GRE Psychology Subject Test (Clinical and Abnormal Psychology) Q&A 2026-2027 (23pages)

Define "clinical psychology" - Correct Ans->>Study of the theory, assessment, and treatment of mental and emotional disorder. Who was the originator of psychoanalytic theory? - Correct Ans->>Sigmund Freud. What does psychoanalytic theory view as central to human nature? - Correct Ans->>Conflict between different drives that are vying for expression. What motivates an individual in psychoanalytic theory? - Correct Ans->>Drive reduction. What did Freud originally postulate that an individual's greatest conflict was between? - Correct Ans- >>Libido and ego. What was Freud's revised postulation about an individual's greatest conflict? - Correct Ans->>Between eros (life instinct of sex and love) and Thanatos (death instinct, including self-destructive behavior). Who said "The aim of all life is death"? - Correct Ans->>Freud. How did Freud initially view the layout of the mind? - Correct Ans->>Topographic model where conscious elements were openly acknowledged forces and unconscious elements, such as drives and wishes were many layers below consciousness. What was probably Freud's greatest contribution to psychology? - Correct Ans->>Idea of unconscious mental life. What was Freud's revised layout of the mind? - Correct Ans->>Structural - it has particular organization other than layers. Ego, id, and superego.