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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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






2. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes






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






4. The life instinct - including sex and love






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






6. Safe outlets for unconscious material and wish-fulfillment - valuable for analysts; manifest content provides information about latent content






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






8. repressed drives and conflict become manifested in dysfunctional ways - psychic determinism






9. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






10. '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






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






12. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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)






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






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






20. 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






21. Ego - id - superego






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






24. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






25. 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






26. Treats family as a whole as client






27. Sexual force






28. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents






29. Highly directive; therapist leads client to (d)ispute previously applied irrational beliefs






30. 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






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






32. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






33. 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






34. Directed therapy helps expose and restructure maladaptive thought and reasoning patterns - generally short-term - therapist focuses on tangible evidence of client'S logic (what client says and does)






35. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






36. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors






37. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory






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






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






40. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients






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






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






43. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






44. Inappropriately taking responsibility (e.g. 'our failed project was all my fault')






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






46. B.F. Skinner - Ivan Pavlov - Joseph Wolpe






47. 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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48. Freud; pathological behaviour - dreams - unconscious behaviour (e.g. hysterical or neurotic women) are symptoms of underlying - unresolved conflict - which are manifested when the ego does not find acceptable ways to express conflict






49. Individual theory






50. General term that refers to theories that emphasize the positive - evolving free will in people (such as client-centered - Gestalt - or existential); optimistic about human nature; 'Third Force'