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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Inappropriately taking responsibility (e.g. 'our failed project was all my fault')






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






3. Maladaptive cognitions lead to abnormal behaviour or disturbed affect; cognitive triad - types of maladaptive cognitions: arbitrary inference - overgeneralization - magnifying/minimizing - personalizing - dichotomous thinking






4. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






5. Based on personal activity and social interest - ruling-dominant type - getting-learning type - avoiding type - socially useful type






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






7. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






8. Carl Gustav Jung - the psyche was directed toward life and awareness (rather than sex) - In each personal the psyche contains conscious and unconscious elements (personal and collective unconscious)






9. Secondary process; guided by ego and responds to environment by delaying gratification






10. Rollo May - individual constantly strives to rise above a simple behavioral existence and toward genuine and meaningful existence






11. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning






12. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;






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






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






15. 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






16. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious






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






18. 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®)






19. Like cognitive and behaviour theory - considered too sterile and mechanistic






20. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






21. Aaron Beck






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Psychological tension created when (a)ctivating even occurs - and client has certain (b)eliefs about the event - leading to (c)onsequence of emotional disruption






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






28. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






29. Individual'S mental life consists of a constant push-pull between the competing forces of the id - superego and environment. - each areas struggles for acknowledgement and expression - how well a persons' ego handles this determines his mental health






30. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






31. Female elements of a man






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






33. Individual theory






34. People who lack congruence between real selves and conscious self-concept develops psychological tension; incongruence occurs when feelings or experiences are inconsistent with acknowledged of self (e.g. perfect self-concept shaken by any failure)






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






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






37. Tricyclic chemical structure; ex. amitriptyline (Elavil®)






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






39. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego






40. Sexual force






41. Albert Ellis






42. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)






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






44. 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






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






46. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures






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






48. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






49. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






50. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent