3.2.3 Psychodynamic Evaluation (Sch)

Question 1

1. Today Freudian concepts are viewed as what?

Answer 1

Unscientific and out of date

Question 2

2. The psychodynamic approach has difficulty producing what and why?

Answer 2

Testable hypothesis

Focus on unconscious mind

Question 3

2. Why is the unconscious mind difficult to study in a scientific way?

Answer 3

Inaccessible

Question 4

2. If we can’t prove basic psychodynamic concepts what can we not trust them to do?

Answer 4

Explain the existence of complex disorders like schizophrenia

Question 5

2. What basic psychodynamic concepts can we not prove?

Answer 5

id
Ego
Superego
Unconscious mind

Question 6

3. As the 20th century progressed what were psychologists dissatisfied with?

Answer 6

Unscientific and unfalsifiable nature or the psychodynamic concepts

Question 7

3. Today psychodynamic explanations for schizophrenia are viewed as what?

Answer 7

Historic

Not a credible theory

Question 8

3. Freud said it was for the future to decide what?

Answer 8

Whether there was more delusion in his theory than he would like to admit

Question 9

4. The fact the approach is difficult to falsify means we can never do what?

Answer 9

Completely discredit it or discard the theory

Question 10

4. What is it not impossible to do?

Answer 10

Develop testable hypothesis from freuds ideas, though it is difficult

Question 11

4. Fromm-reichmann suggested the mothers of people developing schizophrenia are controlling and distant, what would it be possible to do?

Answer 11

Design a longitudinal prospective study following infants from birth to adulthood to investigate the link

Question 12

5. The psychodynamic explanation overlooks the role of what?

Answer 12

Genetics

Question 13

5. Psychodynamic explanations suggest schizophrenia is the result of what?

Answer 13

Early experience (nurture)

Question 14

5. There is strong evidence for what?

Answer 14

Biological factors in schizophrenia from family and twin studies

Question 15

6. Strong evidence for biological factors comes from what type of studies?

Answer 15

Adoption

Question 16

6. What did Heston find in his adoption study?

Answer 16

Of the 47 with schizophrenic mothers 5 developed it

Vs none of the controls (non schizophrenic parents)

Question 17

7. It may be a co occurrence of what that is responsible for schizophrenia?

Answer 17

Shared genes between the mother and child

Not the way the mother raises the child

Question 18

8. The psychodynamic approach has failed to produce what?

Answer 18

Effective treatment for schizophrenia

Question 19

8. Freud believed individuals with schizophrenia were not suitable for what and why?

Answer 19

Psychoanalysis

Lacked the insight for this talking treatment

Question 20

8. Rosen proposed schizophrenia could be treated with what?

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Psychoanalytical techniques

Question 21

8. Later research by Strupp found psychoanalytical techniques can have what effect?

Answer 21

Harmful and damaging effects on those with schizophrenia

Question 22

8. Strupp - This may be because techniques require the patient to do what?

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Experience memories and insights they aren’t emotionally capable of dealing with
Causing distress

Question 23

9. This is a weakness as if an effective therapy can’t be established what does this mean?

Answer 23

Underlying principles can’t be correct

Question 24

10. The idea of the schizophrenogenic mother was popular when?

Answer 24

1930s to 1970s when it was the focus of much psychiatric literature

Question 25

10. Kasain examined hospital records and found what?

Answer 25

33/45 cases of schizophrenia there was evidence of maternal overprotection

Question 26

10. Further studies in the 60s and 70s appeared to confirm what?

Answer 26

Schizophrenogenic mother theory

Question 27

11. A closer look at Kasains study showed what about the cases?

Answer 27

Almost a third did not have an overprotective mother making the evidence unconvincing

Question 28

11. Why might researchers findings be bias?

Answer 28

Researchers knew the hypothesis they could have been more likely to categorise normal behaviour as overprotection

Question 29

11. Knowing what we now do about schizophrenia what does the schizophrenogenic mother seem?

Answer 29

Mistaken

Question 30

11. What does the schizophrenogenic mother concept do?

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Blame the mother having no scientific basis

Question 31

11. What could the schizophrenogenic mother concept have caused?

Answer 31

Harm to the mothers of schizophrenic individuals

Question 32

12. Parker reviewed the schizophrenogenic mother concluding what probably exist?

Answer 32

Distant and controlling mothers

Question 33

12. But Parker said these distant and controlling women were no more likely to have what?

Answer 33

Schizophrenic children

Question 34

13. The concepts wrongness doesn't mean parenting and environment play no role in what?

Answer 34

Child's mental health

Question 35

13. A parents mental health can impact upon what?

Answer 35

Child's well being

Question 36

13. But we can't just say what?

Answer 36

Parents mental wellbeing causes schizophrenia

Question 37

Con - what would be a better way to look at schizophrenia?

Answer 37

Diathesis stress model | Looking at genes and environment