Researchers Flashcards
What did Maguire do
Found a change in the brains of taxi drivers as a result of navigating London roads
What did grazioli and terry do
Assessed 65 pregnant women for cognitive vulnerability and depression before and after birth
Found women judged to have been high in cognitive vulnerability were more likely to suffer post-natal depression
What did lipsky found
That Therapies based on Ellis theories have been shown to be better then nothing and other similar therapies
What did Bouton say
Evolutionary factors have an imprint at role in phobias but the two processes model doesn’t mention them
What did seligmen find and what is it
Preparedness - innate pre disposition to acquire certain fears
What did march discover
Showed that CBT is effective as drug therapies 81% effective (86% combined)
What did rosewing suggest and why
Suggested that the difference between different methods of psychotherapy such as between CBT and systematic desensitisation might actually be quite small
Psychotherapies share one essential ingredient (therapist partner relationship)
What did luborsky find
Found small differences which supports the view that simply having an opportunity to talk to someone who will listen could be what matters
What did McCusker find
There is a risk that because of its emphasis on what happening in the mind of the individual patient CBT may end up minimising the importance of the circumstances in which a patient is living
What did tuckel find
The variation of the COMT gene produces lower activity of the COMT and high levels of dopamine
What did Ozaki find
Found a mutation of SERT in two unrelated families where six of the seven family members has OCD
What did nestadt do
Reviewed previous twin studies and found that 68% of identical twins shared OCD opposed to 31% of non-identical twins
What did nestadt found
OCD symptoms from part of a number of other conditions that are biological in origin Parkinson’s disease
What did Cromer find
Found that over half the OCD patients in their sample had a traumatic event in their past
That OCD was more severe in those with more trauma
What did cavedini find
Studies of decision making have shown that these neural systems are the same systems that function abnormally in OCD
What did Soomro do
Reviewed studies comparing SSRIs to placebo treatment of OCD
What did Soomro find
Concluded that all 17 studies reviewed showed significantly better results for the SSRIs are combined with a psychological treatment usually CBT
What did Goldcare do
Some psychologists believe the evidence favouring drug treatments is biased
because the research is sponsored by drug companies who do not report all evidence
