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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. 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






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






3. To change behaviour to be more desired or adaptive; successful in treating phobias - fetishes - OCD - sexual problems - and childhood disorders (especially nocturnal enuresis)






4. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings






5. It is best used with normal people in search of growth






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






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






8. Sexual force






9. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors






10. Individual theory






11. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)






12. 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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13. 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






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






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






16. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






17. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference






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






19. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned






20. Emphasized culture and society over instinct; suggested neuroticism expressed as movement toward - against - and away from people






21. 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






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






23. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence






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






25. How a therapist feels about his/her patients; analyst'S transfer of unconscious feelings or wishes (central figures in analyst'S life) onto patient






26. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






27. When the therapist uses the patient'S transference to help him/her resolve problems that were the result of previous relationship by correcting the emotional experience in the therapist-patient relationship






28. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings






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






30. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions






31. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy






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






33. 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®))






34. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy






35. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent






36. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






37. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant






38. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






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






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






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






42. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






43. Female elements of a man






44. 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)






45. 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






46. 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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47. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist






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






49. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has






50. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs