Depression Case Studies IB PSYCH

Question 1

Seligman and Maier

Answer 1

dogs received a painful shock
24 mongrel dogs
divided into 3 groups: 1. escape group 2. no escape 3. no harness control
1/2 placed ind. in a harness
electric shock in 1 could be terminated
1 and 2 paired: shocked at same time, shock only eliminated by 1
2 & 1 paired 64 shocks for 90 sec intervals
esc. group learned to press panel
24 hrs. later groups tested in shuttle box
lights off = electric current 10 sec. later
1. time decreased to stop shock
2 pressing of panel stopped a/f 30 sec.
6 of 2 failed to escape in 9/10 trails

Question 2

Rosehan

Answer 2

Presented themselves at 12 dif. hospitals across the US complaining of hearing voices
all but one were admitted w/ a diagnosis of schizo.
instructions once admit: cease complaining of any symptoms
goal to get out
apparent normality was never detected regardless of nursing staff no see schizo. behaviour

Question 3

Caetano Labeling Theory

Answer 3

Videoed a male psychiatrist carrying out separate stand. interview with a paid uni. student and w/ a hospitalized mental patient
2 groups of people shown interview 77 psych students and 36 psych.
asked to diagnose and rate degree of mental illness
samples had random assignment either that both were volunteers who were paid to par. OR both were patients in a state mental hosp.
Psych. w/ clinical exp. more likely to be persuaded by info. given about the 2 interviewees and label them both as mentally ill