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what is Freud tripartite personality?

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Id, ego, superego govern way we think and act
-majority of personality comes from unconscious mind
-abnormal behaviour occurs when there is an imbalance
-overdeveloped superego lead to excessive anxiety

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what is Freud iceberg analogy?

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Ego, conscious level- visible ( reality principle, implements defence mechanisms)
superego, preconscious level- not visible ( morality principle)
id, unconscious level- not visible (pleasure principle)

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what is the Id?

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-impulsive, instinctive
-present at birth
-consists of life and death instincts
-pleasure principle
-immediate gratification

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what is the ego?

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-reality principles
-mediate between irrational and real world
-problem solve

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what is the superego?

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-no right or wrong
-morality principle instilled by parenting
-controls Id demands through conscience and ideal self
-conflict with id creates anxiety dealt with through defence mechanisms

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what does Freud mean by the psychosexual stages of development?

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-children unconsciously go through these
-each stage characterised by a fixation on a part of the body
-individuals need to complete each stage to move to the next
-when this isn’t done fixation occurs

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what is the oral stage?

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-breastfeeding/ bottle feeding
-putting objects into your mouth
-fixations: addictions, vape, smoke, chewing gum, manipulating behaviours, biting nails
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what is the anal stage?

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-potty training
-control of bladder and bowel movements
-fixation: messy, disorganised, overcontrol, stingy, inconsiderate
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what is the phallic phase?

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-3-5/6
-genitals
-oedipus/electra complex
-castration anxiety
-penis fixation-
-fixation= complication with sexuality, envy, mother fixation, aggressive to women

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what is the latency stage?

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-5/6-puberty
-love of learning/ new skills
-superego strengthens
-making social connections
-fixations: difficulty expressing emotions, forming long lasting relationships

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what is the genital stage?

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-puberty-maturity
-relationships
-sexual activity
-settling into loving relationship
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what is the aim of Freuds study?

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.give an account of a boy suffering from phobia of a horse and a range of other symptoms
.to use this case to illustrate existence of
Oedipus complex

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who was the participants in Freuds study?

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jewish boy
vienna
3-5 years
little hans
phobia of horses
father referred hans to freud

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what were characteristics of little hans?

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-cheerful and straightforward until ill
-phallic stage

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what was Freuds method?

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-longitudinal case study
- data gained by father, observing and questioning, sent records to Freud
-Freud gave advice

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what are issues with the data gathered?

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-subjective
-demand characteristics
-social desirability
-unreliable

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what did Hans show interest in just before turning 3?

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his ‘widdler’
presence/ absence of this in others, human and non human
genital stage

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what happened during this time? Freud, Genital stage

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-‘masturbate’
-threats from his mum to get Dr A to cut it off
-gained sister Hanna
-subconsciously wanted his mum to drop her in the bath

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where did little Hans live?

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Vienna early 1900s
coaches drawn by horses

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what 2 things developed Hans fear of being bitten by a white horse?

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-overhearing a dad say ‘don’t put your finger to the white horse or it will bite you’
-seeing a horse pulling a carriage and fall and kick about with it’s legs

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What did Hans fear generalise to?

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carts and buses

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what were Hans fantasies?

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the Giraffe
Two Plumber
The Parenting

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what was the Giraffe fantasy?

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-big Giraffe (dad) and crumpled Giraffe ( mum)
-took away crumpled one from big one and big one called out
-sat on crumpled one

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what were the two Plumber fantasies?

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1) Hans in bath, plumber unscrewed bath, took borer (corkscrew) stuck in his stomach

2)took Hans behind + widdler with pliers, replaced with bigger ones

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what is the Parenting fantasy?
-married to his mum with children -father the grandfather
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what were the overall results? Freud
-fear of horses= subconscious fear of dad -dark around mouth and blinkers are moustache and glasses -fear of dad and widdler fascination due to Oedipus complex
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what were the Giraffe results?
-representation of trying to take mum from dad
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what were the parenting fantasy results?
Oedipus complex
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what were the plumber results?
-due to identifying with his father
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what were the conclusions for Freud?
-psychosexual development -boys in phallic stage experience Oedipus complex -phobias are unconscious anxiety placed on external objects -unconscious determinism (people not aware of causes of behaviour) -psychoanalytic therapy
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why is generalisability a w in Freuds study?
case study
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why is usefulness a w in Freuds study?
case study phobias differ for each person
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why is ecological validity a s in Freuds study?
own environment with dad
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why is the method a s in Freuds study?
case study qualitative data valid
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Freud nature or nurture?
nurture reasons for his phobia
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Freud freewill or determinism?
determinism pyschosexual stages oedipus complex ID impulses
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Freud individual or situational?
individual Hans phobias
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what is the background for Baron-Cohen ?
-autistic individuals lack TOM -implications arise for communication -triad of impairments : impairments of communication, social interaction, limited imagination -tests have a ceiling to a mental age of six so are too east for adults
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what is the background for Baron-Cohen ?
-autistic individuals lack TOM -implications arise for communication -triad of impairments : impairments of communication, social interaction, limited imagination -tests have a ceiling to a mental age of six so are too east for adults
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what were some previous autism tests?
-sally- anne (dolls) - Happé- strange stories (jokes)
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what was the aim for Baron Cohen?
-to investigate if autistic adults lack TOM -to investigate gender differences between TOM -to test whether high functioning adults with autistic spectrum disorders struggle to identify emotions from photographs of eyes
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what were the participants in group 1 for Baron Cohen?
-16 individuals with high functioning autism or asperger’s syndrome -4 autism 12 asperger -13 males 3 females -normal intelligence -advert in National Autistic magazine and variety of clinical sources
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what were the participants in group 2 for Baron Cohen?
-control group -50 normal -age matched -25 male 25 female - general population of Cambridge
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What was the third group for Baron Cohen?
-control group -10 adults -Tourette syndrome -age matched -8 male, 2 female - normal intelligence -opportunity, recruited from tertiary referral centre in London
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what was the method and variables for Baron Cohen?
-Quasi experiment -Iv= type of individual -Dv= score/ 25 on eyes task
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what were the characteristics and standardisation of the eye tasks?
-25 pics - black and white -same size -eye region only - asked to chose emotion from an option of 2
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what was the experimental design for Baron Cohen?
Matched- age
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what was the procedure for Baron Cohen?
-presented with 4 tasks in random order - investigated in quiet room, on own, in own home or Cambridge uni or research lab -eye task -gender recognition task -basic emotion recognition task (full face) -strange stories
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what were the results for Baron Cohen?
-Autism group did significantly worse than control group in identifying emotions -normal females perform better than males on eye task -autism group made more errors on Strange Stories -gender task no difference out of 25: -Autistic= 16.3 - Normal= 20.3 -Ts= 20.4
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what were Baron Cohens conclusions?
-adults with autism do possess impairs TOM -some of autism group have degrees showing TOM deficits independent of general intelligence
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why is generalisability a w for Baron Cohen?
-small sample not representative of large spectrum -volunteer sample
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why is reliability a s for Baron Cohen?
-same pictures -same size (15x10cm) -standard instructions -high internal reliability -external also good as easy to replicate
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why is ecological validity a w for Baron Cohen?
-situation different from everyday social life -judging emotions in real life isn't done by just looking at eyes
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why is ethics a s for Baron Cohen?
-volunteer -not deceived -no distress beyond what they experience in their daily lives
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why is usefulness a s for Baron Cohen?
-even high functioning autistics adults have problems reading emotions -opens ways forward in helping them manage their condition -can teach people to make use of different visual cues to judge emotion
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what are the similarities between Freud and Baron Cohen?
-volunteer sample -usefulness
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Differences between Freud and Baron Cohen?
F: -1p 5y/o little Hans -qualitative data -no procedure= subjective questioning B: -3 groups -quantitative data -controlled procedure= picture size

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