Evaluation of individual differences explanation for schizophrenia Flashcards
Freudian concepts are outdated
One weakness of Floridian concepts are that they are outdated. Despite psychology being dominant by psychodynamic theories in the first half of the century as psychology has progressed and so empirical research support for explanations of human behaviour, the falsifiable nature of the approach became increasingly problematic. The parts can be deemed unfalsifiable due to the lack of testable hypotheses and therefore the lack of ability to be able to possibly prove concepts such as a tripod type personality and exercise of the unconscious mind. Therefore, psychodynamic explanations as a whole lack scientific rigour when applied as an explanation for schizophrenia are normal more than an interest in historical theory
Research support for schizophrenic genic mothers
One strength of psychodynamic explanations for schizophrenia such as a schizophrenic genic Mother that has been some research support. Research examined hospital case records of schizophrenia and found that maternal overprotection was present in 33 out of 40 cases. This implicates the role of schizophrenics mothers as a cause of schizophrenia developing because of their characteristics such has been called and domineering. that is a strength that schizophrenic genic mothers have evidence and research support backing the point
Social sensitivity
One issue with the psychodynamic explanation for schizophrenia is that it is socially sensitive. This schizophrenogenic Mother theory put too much blame on Mother for the development of schizophreniogenic