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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. 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)






2. Encourage people to stand apart from beliefs - biases and attitudes derived from the past - goal is to fully experience and perceive the present in order to become a while and integrated person






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






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






5. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






6. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






7. Central to human nature - between different drives vying for expression (particularly conscious and unconscious






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






18. 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






19. Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn






20. Individual theory






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






22. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






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






24. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






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






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






27. 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®)






28. Too mystical or spiritual






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






30. 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






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






32. Sexual force






33. 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'






34. Treats family as a whole as client






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. The life instinct - including sex and love






40. 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)






41. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent






42. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Similar to behaviour therapy - addresses how a person thinks - rather than why the thought patterns developed; removing symptoms may not cure problem