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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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






2. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has






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






4. People in the process of realizing themselves - The individual is motivated by social needs and feelings of inferiority that arise when the current self does not match the self-ideal






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






6. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






7. Aaron Beck






8. 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 -






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






10. 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)






11. 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)






12. Stress-inoculation training






13. Alfred Adler - Adlerian theory - people are viewed as creative - social and whole as opposed to Freud'S more negative and structural approach - process of becoming - Healthy individuals: --> peruse goals in spite of feelings of interiority - --> has






14. Jean Charcot and Pierre Janet






15. Male elements of a female






16. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy






17. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






18. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli






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






20. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another






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






22. Albert Ellis






23. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






24. How a therapist feels about his/her patients; analyst'S transfer of unconscious feelings or wishes (central figures in analyst'S life) onto patient






25. Ego - id - superego






26. No use of diagnostic tools because Rogers believed client-centered therapy applied to any problem






27. Person'S outer mask - mediator to external world; masks in cultures






28. Goal is to increase sense of being and meaningfulness - to alleviate neurotic anxiety






29. short-term and directed; - thoughts - feelings and unconsciousness not addressed; - Therapist use counterconditioning techniques to help client learn new responses; - Techniques: systematic desensitization - flooding or implosive therapy - aversion t






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






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






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






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






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






35. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious






36. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference






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






38. Uses operant conditioning to change behavior - reinforced for behaviors that come closer and closer to desired action






39. Freud; way in which ego protects self from threatening unconscious material; - repression/denial - rationalization - projection - displacement - reaction formation - compensation - sublimation - identification - undoing - countertransference - dreams






40. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






41. 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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42. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The life instinct - including sex and love






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






49. Too mystical or spiritual






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