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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Sexual force






2. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






3. Female elements of a man






4. 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






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






6. Individual theory






7. Aaron Beck






8. Psychodynamic approach in which unconscious feelings do play a role - examination of a person'S lifestyle and choices (motivations - perceptions - goals - and resources)






9. No use of diagnostic tools because Rogers believed client-centered therapy applied to any problem






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






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






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






13. Choleric -high in activity but low in social contribution - dominant






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






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






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






17. Emphasized culture and society over instinct; suggested neuroticism expressed as movement toward - against - and away from people






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






20. Victor Frankl






21. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






22. Pavlov'S classical counterconditioning principles to create new responses to stimuli






23. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






24. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






25. Uses operant principle of negative reinforcement to increase anxiety - anxiety-reaction created where there was none; usually to treat addiction and fetishes






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






27. Ego - id - superego






28. Stress-inoculation training






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. Child clients; during play a child may convey emotions - situations - or disturbances conveyed might otherwise go unexpressed






31. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






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






33. Too mystical or spiritual






34. Goal is to increase sense of being and meaningfulness - to alleviate neurotic anxiety






35. 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)






36. 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






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






38. Leader of humanistic movement; hierarchy of needs






39. Client-centered therapist must maintain positivity regardless of choices - feelings or insights to facilitate a trusting and safe environment






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






41. The life instinct - including sex and love






42. Skinner'S operant ideas that behaviour is related only to consequences






43. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






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






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






47. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






48. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology






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






50. 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