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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy
socially useful type
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
Free association
Gestalt Theory (originators)
2. 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
Behavior theory
process of becoming
Gestalt Theory (originators)
archetype
3. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions
criticism (analytical theory)
Harry Stack Sullivan
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
Personal unconscious
4. Too mystical or spiritual
criticism (analytical theory)
Identification
Arbitrary inference
getting-learning type
5. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Neal Miller
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Antimanics
6. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt
Shaping
Donald Meichenbaum
Rationalization
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
7. 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)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
Shaping
getting-learning type
8. Drugs that take away symptoms do not provide interpersonal support
Humanistic theory
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Behavior theory
Abraham Maslow
9. 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
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Topographic model of mental life
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
10. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence
therapy (existential theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Displacement
individual theory
11. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
catharsis/abreaction
psychoanalysis
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
12. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics
Antabuse ®
Repression or denial
criticism (analytical theory)
Applied psychology
13. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Defense mechanism (+types)
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
radical behavioralism
14. Aim to affect neurotransmitters; commonly dopamine - serotonin - norepinephrine (monoamines)
Third Force
Gestalt Theory (originators)
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
ego
15. Reduces depressive symptoms - by taking opposite action of antimanics; depression appears to be from abnormally low levels of monoamines; increase production and transmission of various monoamines; - Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) - Monoamine oxid
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
Antidepressants (+types)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Melanie Klein
16. 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
Stress-inoculation training
Humanistic theory
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
17. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy
Psychopharmacology
hypnosis
Cognitive Theory (originator)
Topographic model of mental life
18. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)
criticism (analytical theory)
Personalizing
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
19. Ego - id - superego
Antabuse ®
Client-centered theory
Will to meaning
3 components of model of mental life
20. 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 -
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Hierarchy of needs
Flooding or implosive therapy
countertransference
21. '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
Psychodynamic theory
Neal Miller
Rationalization
22. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential
socially useful type
Dreams
avoiding type
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
23. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
criticism (existential theory)
Stress-inoculation training
Psychodynamic theory
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
24. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content
Role playing
Shadow
Dreams
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
25. Material from individual'S own experiences - can become conscious
Gestalt Theory
Behavior theory
Alfred Adler
Personal unconscious
26. 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
behavior theory (originators)
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
analytical theory
Cognitive Theory (originator)
27. Response to perceived one'S meaninglessness is neurosis or neurotic anxiety (as opposed to normal or justified anxiety)
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Flooding or implosive therapy
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
abnormal theory (existential theory)
28. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
catharsis/abreaction
psychoanalysis
Alfred Adler
29. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings
Thanatos
Projection
process of becoming
Compensation
30. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Self
Stress-inoculation training
ego
31. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings
aggression
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
eros
Family therapy
32. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Psychopharmacology
Monoamines (examples)
33. 'objects' relationships: real others and one'S internalized image of others;
therapy (individual theory)
criticism (existential theory)
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
object-relations theory
34. Class of neurotransmitter that dopamine - serotonin - and norepinephrine belongs to
Cognitive triad
Monoamines (examples)
Collective unconscious
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
35. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism
Third Force
Free association
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
36. Individual theory
Alfred Adler
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Role playing
Systematic desensitization
37. abnormality derived from disturbances of awareness - client may not have insight or fully experience present situation (choosing not to acknowledge certain aspects)
criticism (analytical theory)
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Client-centered theory
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
38. Initially: an individual'S greatest conflict was that between the libido and the ego - Then: the true conflict is that between Eros and Thanatos ('The aim of all life is death')
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39. 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®)
Self
object relations therapy
neobehaviouralism
Anxiolytics
40. Secondary process; guided by ego and responds to environment by delaying gratification
Antabuse ®
Reality principle
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
id
41. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant
Thanatos
ruling-dominant type
Evidence-based treatment
Cognitive Theory (originator)
42. Tricyclic chemical structure; ex. amitriptyline (Elavil®)
archetype
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Gestalt Theory (originators)
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
43. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent
getting-learning type
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Hans Eysenck
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
44. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety
Play therapy
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Rational-Emotive Theory
Flooding or implosive therapy
45. Treats family as a whole as client
Shadow
therapy (existential theory)
therapy (Client-centered theory)
Family therapy
46. Female elements of a man
goal of therapy (Client-centered theory)
radical behavioralism
Anima
Personal unconscious
47. 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)
individual theory
Therapy (Behavior theory)
analytical theory
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
48. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors
Stress-inoculation training
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
therapy (individual theory)
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
49. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs
Genuineness/congruence
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Gestalt Theory
therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
50. 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
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Sublimation
object relations therapy
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)