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GRE Psychology: Clinical And Abnormal Psychology

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1. Ego - id - superego






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






3. Correct maladaptive cognitions






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






5. 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®)






6. 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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7. To provide relief from symptoms of psychopathology






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






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






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






11. Treating symptoms rather than underlying problem






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 Melancholic - low in activity and low in social contribution - withdrawn






13. 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)






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






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






16. Model based on learning; application of classical and operant conditioning principles to human abnormal behavior - change maladaptive behaviour through new learning; radical behavioralism - neobehaviouralism






17. Imitating a central figure - such as a parent






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






19. In psychotherapy - in reaction to psychoanalysis and behavioralism






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






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






22. 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®)






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






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






25. 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)






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






27. Not allowing threatening material into awareness






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






29. Person'S dark side - often projected onto others; devils and evil spirits in cultures






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






31. 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






32. Stress-inoculation training






33. Albert Ellis






34. Secondary process; guided by ego and responds to environment by delaying gratification






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






36. 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






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






38. Methodology - theory developed from single case studies - which is not scientific






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






40. 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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41. Individual theory






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






43. 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






44. Pioneered object-relations theory and psychoanalysis with children






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






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






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






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






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






50. Carl Rogers - Person centered/Rogerian theory - humanistic --> it has an optimistic outlook on human nature; - individual have an actualizing tendency that directs them out of conflict and toward full potential - best accomplished in atmosphere that