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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Albert Ellis






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






3. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






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






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






6. Employs principles from cognitive and behavioral theory






7. 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)






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






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






10. 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






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






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. Provide trusting atmosphere for client to self-direct growth and tap his own 'vast resources' - evidence of growth includes a congruent self-concept - positive self-regard - internal locus-of-evaluation - and willingness to experience






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






15. Drugs that take away symptoms do not provide interpersonal support






16. Ritualistic activity to relieve anxiety about unconscious drives






17. 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)






18. Goal is exploration of awareness and full experiencing of the present; success is connecting client with present existence






19. Sexual force






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






21. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






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






23. repressed drives and conflict become manifested in dysfunctional ways - psychic determinism






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






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






26. The death instinct - including self-destructive behavior






27. Treats family as a whole as client






28. abnormality derived from disturbances of awareness - client may not have insight or fully experience present situation (choosing not to acknowledge certain aspects)






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






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






31. Primary process; human motivation to seek pleasure and avoid pain; id






32. Proved experimentally that abnormal behaviour can be learned






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






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






35. Justifying behaviour/feelings that cause guilt






36. Memories that serve as representations of important childhood experiences






37. Applied Freud ideas of child psychology and development






38. 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






39. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






40. Client-centered therapist should speak and act genuinely - not maintain a professional reserve (feelings and experiences of the therapist should match)






41. Based on personal activity and social interest - ruling-dominant type - getting-learning type - avoiding type - socially useful type






42. 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






43. Stress-inoculation training






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






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






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






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






48. Allows client to practice new behaviours and responses






49. The life instinct - including sex and love






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