Epistemic trust

Question 1

Gaslighting

Answer 1

-leads to self-contraction (oppositive of self-expansion)
-gaslighting depends on manipulating victim to accept false beliefs about the world/self
-leads to confusion and doubting of one’s own memories

Question 2

what year first published work on gaslighting

Answer 2

1969

Question 3

double-bind

Answer 3

situations in which a person communicates two mutually exclusive messages about how they want another person to behave.

• catch 22 situations
  -ex. come give me a hug but communicates with facial expression that she wants to be left alone

Question 4

key differences between psychodynamic and earlier definitions of gaslighting

Answer 4

1. victim convinced of their own inability to grasp reality
2. victim confused
3. gaslighting can be conscious or unconscious
4. motives are not necessarily material or clear - can be emotional in nature

Question 5

Dysfunctional personality domains

Answer 5

• negative affectivity
• detachment
• antagonism
• disinhibition
• psychoticism

Question 6

Qualitative analysis of gaslighting behaviours in romantic relationships

Answer 6

-most relationship started with love-bombing
-participant reported becoming increasinly socially isolated
-participants described their gaslighters as being unpredictable
-demeaning insults, false accusations, and undue blame

Question 7

Consequences for survivors

Answer 7

• Diminished sense of self
  -Guardedness and mistrust of future relationships
  -Post-traumatic growth (less common)