4.1 - INDIVIDUALISTIC evaluation

Question 1

psychoanalysis - weakness
very…

Answer 1

• time consuming
• freud would see his patients 5x a week
• may take years to uncover repressed memories and they may “just be getting better” on their own

Question 2

psychoanalysis - weakness
eysenck found…

Answer 2

• when treated for neurosis, only 14% showed improvement compared to 72% treated by hospitals and GPs

Question 3

aversion therapy - weakness
has been…

Answer 3

• misused throughout history to treat “homosexuality”

Question 4

aversion therapy - weakness
only…

Answer 4

• focussed on changing behaviour and doesn’t get to the root cause of the criminality
• if their reason was due to poverty, aversion therapy won’t have long lasting effects

Question 5

token economies - strength
Fo…

Answer 5

• Fo & O’Donnell (1975)
• buddy system where adult volunteers reinforced socially acceptable behaviour to a young offender
• improved behaviour of serious offenders

Question 6

token economies - weakness
Ally…

Answer 6

-Allyon & Milan 1979
- works in the short term but don’t tend to last when the criminal leaves prison