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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli
ego
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Repression or denial
neobehaviouralism
2. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt
Rationalization
countertransference
Harry Stack Sullivan
goal of therapy (individual theory)
3. Stress-inoculation training
Stress-inoculation training
abnormal theory (individual theory)
Karen Horney
Donald Meichenbaum
4. No use of diagnostic tools because Rogers believed client-centered therapy applied to any problem
Will to meaning
Third Force
criticism (Client-centered theory)
aggression
5. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant
hypnosis
Screen memory
Compensation
ruling-dominant type
6. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id
Systematic desensitization
Cognitive Theory
Pleasure principle
Screen memory
7. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective
Anna Freud
Empathy
goal of therapy (existential theory)
avoiding type
8. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors
therapy (Client-centered theory)
goal of therapy (individual theory)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Anxiolytics
9. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent
getting-learning type
Systematic desensitization
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
Compensation
10. Child clients; during play a child may convey emotions - situations - or disturbances conveyed might otherwise go unexpressed
Play therapy
Antabuse ®
Therapy (Behavior theory)
criticism (individual theory)
11. To change behaviour to be more desired or adaptive; successful in treating phobias - fetishes - OCD - sexual problems - and childhood disorders (especially nocturnal enuresis)
hypnosis
Evidence-based treatment
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
12. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs
Abraham Maslow
Dreams
Thanatos
Displacement
13. First drugs for psychopathology; - usually to treat positive symptoms of schizophrenia (delusion and hallucination) by blocking dopamine receptors and inhibiting dopamine production (ex. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine®) - and haloperidol (Haldol®))
neobehaviouralism
Animus
Aversion therapy
Antipsychotics
14. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients
transference
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
psychic determinism
therapy (Client-centered theory)
15. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious
Stress-inoculation training
criticism (existential theory)
Personal unconscious
therapy (existential theory)
16. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior
ego
Antimanics
Thanatos
Collective unconscious
17. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Reaction formation
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Dichotomous thinking
18. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
Stress-inoculation training
Carl Gustav Jung
Monoamines (examples)
Evidence-based treatment
19. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
Stress-inoculation training
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
countertransference
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
20. Emphasized culture and society over instinct; suggested neuroticism expressed as movement toward - against - and away from people
Karen Horney
catharsis/abreaction
psychoanalysis
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
21. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Shaping
criticism (Behavior theory)
Karen Horney
22. The part of mind that contains the unconscious biological drives and wishes - At birth: mental life is composed solely of the id and its biological drives (sex and aggression) - with development - the id also includes unconscious wishes
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
id
Magnifying/minimizing
Empathy
23. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents
transference
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Humanistic theory
Repression or denial
24. Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn
avoiding type
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
id
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
25. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes
object relations therapy
Cognitive triad
Collective unconscious
Empathy
26. Black and white thinking (e.g. 'if I don'T score 100% I have no future')
Assertiveness training
Animus
countertransference
Dichotomous thinking
27. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory
Aversion therapy
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Cognitive Theory
Will to meaning
28. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets
Sublimation
therapy (individual theory)
hypnosis
criticism (Client-centered theory)
29. 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
Aversion therapy
Repression or denial
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Cognitive Theory
30. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory
countertransference
criticism (Client-centered theory)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
process of becoming
31. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence
psychoanalytic theory
goal of therapy (individual theory)
goal of therapy (existential theory)
therapy (existential theory)
32. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Magnifying/minimizing
Repression or denial
Abraham Maslow
33. 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®)
eros
Anxiolytics
therapy (analytical theory)
archetype
34. Too mystical or spiritual
Antabuse ®
Dreams
criticism (analytical theory)
goal of therapy (existential theory)
35. Individual theory
Alfred Adler
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Role playing
Karen Horney
36. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
Anxiolytics
Self
Psychopharmacology
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
37. The life instinct - including sex and love
eros
Genuineness/congruence
Shaping
goal of therapy (individual theory)
38. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
Cognitive Theory
psychoanalysis
Dreams
existential theory
39. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Cognitive Theory (originator)
goal of therapy (existential theory)
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
40. 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
Persona
criticism (Behavior theory)
Antipsychotics
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
41. Uses operant conditioning to change behavior - reinforced for behaviors that come closer and closer to desired action
abnormal theory (existential theory)
criticism (existential theory)
Shaping
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
42. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Assertiveness training
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Projection
43. Based on personal activity and social interest - ruling-dominant type - getting-learning type - avoiding type - socially useful type
Behavior theory
therapy (existential theory)
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
Defense mechanism (+types)
44. Psychological tension created when (a)ctivating even occurs - and client has certain (b)eliefs about the event - leading to (c)onsequence of emotional disruption
Screen memory
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
existential theory
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
45. Model based on learning; application of classical and operant conditioning principles to human abnormal behavior - change maladaptive behaviour through new learning; radical behavioralism - neobehaviouralism
Behavior theory
Abraham Maslow
Empathy
Sublimation
46. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)
Rational-Emotive Theory
therapy (individual theory)
Anima
Displacement
47. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children
Thanatos
Melanie Klein
goal of therapy (existential theory)
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
48. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has
Reaction formation
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
psychoanalysis
therapy (analytical theory)
49. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses
criticism (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Reality principle
libido
Role playing
50. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
Role playing
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Screen memory
Hans Eysenck
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