Thigpen & Cleckley, 1954 (MPD) Flashcards
What causes MPD?
- Traumatic situations (where there is no physical escape).
- Starts in childhood (child abuse and is more common in females than males.)
What is MPD?
- Multiple Personality Disorder
- A rare disorder where a person has two or more distinct personalities or identities within an individual, with only one of them being evident at a time.
- Each personality is complete (with its own memories, behaviour and preferences).
What is schizophrenia?
A mental disorder where the person has problems in perception or reality. They usually have hallucinations and starts hearing things.
What is Rorschach inkblot test? (Projective)
They were shown inkblots and were asked what they looked like. Responses are analysed to give a measure of emotional and intellectual function and integration.
What is an IQ test? (Psychometric)
IQ tests are standardised so that the average score is 100. The higher the score the more intelligent a person is.
What is drawing of human figures? (Projective)
The participant is asked to draw a person. The technique is based on the idea that the way an individual perceives and interprets his own self image will be reflected in the drawings. The drawings are believed to be created from unconscious motives. Features of the drawing such as proportions, completion, position on page, symmetry, erasures, details etc. are then interpreted.
- Inhibited people place drawing towards the right hand side of the paper.
- Impulsive people draw a figure towards the left side.
What is a memory test? (Psychometric)
Testing various different types of memory e.g. visual and verbal and the participant is given a score which indicates how good their memory is.
What is EEG?
A machine that detects tiny electrical signals coming from the brain cells and nerves which sends messages to each other (detects brain activity/waves).
What is the aim of the study?
To document the psychotherapeutic treatment of a 25 year old woman, who presented a history of severe headaches & blackouts.
What was the method?
A longitudinal case study.
Describe the participant.
- A 25 year old woman (named Eve White (EW) in the study).
- Married for 6 years.
- Has a 4 year old daughter.
- Has marriage issues and her daughter lives with her parents.
- Unhappy and misses her daughter.
How long was the study and how many hours of therapy was done?
- Over a 14-month period.
- Over 100 hours of therapy.
Describe the procedure (up to when EB first appeared).
Eve was referred to a psychiatrist due to recent blackouts and headaches she had been having. They thought it was “normal” but was puzzled by recent trios she had undertaken but had no memory of it. Several days later, they had received a letter from EW but became flirty during the last paragraph. At the next therapy she denied sending the letter but remember starting it. During this session, she showed signs of distress and asked if hearing voices was a sign of insanity. A strange look came over her face and she put her hands over her head. After a moment of silence her hands dropped and with a quick smile she said, “Hi there, Doc!” Her whole appearance changed from a woman lacking attractiveness to an attractive woman. When asked her name she said, “Oh, I’m Eve Black (EB).”
What happened after EB appeared?
It was possible to hypnotise EW in order for EB to “come out.” This became regular that it was possible for EB to be called out just by the therapist saying her name.
Did EW know about EB?
No, not until she “came out” in front of the therapists.
