chapter 13 Flashcards
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what did psychology struggle with
and how did they find this
what did the discipline align with
whats it heavily infleunced by
and what did that cause
since the 19th century psch has struggled to find credibility and legitamacy in society
in order to find this, it aligned itslef with the political landscape of the eaely 20th century
the discipline shaped itslef to align withh the natural sciences, with the rise of positivissm and ststistical methods
psychologyy was heavily infleunced by popular science of the time and tried to embbed itslef with dawinism
in doing this, psych has always situated itslef in the contemporary sociopolitical sphere
ergo its thoeries are findings are inevitably socioculturally bound
what was a result of the discipline being shaped by society
psych findings have tended to confirm societal biases
galtons claims about IQ and white superioriety
binets work on intelligence of learning impaired chilren testing providing support for eugenics
rooth reported surcye results in the BJP arguing homosexualitly is an illness and leads to sexual violence
baron- cohen using studied of infant behaviour to claim that women are not suited to be: scientists, engineers, mechaniscs, technichians, musicians, toolmaker blah blah
how is psyhcology shhaped by society
society historically dictates what is acceptable research
historical events
financial incentives:
resarch grants
teaching jobs
publications
the thingd we stufy are in pary dictated by what has been studied before
examples of psych in society bu sub-disipline
forensic- aiding the criminal justice system
occupational- improving hiring and human processed withing companies
cognitive: finding new ways of learning and teaching, supporting indivduals with organic brain injuries
clinical- supporting individuals with mental health issues
we have psychologised oursleves:
in the last 50 years we have begun to see oursleves more as psychological beings
psyhcological words have increasingly become everyday discourse
psych scientific standings mean it has signifcant infleunce
what did dr curry do
testified about the interview and questionaire she did with amber heard and made severla definitive conclusion and presented them as facts
she mentioned psychology as scisntific are stated here conclusions are backed up by science severla times
who is foucault
a critic of the socila sciences, aguing that psyh can be an arm of the state
he agreed eith Szasz that psyhcology ca be used to criminalise those on the boraders of society- today the mental heealth act allows the detention of individuals deemed to be mentally ill and at risk
he also argued that the creation of HR departments in human resourses can serve to monitor the workforce
who decides who is mentally ill
two simila diagnostic diagnostic manuals are used DSM-5-TR and the ICD-10
given that there are no reliable biomarkers for mentla illness, descriptive criteria, developed bu psyhciatrists must be used for definition and diagnosis , updated every 10 years
however there istn a perfect consensus even between the people that write these manuals
diagnostic oundries problems - aspergers syndrome
whrn the dms5 was published in 2013, it changed the criteria for an autism diagnosis. aspergers syndrome was replaced with autistic spectrum disorder
however the criterial has changed slighly, meabing that around 8% of indivudlas who met the criteria for aspergers who did not meet the criteria for asd
for that 8% thye went from being autistic, a condition thought t o be lifelong to not having any mentla halth issues
this dorced people to drastically think again about whho they are, their identity and theur place in the world
this presented issues as to whether those inividuals could continue to recieve diability beenfitd and other types of support
how we understand health in the uk
as of 2014, mental helaht services in the uk werre focrced to show ecidence of quan outcome in order to contiue to secure fundings
services invariably use the pateint health questioaure and the generalised anxiety disorder assessment
in england the govermnets flagship psycholoogical therpaies program treats over a million epople with mild to moderate mental health issus per year
for iapt recovery means a reduction of phq-9 and gad-7 scored to below a certain thershold
howveer both meaures are constructed in way that empahsises fucntioning
neither measure accuratly assesses quality of life: feeling goog about youself/feeling safe/ feeling well/ having high self esteem/ feeling confident
