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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. 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






2. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective






3. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')






4. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned






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






6. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






7. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt






8. Correct maladaptive cognitions






9. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety






10. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






11. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics






12. Inappropriately taking responsibility (e.g. 'our failed project was all my fault')






13. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this






14. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






15. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






16. Negative views about the self - the world - and the future; causes depression






17. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware






18. Class of neurotransmitter that dopamine - serotonin - and norepinephrine belongs to






19. repressed drives and conflict become manifested in dysfunctional ways - psychic determinism






20. The branch of psychology that uses principles or research findings to solve people'S problems






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Uses operant principle of negative reinforcement to increase anxiety - anxiety-reaction created where there was none; usually to treat addiction and fetishes






25. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






26. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






27. Karen Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan - accepted some of freud'S ideas and reject others






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






29. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning






30. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient






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






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






33. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs






34. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')






35. 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






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






37. 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 -






38. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content






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






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






41. 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®)






42. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






43. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology






44. 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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45. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific






46. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion






47. 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






48. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






49. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols






50. The life instinct - including sex and love