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localisation of brain function (biological)

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  • human behaviour is determined by a physiological cause, being g the activity on individual parts of the brain
  • 2 hemispheres and 4 lobes
  • Phineas gage, metal rod penetrated through frontal lobe showed aggression
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neurotransmitters (biological)

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  • suggests that behaviour is caused by electrical and chemical communications in the brain
  • e.g. raised levels of dopamine have been linked to schizophrenia, and low levels of serotonin have been linked to depression

*neurons pass neurotransmitters through the synapse and are released from presynaptic vesicles

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evolutionary influences (biological)

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  • Charles Darwins theory of natural selection
  • males subconscious desire for fertility in females
  • e.g ostrich may dance to attract a mate
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humans are born as a blank slate (behaviourist)

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  • idea that humans are born as “tabula rasa”, and that behaviour is environmentally determined and humans are born with hunger, pain and crying
  • dies developed by Watson, he stated that he could turn a “dozen infants” into “any type of specialist”
  • bandura tested with bobo doll experiment
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behaviour is learned through conditioning (behaviourist)

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  • classical conditioning suggests that behaviour is learnt through association. pavlov (1902) tested with dogs teaching them to salivate with bell and treats
  • operant conditioning is behaviour learnt through reinforcement. skinner (1936) tested with rats
  • Gill proves operant conditioning as effective as he claims that children who get pocket money complete 20% more household chores
  • Watson and Rayners little Albert study supports
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humans and animals learn in similar ways (behaviourist)

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  • suggest that humans and animals behave in similar ways due too shared traits such as fear
  • joint stimulation was used with pavlovs dogs and little Albert
  • operant conditioning has been proved effective in schools and prisons
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tripartite personality (psychodynamic)

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id ego and superego

id is primitive, requires instant gratification and is pleasure seeking principle. ego is mediator and superego is concerned Sith moral values

each part represents a part of the brain. id represents limbic system and ego represents prefrontal Cortex

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unconscious mind (psychodynamic)

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conscious preconscious and unconscious

preconscious are things such as memories or knowledge that could be easily retrieved

anxiety acts as a signal to the ego that there is dysfunction somewhere

ego defence mechanisms such as repression help ease these feelings

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childhood experiences (psychodynamic)

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psychosexual stages refers to a stage and age theory that all children go through at roughly the same time influenced by the location of libido

e.g. oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital

being stuck at a stage, eg oral, leads to adult fixations such as nail biting

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internal mental processes (cognitive)

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cognitive psychologists see humans as information processors

memory, perception, attention, thinking and language

eg. to recognise a dog, you need to pay attention, perceive its features, then search through our memory store to see if anything matches and we use language to name it

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computer analogy (cognitive)

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both humans and computers are the same in the way that they process information

mental processes used: input, processing and recall

process stage involves memory, perception and attention

multistore model of memory made by Atkinson and shiffin (1968) shows how long term and short term memory are stores as “hardware”

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schemas (cognitive)

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pockets of information built from experience

built up via social interactions, which can potentially distort the information as humans may select and interpret environmental stimuli using irrelevant schemas

this may explain inaccuracies in EWT

e.g schema for burglar

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bowlby methodology

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opportunity sample and matches pairs design

The Binet Scale was used to test their intelligence.
The average IQ for both groups was higher than the average for the population.

quasi difference experiment

iv: whether they had stolen or not, DV: whether they were an “affectionless psychopath”

31 boys, 13 girls aged 5-17

control experiment used of children who went to the same child guidance clinic but had not stolen.

Half of the cases- instances of chronic and serious thieving lasting very long periods (Grade 4)
10 cases- persistent but irregular, mild thieving (Grade 3)
8 cases- a few thefts only (Grade 2)
4 cases- only one theft (Grade 1)

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weaknesses of bowlbys methodology

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unrepresentative as not all children are emotionally disturbed

violent homes could be a confounding variable

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strengths of bowlbys methodology

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used a control group so more reliable results and higher ecological validity

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bowlbys procedure

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  • mental test given to children to test intelligence and how well they emotionally reacted to it

*preliminary psychiatric history was gathered from the social worker

  • psychiatrist interviewed mother

*then bowl by examined the mother and child together

*psychotherapy for at least 6 months after

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weakness of bowlbys procedure

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could be social desirability bias in mother’s interview

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strength of bowlbys procedure

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strong qualitative data gained from multiple sources

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bowlbys findings

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  • 6 categories of children: affectionless, hyperthermic, normal, depressed, circular and schizoid
  • majority were affectionless, 14 out of 44
  • out of those 14, 12 of them had prolonged separation from mother

*40% of thieves had prolonged separation from mothers, compared to 5% of control group

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main components of systematic desensitisation

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*phobia is learnt response

  • sd uses reciprocal inhibition in order to counter condition the patient
  • developed by Wolpe (1958)
  • relaxation techniques and desensitisation hierarchy

*in vivo
*in vitro

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strengths of systematic desensitisation

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usefulness: Capafons et al (1988) found that after 12-28 weeks of SD, clients with a fear of flying showed less fear in a flight simulator. they also found lower objective physiological measures (such as heart rate) than the control group

holistic: MCGrath found SD successful for a wide range of anxiety disorders. 75% of patients with phobias responded to the treatment

positive ethical implications: anxiety controlled, able to provide valid informed consent and patients attend at their own free will

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main components of drug therapy

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antipsychotic drugs: conventional antipsychotics for positive symptoms. the drug blocks the action of dopamine by binding to the dopamine receptors

antianxiety drugs: Bz’s bind to the sites on GABA receptors and enhance the action of GABA (calming neurotransmitter)

beta blockers: reduces the activity or adrenaline, binds to receptors in the heart and reduces activity or the autonomic nervous system

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strengths of drug therapy

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Soomro et al reviewed 17 studies of the use of SSRI’s with OCD and found them more effective than placebos in reducing the symptoms of OCD up to 3 months after treatment.

cheaper and easier to administer

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weaknessesof drug therapy

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side effects: nausea, headaches and insomnia

Ashton (1997) found Bz’s should only be used for 4 weeks

Ferguson (2005) found people taking SSRI’s are twice as likely to commit suicide

ethical issues: deception, physical harm and valid consent

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main components of REBT

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Ellis (1962) ABC model, activating event, beliefs, consequences, disputing beliefs effects of disputing. D and E are the most important parts.

logical disputing, empirical disputing (is it consistent with reality) and pragmatic disputing (are they useful)

mustabatory thinking- holding beliefs such as ‘i must be treated fairly and give me what i need or they are rotten’
unconditional positive regard- key to successful therapy, therapist must be non-judgemental at all times.

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strengths of REBT

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meta analysis by engles et al (1993) concluded that REBT is effective in treating a range of disorders

Ellis (1957) claimed a 90% success rate taking on average 27 sessions, also useful for non clinical populations for exam anxiety

Silverman et al. (1992) conducted a review of studies that used REBT. It was shown to be more effective or equal to other types of therapy (e.g. systematic desensitisation) for a range of disorders: 49 showed REBT to be more effective, 40 showed no difference.

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weaknesses of REBT

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doesn’t always work, Ellis (2001) believed that they may not be putting their revised beliefs into action and may not be putting cognitive effort into their recovery

ethical issues: forceful therapy, could lead to anxiety
client and therapist may have differing beliefs over religion

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loftus and palmer methodology

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two lab experiments
independent groups design
different participants used each time
ex #1: 45ppts
ex #2: 150ppts

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strengths of loftus and palmer methodology

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conducted in a lab, therefore controlled experiment. the experiment leads to casual findings, and there are fewer confounding variables that can change or influence behaviour. this is a strength because it means the study has high internal validity, so can be used for wider applications.

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weakness of loftus and palmer

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lack of ecological validity, foster et al (1994) found that if participants thought they were witnessing a real life crash, their recall would be more accurate

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loftus and palmer procedure

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ex 1: 7 clips of traffic accidents, 5 groups, each group had a questionnaire but the verb changed (bumped, smashed, collided, contacted, hit)

ex 2: 150 ppts divided into 3 groups, car accident film shown. 50 were asked “how fast were the cars going when they hit”, 50 were asked the same question but the verb changed to “smashed” and a week later 50 were asked if they saw a broken glass one week later

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loftus and palmer findings

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ex 1: smashed had highest speed estimate of 40.8 and contacted had the lowest of 31.8

ex2: “smashed” group was higher than hit and control

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weaknesses of loftus and palmer procedure

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lack of valid consent, could cause psychological harm

Huff et al found that nearly 60% of 500 cases of wrongful convictions involved EWT

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watson and rayner methodology

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sample was 1 participant, 9 month old little albert

case study

well lit dark room on mattress on table

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strengths of watson and rayners methodology

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controlled conditions meant little/no extraneous variables

OH Mowrer (1947) found that operant conditioning could explain the maintenance of phobias made by classical conditioning- two process theory

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weaknesses of watson and rayner methodology

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case study and sample means they cannot generalise results so it has a low population validity

conducted in a lab so lacks ecological validity

seligman (1971) predisposed to fear

fear response could be due to frustration of having his thumb removed from his mouth so lacks internal validity

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watson and rayners procedure

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stage 1- establishing a conditioned response. showed no fear to initial white rat but joint stimulation with white rat and loud noise 6 times

stage 2- testing conditioned response. range of stimuli

stage 3- change of setting to lecture hall

stage 4- 1 month later testing effects of time with a range of stimuli

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watson and rayners findings

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began crying in joint stimulation phase, cried and crawled away when rat was presented without the loud noise

crawled away from rabbit, turned his head to the dog, kicked cotton wool

no sudden fear reaction in lecture hall

cried at fur coat
pushed rabbit away

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weaknesses of cognitive approach

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deterministic as schemas create stereotypes which determines the way we see situations

nature and nurture- genes are ignored and social and cultural factors are also ignored

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strengths of cognitive approach

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Piaget (1970) children’s thinking is nit the same as adults, EWT research shown how witnesses are distorted by past event information which influenced police interviewing techniques

scientific approach, PET scans used to locate areas of the brain for short and long term memory

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weaknesses of dream analysis

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conducted in sleep labs which means low ecological validity. secretion of sleep hormones and neurotransmitters can cause confounding variables

false memory syndrome- toon et al (1994)

subjective interpretation

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strengths of dream analysis

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Solms (2000) used PET scans to highlight regions of the brain that are active during dreaming. Results showed that the rational part of the brain is inactive during REM

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weaknesses of psychodynamic approach

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reductionist- simplifies it down to mechanics of the mind and ignores biochem

deterministic- follows the idea that we have no free will in how we behave and cannot change behaviour

cannot be proved wrong- Karl Popper (1934)

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Raine methodology

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quasi difference experiment

IV: pleaded NGRI
DV: glucose metabolism in regions of the brain

NGRI group: 39 men, 2 women, mean age of 34.3 years old with a history of brain injury

control group: not criminals, mean age of 31.3

matched pairs design

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Raine procedure

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CPT 10 minutes before allocated start time to illicit brain activity in areas associated with impulse and response control

FDG tracer 30 seconds after they started the CPT

CPT for 32 minutes then was transferred to the pet scanning room

PET did 10 scans using cortical peel and box techniques

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Raine findings

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parietal lobe, prefrontal cortex and corpus callosum had lower glucose levels than the control group

temporal lobe was found to have no differences

occipital lobe had higher glucose metabolic rates than control group

23 NGRI’s with a history of head injuries had no significant difference beyond slightly lower corpus callous activity. 14 NGRI were non white and showed no significant difference

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Raine conclusions

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statistically significant differences in brain glucose metabolism between NGRI and controls

findings are not conclusive and may be one of many predispositions to violence, and further research needs to be conducted

generalisations cannot be made to other murderers or other types of crimes

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strengths of Raine methodology

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PET scans and a FDG tracer are objective standards of measure, so we can more strongly establish a casual relationship between the IV and DV

laboratory experiment means high internal validity because the researchers were able to control any confounding or extraneous variables that may arise

repeatability with the use of PET scans

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weakness of Raine methodology

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CPT may not be internally valid because the difference between completing a CPT and killing someone is astronomically large and may activate other regions of the brain that a CPT would not.

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ethical issues of Raines research

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lack of informed consent, the participants were off medication two weeks prior to the experiment so they were not In the right state of mind to give any consent

they may have not understood their right to withdraw at any time

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describe the positive assumption “focus on the good life”

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Seligman (2003) argues that the way to happiness, and the way to experience the best life you can is to develop our strengths and virtues. By bettering ourselves, and strengthening our natural “signature” qualities, such as kindness, courageousness and bravery, we can live “a good life”.

Seligman argues that we should start by achieving a pleasant life, then a good life, then finally, the optimum which is a meaningful life. Essentially, the three can be broken down as follows:
1. The Pleasant Life: positive emotions and daily satisfaction
2. The Good Life: discovering our strengths and enhancing our lives
3. The Meaningful Life: using our strengths for a greater purpose
Seligman argues that the way to live a good life is to develop positive connections with others, t

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describe the positive assumption “acknowledgement of free will”

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the positive approach focuses on free will and according to Seligman, happiness is not a result of either genes or good luck, it is a result of recognising and developing key strengths. The free will assumption is supported by research of Diener, who carried out research into the reasons why people are happy. Research by Diener and Seligman (2002) looked at the ties that students had with friends and family, measured in terms of the amount of time invested in these relationships. They found that the students who have the strongest ties were happier and there was also a negative correlation between level of happiness and depression. This emphasises the fact that we are in control of our happiness.

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describe the positive assumption “authenticity of goodness and excellence”

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The assumption states that feelings of happiness and goodness are as natural as anxiety and stress and therefore, Psychologists need to assign as much attention to positive states as we do to negative ones. Traditional Psychology such as the Biological, Behaviourist, and Psychodynamic approach follow the ’disease model’. According to Seligman (2002), the belief that traits such as virtue and happiness are less authentic than traits such as depression and anxiety. Seligman felt that traditional psychology focused too much on mental illness, and not enough on how humans can flourish and succeed. For example, from 1972-2006, the ratio of depression research publications to wellbeing publications was 5:1. Seligman and others felt that psychology had be distorted; it had moved away from a science that helps people reach their potential, and had become all about curing the sick.

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steps of systematic desensitisation

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  1. The patient is taught relaxation techniques, e.g. breathing exercises or how to relax their muscles
  2. the therapist and patient works together to form a desensitisation hierarchy- a searies of imagined events each causing more anxiety thn the last. ordered from least anxiety to most
  3. patient works through the desensitisation hierarchy at their own pace, whilst practicing relaxation techniques e.g. breathing techniques or muscle relaxation
  4. once the patient has mastered one step, they move onto the next step
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weaknesses of systematic desensitisation

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  • ignores nature, biological preparedness sleigman we fear things that are of biological significance to us, ancient fears are an adaptive behaviour
  • reductionist, only treats symptoms rather than cause of phobia so if cured, the problem still remains and the problem could come back in a different form
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mustabatory thinking (REBT)

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An individual who hold these beliefs will (at least) be disappointed and at worst be depressed. An individual who fails an exam becomes depressed not because of failing the exam, but because of the irrational thoughts surrounding the failure (e.g. ‘If I fail people will think that I’m stupid’). These musts have to be challenged in order for the individual to become psychologically healthy.

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REBT ethical considerations: what is rational?

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Alloy and Abrahamson (1979) suggest that depressed people see the world as it really is, and non-depressed people see the world in a more positive way (rose-tinted glasses). They call this the sadder but wiser effect and actually depressed individuals are more accurate in their estimates of the likelihood of disasters.

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loftus and palmer experiment 1

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Participants were shown 7 clips of traffic accidents, ranging from 5-30 seconds. The clips were originally part of a driver safety film.
After each clip a questionnaire was given. They had to recall the accident and asked a series of questions about the accident.
There was one critical question:
“About how fast were the cars going when they ____ each other?”
There were 5 groups, 9 participants in each. The blank was smashed, collided, bumped, hit, or contacted.
Estimates of speed were given in miles per hour.

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loftus and palmer experiment 2

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The second experiment investigated whether leading questions bias the response, or whether the individual’s memory of the event was altered.

Part 1: A film was shown of a multiple car accident, it lasted less than 4 seconds. They were asked a series of questions, with one critical question of speed estimate. Each group had 50 participants.
Group 1: How fast were the cars going when they smashed into each other?
Group 2: How fast were the cars going when they hit each other?
Group 3: Control group. No questions asked.

Part 2: One week later they returned to the lab. There was one critical question:
Did you see any broken glass? There was no glass.

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loftus and palmer conclusions

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form of question can affect memory in 2 main ways:

[Experiment 1] Response-bias factors: the speed estimates occur differently due to the critical word (smashed, hit etc) and this influences a person’s response.
[Experiment 2] The memory representation is altered: the critical word changes a person’s memory so that perception of the accident is affected. Some critical words imply the accident is more serious.

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loftus and palmer ethical considerations: valid consent

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Lack of valid consent
No valid consent was given by participants. If they were told the true aims their behaviour would change, and then it would not reflect EWT in real life.

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loftus and palmer ethical considerations: psychological harm

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Watching a film of a car accident means the participants may not have responded in the same way as if they had a real accident.
Could you expose participants to a real accident? This might be very distressing and lead to psychological harm that might not be diffused by a debrief.

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strengths of the cognitive approach: scientific

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It is objective and controlled scientific research.

Brain scanning techniques, e.g. PET scans can be used to investigate memory and locate specific areas for short- and long-term memory.

This is a strength because cognitive neuroscience has been used to pinpoint the exact biological mechanism for our cognitive processes. This can also be used to find out what the brain does ‘at rest’.

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strengths of cognitive approach: usefulness

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Developmental psychologists have used their theories in schools (e.g. teaching practice). Piaget (1970) said that children’s thinking is not the same as an adults, and said, for example, that at age 8 or 9 children cannot think abstractly - and so cannot solve a mathematical equation without physical objects such as sticks. Now this is demonstrated in schools with the use of concrete examples with younger children.

Eyewitness testimony research has shown how witnesses can be distorted by post-event information and this has influenced police interviewing techniques, e.g. no leading questions.

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weakness of cognitive approach: nature and nurture

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the cognitive approach has studied nature and nurture: the processes within the mind (internal) and the role of experiences in the development of schemas (external). However, the elements of nature and nurture have not.

Genes are ignored completely.

Social and cultural factors (nurture) are also ignored, for example Piaget ignored social factors in the development of thinking in children.

This is a weakness because it therefore does not give a true account of human behaviour.

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weakness of cognitive approach: deterministic

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Piaget stated that schemas are essential for a child’s cognitive development; at the beginning anything with fur and four legs may be a dog, until they learn the difference between cats and dogs.

Schemas mean we acquire stereotypes about people which supposedly determines how we act towards others or interpret situations. The idea is that having racist parents would give us racist schemas. This is deterministic because it ignores our ability to reject stereotypes with our agency and free will.

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weakness of cognitive approach: reductionist

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Some say that the approach is too mechanistic, stating that human behaviour is like a machine.

For example, the computer analogy for the mind.

This is a weakness because social and emotional factors are ignored. For example, the role of emotions are ignored in their influence on cognitive processes. A computer is not influenced by emotion but a human is, so we cannot reduce and liken a human to a machine.

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bowlby research methods

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The 44 children within the case study were given tests to assess their intelligence and their emotional attitude.
Then interviewed by a psychiatrist- information pooled together for a diagnosis.
Weekly assessment continued for several months.

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bowlby weakness: alternative evidence

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research from Lewis (1954) challenges Bowlby’s findings into maternal deprivation

For example, Lewis partially replicated Bowlby’s 44 thieves study on a larger scale, looking at 500 young people. In her sample, a history of prolonged separation from the mother did not predict criminality or difficulty in forming close relationships

This is a problem for the theory of maternal deprivation because it suggests that other factors may affect the outcome of early maternal deprivation

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bowlby weakness: retrospective recall

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retrospective recall might be inaccurate
As Bowlby was asking the adolescent participants to recall separations that they had experienced years earlier, e.g. at 14 with prolonged separation and earlier families
their responses would have been subject to inaccuracies/ distortions

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manifest content

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Freud distinguished between the manifest content of a dream (what the dreamer remembers) and the latent content, the symbolic meaning of the dream (i.e. the underlying wish).

The manifest content is often based on the events of the day. The process whereby the underlying wish is translated into the manifest content is called dream-work. The purpose of dream work is to transform the forbidden wish into a non-threatening form, thus reducing anxiety and allowing us to continuing sleeping. Dream work involves the process of condensation, displacement, and secondary elaboration.

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condensation

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The process of condensation is the joining of two or more ideas/images into one.
For example, a dream about a man may be a dream about both one’s father and one’s lover.

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displacement

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Displacement takes place when we transform the person or object we are really concerned about to someone else.

For example, one of Freud’s patients was extremely resentful of his sister-in-law and used to refer to her as a dog, dreamed of strangling a small white dog.

Freud interpreted this as representing his wish to kill his sister-in-law. If the patient would have really dreamed of killing his sister-in-law, he would have felt guilty. The unconscious mind transformed her into a dog to protect him.

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secondary elaboration

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A person dreams they are walking through a beautiful garden, picking flowers, and chatting with an old friend. On the surface, this dream seems calm and logical (manifest content).
However, according to Freud, secondary elaboration has organised random wish-fulfilling images into a believable sequence.

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strengths of dream analysis: research evidence

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Solms (2000) used PET scans to highlight the active regions of the brain during dreaming.

The rational part of the brain is inactive during REM sleep, whereas the memory and motivation areas are very active. Relating this to Freud, the id is given free rein while the ego rests.

This research is effective because it provides empirical evidence to back up Freud’s psychoanalytic ideas with the use of modern neuroimaging techniques, which is an objective measure - validity.

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weakness of dream analysis: ethical issues

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False memory syndrome (FMS) is a condition where someone’s identity and relationships are affected by false memories of traumatic experiences. These false memories come to light during psychoanalysis when the therapist uncovers past traumatic events.

The patient is likely to believe the therapist as the authority figure. Toon et al (1996) even suggests that therapists implant false memories to make financial gains ( the therapy will take longer) - Also the result of FMS is that patients may experience much anxiety because of ‘memories’ of events that didn’t even happen.