The Psychodynamic Approach: John Bowlby PROCEDURES

Question 1

How was the sample obtained?

Answer 1

opportunity sampling

Question 2

What happened to each child on arrival to the clinic?

Answer 2

each child was given mental tests by a psychologist to assess their intelligence (the Binet Scale was used)

Question 3

What did the psychologist who conducted the mental tests also note down?

Answer 3

noted the emotional attitude of the child

Question 4

Who interviewed the child’s mother while the child had their mental tests?
What else did they do?

Answer 4

at the same time a social worker interviewed the child’s mother and recorded preliminary details (early life) of the child’s psychiatric history

Question 5

Who did the psychologist and social worker report too with their findings?

Answer 5

reported to the psychiatrist (JOHN BOWLBY), who then interviewed the child and the mother

Question 6

How long was the psychiatrist’s examination of the child and mother?

Answer 6

2 hours

Question 7

What else did the team consider after the 2 hour examination?

Answer 7

considered school and other reports and discussed their conclusions

Question 8

What did many of the children and their mothers continue to do weekly and for how long?

Answer 8

many of the children continued to meet with the psychiatrist weekly over a period of 6 months or more
mothers talked over their problems with the social worker

Question 9

What did the meetings and discussions between the psychiatrist and the children and their mothers in the 6 month period enable?

Answer 9

these meetings and discussions enabled a detailed case history to be recorded
also enabled the psychiatrist to diagnose the children’s emotional problems