individual differences Flashcards
Freud aims
Support his theory of the psychosexual stages, particularly Oedipus Complex, child development, the original of mental disorders like phobias and the value of psychoanalysis in treating mental disorders.
freud sample
little Hans age 6 from Vienna
freud procedure
Longitudinal case study
Data written by Han’s father who sent regular reports to Freud (diary entries, observations and conversation)
freud results
Hans had an Oedipus complex (where u want to sexually posses your mother and kill your father)
He had a fascination with his ‘widdler’ because he was in the phallic stage
He had castration anxiety
Daydream about sitting on giraffes was evidence of attraction to his mother (showing him trying to take mother away so he could have him for himself)
freud conclusions
- Supports idea of Oedipus complex
- Shows phobia can be repressed anxieties
- Shows techniques of psychoanalysis can aid recovery
baren cohen
Extend Happés research and use a more appropriate test for adults with high functioning autism and asperges - the new reading mind in eyes task to assess mind reading
baren cohen procedure
- The eyes task with 25 images black and white that flashed in screen for 3 seconds at a time, test done in own home, researchers clinic or laboratory at Cambridge.
- The strange stories task with white lies and pretend play
Control tasks were gender recognition eye task and basic emotion recognition task (whole faces)
- The strange stories task with white lies and pretend play
baren cohen sample
16 people with high functioning autism or asperges, with normal intelligence and matched for age (13 men and 3 women)
50 in normal condition ( 25 men and 25 women),
10 adults with Tourette’s (8 men and 2 women)
baren Cohen results eye task
Autism = mean score 16.3/25
Normal/ TS = 20.3 and 20.4
baren Cohen results strange stories
Autism = had more difficulty
baren Cohen results control tasks
Autism performed normally in gender and basic emotion recognition task showing that they could perceive basic emotion
baren cohen conclusions
Adults with autism may lack theory of mind
Gender differences may be genetic or due to socialization
baren cohen section a
quasi experiment
informed consent
quantitative data