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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






2. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion






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






4. 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






5. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






6. Act only on serotonin - most frequently prescribed because fewer side effects than tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs); Ex. fluoxetine (Prozac®) - paroxetine (Paxil®) - sertraline (Zoloft®)






7. 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)






8. Sanguine - high in activity and high in social contribution - healthy






9. 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






10. 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)






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






12. Abnormal behaviour is the result of learning and conditioning






13. Analytical theory - Freud'S student - broke from Freud because Freud place too much emphasis on the libido






14. 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






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






16. Treatment for mental health problems shown to produce results in empirical studies; many argue only this is ethical; others argue controlled experiments not like real treatments - less useful and applicable






17. 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






18. Measures cognitive triad and gauges severity of diagnosed depression; determines number of depressive symptoms - for research and clinical settings






19. Delivers electric current to brain to induce convulsions; effective for severely depressed patients






20. Making too much or little of something (e.g. 'it was luck that I did well')






21. 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®)






22. The life instinct - including sex and love






23. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






24. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






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






26. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence






27. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology






28. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet






29. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology






30. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego






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






32. Treats family as a whole as client






33. Sexual force






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






35. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective






36. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






37. psychodynamic approach - because unconscious elements are addressed - in order to be more aware - unconscious material is explored through analyzing dreams - artwork - personal symbols






38. 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'






39. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)






40. Mistaking isolated incidents for the norm (e.g. 'no one will ever want to be with me')






41. General term that refers to theories that emphasize role of unconscious (including individual or analytical)






42. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures






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






44. Considered too abstract for severely disturbed individuals






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






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






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






49. 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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50. Includes elements of cognitive - behavioural - and emotion theory; intertwined thoughts and feelings produce behavior







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