Psychoanalysis

Question 1

2 major myths in Clinical Psychology

Answer 1

• Freud’s ideas were all nonsense
• • Ex. Sexual abuse, hysteria, women theorists existed
• Psychoanalysis is dead
• • Division 39 of APA is Psychoanalysis
• • Canadian Psychological Association has a section for psychoanalysis/psychodynamic psychology

Question 2

Meta-analyses

Answer 2

• can compare positive vs. negative findings
• OR can calculate effect sizes (more sophisticated) -> convert findings of treatment studies into SD units
• Numerous meta-analyses done about psychotherapy -> avg. Effect size = 0.75 (powerful treatment)

Question 3

Effect Sizes

Answer 3

• Reflects the difference between the treatment group and control (or other) group
• .80 is large effect size .50 is moderate effect size .20 is small effect size

Question 4

Shedler: efficiency of psychotherapy

Answer 4

• Did meta-analyses to compare effect sizes of psychotherapy and CBT (high effect sizes; both very powerful treatments)
• Also looked at antidepressants and saw small effect sizes; not as effective as CBT or psychotherapy. At treating depression
• Also looked at psychodynamic and saw high effect sizes