Evaluation of dream analysis Flashcards
Effectiveness- dora’s dream?
At the age of 16, Doras fathers friend made sexual advances to her.
When she told her father he didn’t believe her
She had a recurring dream in which he father woke her up and her house was on fire so she had to leave. Her mother wanted to stop for a jewel box but her father refused.
‘Jewel case’- used to be slang for female genitals.
Freud believed that her jewel case was in danger and her father refused to help her.
Believed it was a result of conflict between being molested and expression of sexual instinct
The wolf mans dream?
1910-1914
Freud treated Sergei Pankejeff for depression and psychological dependency on enemas
-In therapy he reported a dream that he work up seeing white wolves in trees outside his window who were staring at him. As a toddler, one night at 5pm (significant as depression is worse here) he awoke and looked through the bars of his cot to see his parents having sex doggy style.
-Believed the wolves represented his parents (doggy style) and the windows the cot
-Believed he was gay and dream expressed his wish to perform this action
Effectiveness- research support?
Solme 2000
Pet scans found out the different region the brain that were active during sleep
Rational parts are inactive during REM
Effectiveness- research support SEEW para?
S- One strength of dream analysis is research support
E- Suggest ego is suspended and Id has free reign
E- Solme 2000
Pet scans found out the different region the brain that were active during sleep
Rational parts are inactive during REM
W- This is a strength as it suggests that some scientific basis for the theory that underpins dream analysis
Effectiveness- methodological issues/ecological validity?
S- Sleep study’s conducted in sleep laboratory
E- Sleep laboratory’s not your own bedroom these are unfamiliar environments
E- Artificial, electrodes, wires, cannulas and microphones
W- Lacks ecological validity
Ethical issues- Emotional harm?
Therapist can uncover harmful traumatic latent content
Ethical issues- Emotional harm SEEW paragraph?
S- one ethical issue is emotional harm
E- Interpretations of dreams may be distressing
E- Could be more distressing then mental health disorder they were suffereing with
W- Ethical issue as therapy could cause more harm than good when treating patient. Therapist must warn patient of stress before starting
What is therapist client relationship?
Power dynamic- what the therapist says goes, the client is vulnerable and therapist may play on this
Ethics- Therapist client relationship?
S- Ethical issue of da is the development of the therapist client relationship
E- Power imbalance between client and therapist
E- Therapist offers their help into patients unconscious, leading to overdependency on therapist relying on them to make progress
W- This is a weakness as can do more bad than good
Ethics- False memory syndrome?
S- One ethical issue of da is it could lead to false memory
E- Therapist could ‘uncover’ trauma that never happened
E- Therapist may do this on purpose to prolong therapy for financial gain
W- This is an issue as false memories’ can cause more anxiety and trauma that they wouldn’t have if they didn’t experience therapy
