individual differences

Question 1

Freud aims

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

freud sample

Answer 2

little Hans age 6 from Vienna

Question 3

freud procedure

Answer 3

Longitudinal case study

Data written by Han’s father who sent regular reports to Freud (diary entries, observations and conversation)

Question 4

freud results

Answer 4

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)

Question 5

freud conclusions

Answer 5

• Supports idea of Oedipus complex
  
  • Shows phobia can be repressed anxieties
  • Shows techniques of psychoanalysis can aid recovery

Question 6

baren cohen

Answer 6

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

Question 7

baren cohen procedure

Answer 7

• 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)

Question 8

baren cohen sample

Answer 8

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)

Question 9

baren Cohen results eye task

Answer 9

Autism = mean score 16.3/25
Normal/ TS = 20.3 and 20.4

Question 10

baren Cohen results strange stories

Answer 10

Autism = had more difficulty

Question 11

baren Cohen results control tasks

Answer 11

Autism performed normally in gender and basic emotion recognition task showing that they could perceive basic emotion

Question 12

baren cohen conclusions

Answer 12

Adults with autism may lack theory of mind
Gender differences may be genetic or due to socialization

Question 13

baren cohen section a

Answer 13

quasi experiment
informed consent
quantitative data