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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Play therapy
2. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors
Shaping
Humanistic theory
Modeling
Monoamines (examples)
3. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
psychoanalysis
Anna Freud
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
4. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
ego
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
psychoanalytic theory
aggression
5. To change behaviour to be more desired or adaptive; successful in treating phobias - fetishes - OCD - sexual problems - and childhood disorders (especially nocturnal enuresis)
process of becoming
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
Overgeneralization
countertransference
6. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
Self
Neo-Freudians
Screen memory
Third Force
7. 'Joseph Breuer' the central process in which a patient reports thoughts without censure or guidance - Freud: because unconscious material is always looking for a way out - the patient can uncover and express repressed material through free associatio
Self
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
aggression
Free association
8. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning
Psychodynamic theory
Unconditional positive regard
Role playing
existential theory
9. Stress-inoculation training
catharsis/abreaction
Donald Meichenbaum
psychoanalytic theory
goal of therapy (individual theory)
10. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)
Free association
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
existential theory
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
11. 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
id
Client-centered theory
Stress-inoculation training
12. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')
Arbitrary inference
Displacement
Stress-inoculation training
Karen Horney
13. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
Collective unconscious
Empathy
14. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions
Karen Horney
Harry Stack Sullivan
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
avoiding type
15. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Topographic model of mental life
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Role playing
16. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence
abnormal theory (existential theory)
avoiding type
therapy (existential theory)
Dreams
17. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;
Animus
object-relations theory
criticism (individual theory)
Shadow
18. Based on personal activity and social interest - ruling-dominant type - getting-learning type - avoiding type - socially useful type
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Cognitive triad
Genuineness/congruence
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
19. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols
therapy (analytical theory)
Empathy
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Modeling
20. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)
aggression
Collective unconscious
Overgeneralization
Antimanics
21. 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
Overgeneralization
Role playing
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
Hans Eysenck
22. No use of diagnostic tools because Rogers believed client-centered therapy applied to any problem
psychoanalysis
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Abraham Maslow
criticism (Client-centered theory)
23. Ego - id - superego
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
3 components of model of mental life
Unconditional positive regard
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
24. Goal is to increase sense of being and meaningfulness - to alleviate neurotic anxiety
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
socially useful type
25. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content
Modeling
Dreams
Shadow
Free association
26. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem
therapy (individual theory)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
individual theory
Play therapy
27. Client-centered therapist must maintain positivity regardless of choices - feelings or insights to facilitate a trusting and safe environment
neobehaviouralism
Empathy
Antidepressants (+types)
Unconditional positive regard
28. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs
Displacement
Hans Eysenck
Abraham Maslow
Neo-Freudians
29. Class of neurotransmitter that dopamine - serotonin - and norepinephrine belongs to
Antipsychotics
Monoamines (examples)
psychoanalytic theory
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
30. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Anna Freud
ruling-dominant type
criticism (existential theory)
31. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Hans Eysenck
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Humanistic theory
32. Delivers electric current to brain to induce convulsions; effective for severely depressed patients
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
avoiding type
libido
Therapy (Behavior theory)
33. Albert Ellis
Carl Gustav Jung
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
34. Victor Frankl
criticism (Behavior theory)
Persona
Defense mechanism (+types)
existential theory (originator)
35. Child clients; during play a child may convey emotions - situations - or disturbances conveyed might otherwise go unexpressed
Play therapy
Compensation
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Hans Eysenck
36. 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
Stress-inoculation training
abnormal theory (individual theory)
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
Sublimation
37. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet
Arbitrary inference
therapy (individual theory)
aggression
criticism (analytical theory)
38. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Displacement
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
criticism (analytical theory)
39. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings
Third Force
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Projection
psychic determinism
40. Uses operant conditioning to change behavior - reinforced for behaviors that come closer and closer to desired action
Shaping
Free association
Animus
therapy (Client-centered theory)
41. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another
Karen Horney
Compensation
Overgeneralization
Harry Stack Sullivan
42. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences
therapy (existential theory)
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Screen memory
43. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory
Genuineness/congruence
Cognitive Theory
psychoanalytic theory
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
44. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents
ruling-dominant type
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
transference
45. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings
Role playing
Magnifying/minimizing
Dichotomous thinking
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
46. 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
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Shadow
psychic determinism
47. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior
psychic determinism
Thanatos
catharsis/abreaction
id
48. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses
Role playing
criticism (analytical theory)
Rationalization
Gestalt Theory (originators)
49. 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
radical behavioralism
Evidence-based treatment
transference
Antabuse ®
50. Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
avoiding type
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Modeling