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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology
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1. Negative views about the self - the world - and the future; causes depression
ruling-dominant type
Cognitive triad
Genuineness/congruence
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
2. The part of mind that mediates between the environment and the pressures of the id and the superego
Therapy (Behavior theory)
Neal Miller
Magnifying/minimizing
ego
3. 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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4. Phlegmatic - low in activity and high in social contribution - dependent
getting-learning type
behavior theory (originators)
hypnosis
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
5. 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
Antidepressants (+types)
Alfred Adler
abnormal theory (analytical theory)
Behavior theory
6. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence
Magnifying/minimizing
Monoamines (examples)
Psychodynamic theory
goal of therapy (Gestalt Theory)
7. Uses social learning principles - exposes client to more adaptive behaviors
Anima
Modeling
Melanie Klein
Thanatos
8. Individual'S mental life consists of a constant push-pull between the competing forces of the id - superego and environment. - each areas struggles for acknowledgement and expression - how well a persons' ego handles this determines his mental health
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
ego
Antimanics
psychoanalytic theory
9. Goal is for (e)ffective rational beliefs to replace previous self-defeating ones - then client'S thoughts - feelings - and behaviours can coexist
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
Dreams
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
10. Drugs that take away symptoms do not provide interpersonal support
criticism (existential theory)
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
Antidepressants (+types)
11. Use unconscious messages to become more aware and closer to full potential
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
goal of therapy (analytical theory)
ego
Neal Miller
12. 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
avoiding type
Empathy
Family therapy
Therapy (Behavior theory)
13. Believed some emotional disturbances at least partly caused by biological factors
Compensation
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
superego
14. Rollo May - individual constantly strives to rise above a simple behavioral existence and toward genuine and meaningful existence
Donald Meichenbaum
Hierarchy of needs
Abnormal theory (Behavior theory)
Will to meaning
15. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior
Thanatos
goal of therapy (individual theory)
Cognitive Theory (originator)
individual theory
16. Conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements (drives and wishes) were many layers below consciousness - Freud'S greatest contribution to psychology
Topographic model of mental life
hypnosis
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
Flooding or implosive therapy
17. '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
Empathy
Free association
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
18. Karen Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan - accepted some of freud'S ideas and reject others
neobehaviouralism
Antabuse ®
Neo-Freudians
Carl Gustav Jung
19. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli
eros
process of becoming
Karen Horney
neobehaviouralism
20. Unconscious material always looking for a way to discharge repressed emotion
process of becoming
catharsis/abreaction
therapy (existential theory)
abnormal theory (Client-centered theory)
21. Aaron Beck
therapy (individual theory)
goal of therapy (individual theory)
Identification
Cognitive Theory (originator)
22. Patients are seen 4-5 times a week and for many years - Initially: hypnosis - Then: free association - Transference - countertransference
psychoanalysis
Gestalt Theory
Play therapy
Anxiolytics
23. Model based on learning; application of classical and operant conditioning principles to human abnormal behavior - change maladaptive behaviour through new learning; radical behavioralism - neobehaviouralism
Behavior theory
socially useful type
Gestalt Theory
Empathy
24. Secondary process; guided by ego and responds to environment by delaying gratification
Pleasure principle
Reality principle
criticism (Gestalt Theory)
aggression
25. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem
Hans Eysenck
ego
criticism (Behavior theory)
Psychopharmacology (criticisms)
26. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has
Reaction formation
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Stress-inoculation training
Client-centered theory
27. Use of medication to treat mental illness - do not cure but some are effective at alleviating symptoms; often used with therapy
ruling-dominant type
Free association
Humanistic theory
Psychopharmacology
28. How a therapist feels about his/her patients; analyst'S transfer of unconscious feelings or wishes (central figures in analyst'S life) onto patient
criticism (Cognitive Theory)
countertransference
Stress-inoculation training
Anna Freud
29. Drugs for bipolar disorder - mania appears to be from excessive monoamines; inhibit monoamines such as norepinephrine and serotonin (ex. Lithium)
Antimanics
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Personal unconscious
30. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific
Rational-Emotive Theory
object relations therapy
therapy (existential theory)
criticism (psychoanalytic theory)
31. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Humanistic theory
countertransference
Systematic desensitization
32. 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
Alfred Adler
archetype
Compensation
goal of therapy (Rational-Emotive Theory)
33. 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
Karen Horney
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Cognitive Theory
therapy (Cognitive Theory)
34. Drawing conclusion without solid evidence (e.g. 'Boss hates me because he never asks me to play golf')
Arbitrary inference
Topographic model of mental life
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Shaping
35. Sexual force
psychoanalysis
therapy (individual theory)
libido
Hierarchy of needs
36. People in the process of realizing themselves - The individual is motivated by social needs and feelings of inferiority that arise when the current self does not match the self-ideal
Hierarchy of needs
Goal of therapy (Behavior theory)
id
process of becoming
37. To reduce feelings of inferiority and to foster social interest and social contribution in patients
therapy (analytical theory)
libido
goal of therapy (individual theory)
existential theory (originator)
38. 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®)
archetype
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Stress-inoculation training
Persona
39. 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
Carl Gustav Jung
object relations therapy
Humanistic theory
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
40. Too mystical or spiritual
Cognitive Theory (originator)
therapy (individual theory)
criticism (analytical theory)
personality typology (psychoanalytic theory)
41. 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)
Empathy
analytical theory
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Collective unconscious
42. Patients react to the therapist like they react to their parents
Hierarchy of needs
Personal unconscious
transference
goal of therapy (existential theory)
43. Stress-inoculation training
therapy (Gestalt Theory)
Will to meaning
Donald Meichenbaum
Magnifying/minimizing
44. Talking therapy - deep questions relating to perception and meaning of existence
Thanatos
existential theory
Shaping
therapy (existential theory)
45. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Donald Meichenbaum
Shaping
Cognitive Theory
46. Client-centered therapist must appreciate rather than just observe client'S perspective
abnormal theory (Gestalt Theory)
Empathy
countertransference
therapy (existential theory)
47. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors
Rational-Emotive Theory (originator)
Psychopharmacology (goal of therapy)
Shadow
Stress-inoculation training
48. Freud; central force that must find a socially acceptable outlet
Antidepressants (+types)
aggression
Persona
Abnormal theory (Cognitive Theory)
49. Goal is to increase sense of being and meaningfulness - to alleviate neurotic anxiety
goal of therapy (existential theory)
abnormal theory (Psychopharmacology)
Rational-Emotive Theory
Anna Freud
50. Accusing others of having one'S own unacceptable feelings
Projection
Abnormal theory (Rational-Emotive Theory)
Evidence-based treatment
neobehaviouralism