Thigpen & Cleckley

Question 0

Who was the case study about?

Answer 0

Eve White (Christine Sizemore)

Question 1

Aim?

Answer 1

To investigate a case of MPD

Question 2

Who were the different personalities?

Answer 2

Eve Black and Jane

Question 3

What was Eve White experiencing?

Answer 3

Headaches and Blackouts

Question 4

How long was the case study?

Answer 4

14 months

Question 5

What was the study?

Answer 5

Longitudinal study

Question 6

How did Eve White contact T + C?

Answer 6

She wrote a letter to them, starting with Eve White writing it to Eve Black

Question 7

What did the therapy tell the T + C?

Answer 7

Some hypnosis led to some family interviews, IQ test, memory tests, ink blot tests and EEG scans

Question 8

Ink blot tests showed?

Answer 8

Projects unconscious thought processes

Question 9

Quantative data?

Answer 9

EEG scans were similar (Eve White and Eve Black)

Question 10

Which personality had a better memory test?

Answer 10

Eve White

Question 11

IQ test of Eve White?

Answer 11

110

Question 12

IQ test of Eve Black?

Answer 12

104

Question 13

Qualitative data?

Answer 13

Eve White suffered Eve Black’s hangovers, extensive interviews revealing Eve White running into the woods with no reasons

Question 14

Ink blot test of Eve White showed?

Answer 14

Represed, controlled and boring

Question 15

Ink blots showed Eve Black to be?

Answer 15

Regressed, childish and selfish

Question 16

Validity?

Answer 16

Although T + C believed her, many were not convinced

Question 17

Usefulness?

Answer 17

Raised awareness and individualistic to Eve White

Question 18

Ethics?

Answer 18

Limited consent because the personalities were not asked and therapy was useful

Question 19

Generalisability?

Answer 19

No because it’s a case study

Question 20

Reliability?

Answer 20

Multiple data sources all join up

Question 21

Conclusion

Answer 21

MPD was investigated and ignited interest with MPD