Thigpen & Cleckley

Question 1

IV and DV to thigpen&cleckley?

Answer 1

Isn’t one as it is a case study

Question 2

Sample to thigpen&cleckley?

Answer 2

One female, 25 year old participant who was referred to a psychiatrist for having headaches and blackouts. Opportunity sampling

Question 3

Research method to thigpen&cleckley?

Answer 3

Longitudinal case study

Question 4

Procedure to thigpen&cleckley?

Answer 4

Eve white referred to therapist because of severe headaches and blackouts, diagnosed with normal emotional issues
Improved until she sent a letter to her doctor and the end resembled a child
When asked about it she became agitated and she changed to eve black
Spent 14months (100 hrs) talking to her
Initially ew had to be hypnotised to interview eb but then she didn’t after a while
Interviews, psychometric tests and EEGs were used and projective tests

Question 5

Results to thigpen&cleckley?

Qualitative

Answer 5

Eb never made herself known to her husband or child, she passed as ew by imitating her posture and charisma but her mother became aware of unexplainable changed in ew from a hung age as she denied playing in the woods with other children, it was eb.

Question 6

Results to thigpen&cleckley?

Quantitative

Answer 6

Ew: wechsler intelligence test-110
Wechsler memory test: superior

Eb: intelligence test: 104
Memory test: inferior

Question 7

Thigpen&cleckley conclusion?

Answer 7

People can indeed suffer from multiple personality disorder

Question 8

Aim to thigpen & cleckleys study?

Answer 8

To document the psychotherapeutic treatment of a 25 year old woman who was presented with a history of headaches and blackouts and was later discovered to have multiple personality syndrome.