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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
Undoing
Shaping
socially useful type
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
2. 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)
radical behavioralism
Dreams
Screen memory
3. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
psychoanalysis
avoiding type
catharsis/abreaction
Humanistic theory
4. B.F. Skinner - Ivan Pavlov - Joseph Wolpe
Cognitive triad
catharsis/abreaction
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
behavior theory (originators)
5. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt
criticism (analytical theory)
3 components of model of mental life
Rationalization
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
6. Freud; way in which ego protects self from threatening unconscious material; - repression/denial - rationalization - projection - displacement - reaction formation - compensation - sublimation - identification - undoing - countertransference - dreams
Personalizing
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
Defense mechanism (+types)
abnormal theory (existential theory)
7. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
Assertiveness training
existential theory
ego
Stress-inoculation training
8. 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
Applied psychology
archetype
hypnosis
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
9. Skinner'S operant ideas that behaviour is related only to consequences
Behavior theory
radical behavioralism
libido
Antipsychotics
10. Correct maladaptive cognitions
Hans Eysenck
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Empathy
Displacement
11. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence
psychoanalytic theory
therapy (existential theory)
Arbitrary inference
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
12. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
existential theory
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Stress-inoculation training
Carl Gustav Jung
13. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior
existential theory
Thanatos
Empathy
Play therapy
14. 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
Reaction formation
process of becoming
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Donald Meichenbaum
15. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Rational-Emotive Theory
Antipsychotics
Screen memory
16. Uses operant principle of negative reinforcement to increase anxiety - anxiety-reaction created where there was none; usually to treat addiction and fetishes
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Aversion therapy
17. 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
neobehaviouralism
Neal Miller
Melanie Klein
18. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Harry Stack Sullivan
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
19. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')
Identification
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Dichotomous thinking
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
20. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)
Screen memory
Psychodynamic theory
Antabuse ®
Abraham Maslow
21. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Evidence-based treatment
Anna Freud
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
22. 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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23. Emphasized culture and society over instinct; suggested neuroticism expressed as movement toward - against - and away from people
Karen Horney
psychic determinism
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
Abraham Maslow
24. Rollo May - individual constantly strives to rise above a simple behavioral existence and toward genuine and meaningful existence
Melanie Klein
Carl Gustav Jung
Will to meaning
hypnosis
25. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific
therapy (analytical theory)
Donald Meichenbaum
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
26. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning
Karen Horney
behavior theory (originators)
Gestalt Theory
existential theory
27. Female elements of a man
Antipsychotics
Shadow
therapy (existential theory)
Anima
28. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential
Client-centered theory
Abraham Maslow
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
29. 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
Melanie Klein
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
process of becoming
Antabuse ®
30. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Antimanics
Shadow
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
31. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)
Neo-Freudians
therapy (individual theory)
Magnifying/minimizing
Monoamines (examples)
32. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Self
Modeling
Play therapy
33. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors
Reality principle
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
Modeling
neobehaviouralism
34. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety
Flooding or implosive therapy
Aversion therapy
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
eros
35. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols
Rational-Emotive Theory
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
therapy (analytical theory)
36. Not allowing threatening material into awareness
criticism (Behavior theory)
object relations therapy
Repression or denial
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
37. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another
ego
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Hierarchy of needs
Compensation
38. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
hypnosis
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
Karen Horney
39. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient
Pleasure principle
Shaping
individual theory
Displacement
40. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent
Overgeneralization
Identification
Antidepressants (+types)
therapy (existential theory)
41. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
psychoanalytic theory
42. Person'S outer mask - mediator to external world; masks in cultures
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Neal Miller
Antipsychotics
Persona
43. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients
Evidence-based treatment
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Client-centered theory
goal of therapy (individual theory)
44. 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
therapy (Client-centered theory)
psychoanalysis
Systematic desensitization
individual theory
45. Too mystical or spiritual
goal of therapy (existential theory)
criticism (analytical theory)
abnormal theory (existential theory)
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
46. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes
Rationalization
Displacement
Collective unconscious
Defense mechanism (+types)
47. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet
psychoanalytic theory
aggression
object relations therapy
therapy (existential theory)
48. Response to perceived one'S meaninglessness is neurosis or neurotic anxiety (as opposed to normal or justified anxiety)
neobehaviouralism
abnormal theory (existential theory)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Will to meaning
49. Provides tools and experience that client can use to be more assertive
Client-centered theory
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
Assertiveness training
Family therapy
50. Child clients; during play a child may convey emotions - situations - or disturbances conveyed might otherwise go unexpressed
Play therapy
ruling-dominant type
Reality principle
archetype