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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Full individual potential; Buddha - Jesus and mandala in cultures
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
Self
therapy (existential theory)
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
2. Delivers electric current to brain to induce convulsions; effective for severely depressed patients
Topographic model of mental life
socially useful type
Rational-Emotive Theory
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
3. 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
Anima
archetype
hypnosis
Identification
4. Shifting unacceptable feelings/actions to a less threatening recipient
Reaction formation
behavior theory (originators)
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Displacement
5. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients
goal of therapy (individual theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Dreams
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
6. 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
therapy (analytical theory)
Karen Horney
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
id
7. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific
Screen memory
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
transference
Animus
8. 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)
Antipsychotics
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
criticism (individual theory)
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
9. Female elements of a man
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
Anima
Repression or denial
10. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals
Anxiolytics
criticism (existential theory)
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Magnifying/minimizing
11. Response to perceived one'S meaninglessness is neurosis or neurotic anxiety (as opposed to normal or justified anxiety)
criticism (Client-centered theory)
Family therapy
abnormal theory (existential theory)
abnormal theory (individual theory)
12. Correct maladaptive cognitions
object relations therapy
Compensation
goal of therapy (Cognitive Theory)
id
13. Not suited for low-functioning or disturbed clients
Melanie Klein
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
Reaction formation
Cognitive Theory (originator)
14. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior
behavior theory (originators)
Collective unconscious
Thanatos
Displacement
15. Victor Frankl
Projection
Cognitive triad
Play therapy
existential theory (originator)
16. 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 -
Hierarchy of needs
Hans Eysenck
existential theory (originator)
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
17. Provides tools and experience that client can use to be more assertive
Assertiveness training
object-relations theory
Topographic model of mental life
analytical theory
18. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory
Harry Stack Sullivan
socially useful type
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
19. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Shadow
Sublimation
Projection
20. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
analytical theory
Neal Miller
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
21. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido
Carl Gustav Jung
Karen Horney
Applied psychology
Dichotomous thinking
22. Jean Charcot and Pierre Janet
hypnosis
Free association
Gestalt Theory (originators)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
23. 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
Psychodynamic theory
Harry Stack Sullivan
Repression or denial
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
24. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)
therapy (individual theory)
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
Role playing
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
25. Uses operant conditioning to change behavior - reinforced for behaviors that come closer and closer to desired action
Empathy
Cognitive Theory
Shaping
Personalizing
26. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes
Will to meaning
Third Force
Collective unconscious
hypnosis
27. Tricyclic chemical structure; ex. amitriptyline (Elavil®)
Modeling
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
socially useful type
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
28. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Hans Eysenck
29. Revolves around philosophical issues particularly the issue of meaning; one`s greatest struggles are being vs. nonbeing - and meaningfulness vs. meaninglessness; will to meaning
Anima
therapy (existential theory)
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
existential theory
30. Psychopathology is a signal that something wrong in makeup of psyche - clues about how one could be more aware
psychic determinism
Evidence-based treatment
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
hypnosis
31. Applies classical conditioning to relieve anxiety - repeatedly exposed to anxiety-producing stimulus so eventually the overexposure leads to lessened anxiety
ruling-dominant type
Flooding or implosive therapy
3 components of model of mental life
Persona
32. Drugs that take away symptoms do not provide interpersonal support
Anna Freud
Compensation
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Collective unconscious
33. Albert Ellis
Psychodynamic theory
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Systematic desensitization
goal of therapy (existential theory)
34. abnormality derived from disturbances of awareness - client may not have insight or fully experience present situation (choosing not to acknowledge certain aspects)
Antipsychotics
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Hierarchy of needs
35. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs
Aversion therapy
Evidence-based treatment
Abraham Maslow
abnormal theory (individual theory)
36. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)
Psychodynamic theory
Changes in Freud'S view of layout of the mind
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
process of becoming
37. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
Personal unconscious
Hierarchy of needs
Personalizing
38. 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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39. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
getting-learning type
Reaction formation
libido
40. Unhealthy individuals are too much affected by inferior feelings to pursue the will to power - make excuses or have a 'yes -but' mentality - if they do pursue goals - these are likely to be self-serving and egotistical
abnormal theory (individual theory)
Shaping
Goal of therapy (psychoanalytic theory)
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
41. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures
therapy (analytical theory)
therapy (Client-centered theory)
object relations therapy
Shadow
42. repressed drives and conflict become manifested in dysfunctional ways - psychic determinism
abnormal theory (psychoanalytic theory)
id
Free association
therapy (Psychopharmacology)
43. 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)
analytical theory
Magnifying/minimizing
Compensation
socially useful type
44. 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
psychic determinism
Displacement
Screen memory
abnormal theory (existential theory)
45. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development
Client-centered theory
Antidepressants (+types)
Hierarchy of needs
Anna Freud
46. 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
avoiding type
countertransference
Antidepressants (+types)
Stress-inoculation training
47. Ego - id - superego
hypnosis
Humanistic theory
existential theory
3 components of model of mental life
48. 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
radical behavioralism
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
superego
Changes in Freud'S psychoanalytic theory
49. 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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50. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious
Electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT)
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
Conflict (psychoanalytic theory)
Therapy (Behavior theory)