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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Drug that changes metabolism of alcohol - resulting in severe nausea and vomiting when combined; countercondition alcoholics






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






3. Psychological tension created when (a)ctivating even occurs - and client has certain (b)eliefs about the event - leading to (c)onsequence of emotional disruption






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






5. Embracing feelings or behaviours opposite to true threatening feelings one has






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






7. Channelling threatening drives into acceptable outlets






8. 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






9. To change behaviour to be more desired or adaptive; successful in treating phobias - fetishes - OCD - sexual problems - and childhood disorders (especially nocturnal enuresis)






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






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






12. Correct maladaptive cognitions






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






14. How a therapist feels about his/her patients; analyst'S transfer of unconscious feelings or wishes (central figures in analyst'S life) onto patient






15. Ex. phenelzine (Nardil®)






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 Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn






17. 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






18. 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






19. Treats family as a whole as client






20. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology






21. Stress-inoculation training






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






23. 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 -






24. Fritz Perls - Max Wertheimer - Kurt Koffka






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






26. 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






27. Ego - id - superego






28. 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)






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






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






31. 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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32. 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






33. 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






34. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






35. Excelling in one area to make up for shortcomings in another






36. Karen Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan - accepted some of freud'S ideas and reject others






37. '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






38. Donald Meichenbaum - prepares people for foreseeable stressors






39. Male elements of a female






40. Emphasized social and interpersonal relationships; what one does is meant to elicit particular reactions






41. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






42. Inherited from ancestors - common to all and contains archetypes






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






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






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






46. Emphasizes conscious thought patterns (rather than emotions or behaviours) - interpretation of an experience rather than the experience itself; Beck Depression Inventory






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






48. Criticized effectiveness of psychotherapy after analyzing studies that indicated psychotherapy was no more successful than no treatment at all; other studies contradict this






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






50. 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®)







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