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
radical behavioralism
39. Carl Rogers - Person centered/Rogerian theory - humanistic --> it has an optimistic outlook on human nature; - individual have an actualizing tendency that directs them out of conflict and toward full potential - best accomplished in atmosphere that
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Repression or denial
Persona
Client-centered theory
40. Like cognitive and behaviour theory - considered too sterile and mechanistic
Melanie Klein
Cognitive Theory (originator)
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Antipsychotics
41. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
criticism (Client-centered theory)
Carl Gustav Jung
libido
Antabuse ®
42. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem
criticism (Behavior theory)
Thanatos
Reaction formation
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
43. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems
catharsis/abreaction
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
Applied psychology
criticism (Behavior theory)
44. To change behaviour to be more desired or adaptive; successful in treating phobias - fetishes - OCD - sexual problems - and childhood disorders (especially nocturnal enuresis)
Cognitive Theory (originator)
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
Anima
Shadow
45. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
Cognitive Theory (originator)
socially useful type
criticism (existential theory)
criticism (individual theory)
46. Directed therapy helps expose and restructure maladaptive thought and reasoning patterns - generally short-term - therapist focuses on tangible evidence of client'S logic (what client says and does)
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
hypnosis
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
47. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients
Animus
Behavior theory
Hierarchy of needs
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
48. 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
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Flooding or implosive therapy
Antidepressants (+types)
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
49. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)
behavior theory (originators)
avoiding type
object relations therapy
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
50. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Displacement
Personal unconscious
Dreams