Psychological Explanation: Family Dysfunctions 1

Question 1

What debate does psych explanations of schiz tend to side with?

Answer 1

Nurture as looks at enviromental + cog factors which could contribute to the development if schiz

Question 2

Define the schizophrenogenic mother

Answer 2

Reichmann 1948
Psychodynamic explanation based on accounts she heard from her patients about her childhood
Many patients has specific type of parent = cold, rejecting, controlling + tended to create fam climate characterised by tension + secrecy

Schizophrenogenic - schiz causing
Leads to distrust that develops into paranoid delusions + schizophrenia

Question 3

A03 points

Answer 3

Implication - early evidence involved assessing mothers of patients for crazy-making characteristics
Implication - explanation leads to parent blaming
Validity - info about childhood experiences was gathered after development of symptoms so criterion validity issue
Validity - schiz may have distorted patients recall of childhood experiences

Question 4

Criterion validity

Answer 4

Diff assessment systems arrive at Same diagnosis for same patient