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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Correct maladaptive cognitions
Melanie Klein
Empathy
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Screen memory
2. '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
Free association
Screen memory
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Therapy (Behavior theory)
3. Aaron Beck
Karen Horney
Assertiveness training
libido
Cognitive Theory (originator)
4. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
existential theory (originator)
Persona
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
ego
5. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant
process of becoming
Defense mechanism (+types)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
ruling-dominant type
6. Client-centered therapist must maintain positivity regardless of choices - feelings or insights to facilitate a trusting and safe environment
Undoing
Empathy
Self
Unconditional positive regard
7. 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
object relations therapy
Personal unconscious
Free association
Thanatos
8. 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
socially useful type
Shaping
Gestalt Theory
therapy (analytical theory)
9. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
therapy (individual theory)
Magnifying/minimizing
Psychopharmacology
10. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
psychoanalysis
Antimanics
Flooding or implosive therapy
Applied psychology
11. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
Unconditional positive regard
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
radical behavioralism
Anxiolytics
12. Inappropriately taking responsibility (e.g. 'our failed project was all my fault')
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
Behavior theory
Personalizing
Hierarchy of needs
13. Male elements of a female
Third Force
catharsis/abreaction
Animus
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
14. Act only on serotonin - most frequently prescribed because fewer side effects than tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs); Ex. fluoxetine (Prozac®) - paroxetine (Paxil®) - sertraline (Zoloft®)
Projection
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
avoiding type
15. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
therapy (analytical theory)
Dichotomous thinking
16. Emphasized culture and society over instinct; suggested neuroticism expressed as movement toward - against - and away from people
Karen Horney
Anna Freud
psychic determinism
Dichotomous thinking
17. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')
process of becoming
Dichotomous thinking
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Reaction formation
18. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Empathy
Psychopharmacology
19. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
criticism (existential theory)
Evidence-based treatment
Cognitive Theory
Rational-Emotive Theory
20. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Cognitive Theory
Dichotomous thinking
criticism (Behavior theory)
21. Uses operant principle of negative reinforcement to increase anxiety - anxiety-reaction created where there was none; usually to treat addiction and fetishes
Arbitrary inference
Humanistic theory
Reaction formation
Aversion therapy
22. Negative views about the self - the world - and the future; causes depression
Monoamines (examples)
Magnifying/minimizing
Hans Eysenck
Cognitive triad
23. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics
Antabuse ®
Third Force
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
criticism (individual theory)
24. Person'S outer mask - mediator to external world; masks in cultures
goal of therapy (existential theory)
ego
Rationalization
Persona
25. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
Sublimation
analytical theory
26. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)
Repression or denial
therapy (individual theory)
Will to meaning
psychoanalytic theory
27. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet
aggression
Hierarchy of needs
Rational-Emotive Theory
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
28. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent
Anima
Identification
id
criticism (Client-centered theory)
29. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
process of becoming
socially useful type
Neo-Freudians
id
30. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
superego
Client-centered theory
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
31. repressed drives and conflict become manifested in dysfunctional ways - psychic determinism
Alfred Adler
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
Reaction formation
Self
32. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives
Thanatos
Undoing
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Gestalt Theory
33. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets
Sublimation
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Flooding or implosive therapy
Arbitrary inference
34. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)
Modeling
Thanatos
eros
Psychodynamic theory
35. 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
Shadow
hypnosis
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
36. 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
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
catharsis/abreaction
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
37. 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®)
hypnosis
Anxiolytics
neobehaviouralism
Donald Meichenbaum
38. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
Thanatos
Self
socially useful type
id
39. 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 -
Carl Gustav Jung
Hierarchy of needs
psychic determinism
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
40. 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
Screen memory
Applied psychology
Shadow
Evidence-based treatment
41. Maladaptive cognitions lead to abnormal behaviour or disturbed affect; cognitive triad - types of maladaptive cognitions: arbitrary inference - overgeneralization - magnifying/minimizing - personalizing - dichotomous thinking
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
Free association
Animus
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
42. It is best used with normal people in search of growth
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
therapy (individual theory)
criticism (individual theory)
43. Jean Charcot and Pierre Janet
Antidepressants (+types)
hypnosis
psychoanalysis
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
44. No use of diagnostic tools because Rogers believed client-centered therapy applied to any problem
Identification
criticism (Client-centered theory)
transference
Monoamines (examples)
45. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence
transference
object-relations theory
Systematic desensitization
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
46. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Systematic desensitization
47. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id
Pleasure principle
criticism (existential theory)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Shadow
48. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
socially useful type
Cognitive triad
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
49. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Flooding or implosive therapy
Displacement
50. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Undoing
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
getting-learning type