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what is Freud tripartite personality?

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Id, ego, superego govern way we think and act
-majority of personality comes from unconscious mind
-abnormal behaviour occurs when there is an imbalance
-overdeveloped superego lead to excessive anxiety

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what is Freud iceberg analogy?

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Ego, conscious level- visible ( reality principle, implements defence mechanisms)
superego, preconscious level- not visible ( morality principle)
id, unconscious level- not visible (pleasure principle)

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what is the Id?

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-impulsive, instinctive
-present at birth
-consists of life and death instincts
-pleasure principle
-immediate gratification

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what is the ego?

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-reality principles
-mediate between irrational and real world
-problem solve

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what is the superego?

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-no right or wrong
-morality principle instilled by parenting
-controls Id demands through conscience and ideal self
-conflict with id creates anxiety dealt with through defence mechanisms

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what does Freud mean by the psychosexual stages of development?

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-children unconsciously go through these
-each stage characterised by a fixation on a part of the body
-individuals need to complete each stage to move to the next
-when this isn’t done fixation occurs

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what is the oral stage?

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-breastfeeding/ bottle feeding
-putting objects into your mouth
-fixations: addictions, vape, smoke, chewing gum, manipulating behaviours, biting nails
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what is the anal stage?

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-potty training
-control of bladder and bowel movements
-fixation: messy, disorganised, overcontrol, stingy, inconsiderate
-1-3

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what is the phallic phase?

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-3-5/6
-genitals
-oedipus/electra complex
-castration anxiety
-penis fixation-
-fixation= complication with sexuality, envy, mother fixation, aggressive to women

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what is the latency stage?

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-5/6-puberty
-love of learning/ new skills
-superego strengthens
-making social connections
-fixations: difficulty expressing emotions, forming long lasting relationships

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what is the genital stage?

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-puberty-maturity
-relationships
-sexual activity
-settling into loving relationship
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what is the aim of Freuds study?

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.give an account of a boy suffering from phobia of a horse and a range of other symptoms
.to use this case to illustrate existence of
Oedipus complex

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who was the participants in Freuds study?

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jewish boy
vienna
3-5 years
little hans
phobia of horses
father referred hans to freud

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what were characteristics of little hans?

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-cheerful and straightforward until ill
-phallic stage

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what was Freuds method?

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-longitudinal case study
- data gained by father, observing and questioning, sent records to Freud
-Freud gave advice

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what are issues with the data gathered?

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-subjective
-demand characteristics
-social desirability
-unreliable

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what did Hans show interest in just before turning 3?

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his ‘widdler’
presence/ absence of this in others, human and non human
genital stage

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what happened during this time? Freud, Genital stage

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-‘masturbate’
-threats from his mum to get Dr A to cut it off
-gained sister Hanna
-subconsciously wanted his mum to drop her in the bath

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where did little Hans live?

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Vienna early 1900s
coaches drawn by horses

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what 2 things developed Hans fear of being bitten by a white horse?

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-overhearing a dad say ‘don’t put your finger to the white horse or it will bite you’
-seeing a horse pulling a carriage and fall and kick about with it’s legs

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What did Hans fear generalise to?

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carts and buses

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what were Hans fantasies?

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the Giraffe
Two Plumber
The Parenting

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what was the Giraffe fantasy?

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-big Giraffe (dad) and crumpled Giraffe ( mum)
-took away crumpled one from big one and big one called out
-sat on crumpled one

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what were the two Plumber fantasies?

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1) Hans in bath, plumber unscrewed bath, took borer (corkscrew) stuck in his stomach

2)took Hans behind + widdler with pliers, replaced with bigger ones

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what is the Parenting fantasy?

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-married to his mum with children
-father the grandfather

26
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what were the overall results? Freud

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-fear of horses= subconscious fear of dad
-dark around mouth and blinkers are moustache and glasses
-fear of dad and widdler fascination due to Oedipus complex

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what were the Giraffe results?

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-representation of trying to take mum from dad

28
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what were the parenting fantasy results?

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Oedipus complex

29
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what were the plumber results?

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-due to identifying with his father

30
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what were the conclusions for Freud?

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-psychosexual development
-boys in phallic stage experience Oedipus complex
-phobias are unconscious anxiety placed on external objects
-unconscious determinism (people not aware of causes of behaviour)
-psychoanalytic therapy

31
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why is generalisability a w in Freuds study?

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case study

32
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why is usefulness a w in Freuds study?

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case study
phobias differ for each person

33
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why is ecological validity a s in Freuds study?

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own environment with dad

34
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why is the method a s in Freuds study?

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case study
qualitative data
valid

35
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Freud nature or nurture?

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nurture
reasons for his phobia

36
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Freud freewill or determinism?

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determinism
pyschosexual stages
oedipus complex
ID impulses

37
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Freud individual or situational?

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individual
Hans phobias

38
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what is the background for Baron-Cohen ?

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-autistic individuals lack TOM
-implications arise for communication
-triad of impairments : impairments of communication, social interaction, limited imagination
-tests have a ceiling to a mental age of six so are too east for adults

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what is the background for Baron-Cohen ?

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-autistic individuals lack TOM
-implications arise for communication
-triad of impairments : impairments of communication, social interaction, limited imagination
-tests have a ceiling to a mental age of six so are too east for adults

40
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what were some previous autism tests?

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-sally- anne (dolls)
- Happé- strange stories (jokes)

41
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what was the aim for Baron Cohen?

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-to investigate if autistic adults lack TOM
-to investigate gender differences between TOM
-to test whether high functioning adults with autistic spectrum disorders struggle to identify emotions from photographs of eyes

42
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what were the participants in group 1 for Baron Cohen?

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-16 individuals with high functioning autism or asperger’s syndrome
-4 autism 12 asperger
-13 males 3 females
-normal intelligence
-advert in National Autistic magazine and variety of clinical sources

43
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what were the participants in group 2 for Baron Cohen?

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-control group
-50 normal
-age matched
-25 male 25 female
- general population of Cambridge

44
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What was the third group for Baron Cohen?

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-control group
-10 adults
-Tourette syndrome
-age matched
-8 male, 2 female
- normal intelligence
-opportunity, recruited from tertiary referral centre in London

45
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what was the method and variables for Baron Cohen?

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-Quasi experiment
-Iv= type of individual
-Dv= score/ 25 on eyes task

46
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what were the characteristics and standardisation of the eye tasks?

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-25 pics
- black and white
-same size
-eye region only
- asked to chose emotion from an option of 2

47
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what was the experimental design for Baron Cohen?

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Matched- age

48
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what was the procedure for Baron Cohen?

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-presented with 4 tasks in random order
- investigated in quiet room, on own, in own home or Cambridge uni or research lab
-eye task
-gender recognition task
-basic emotion recognition task (full face)
-strange stories

49
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what were the results for Baron Cohen?

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-Autism group did significantly worse than control group in identifying emotions
-normal females perform better than males on eye task
-autism group made more errors on Strange Stories
-gender task no difference
out of 25:
-Autistic= 16.3
- Normal= 20.3
-Ts= 20.4

50
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what were Baron Cohens conclusions?

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-adults with autism do possess impairs TOM
-some of autism group have degrees showing TOM deficits independent of general intelligence

51
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why is generalisability a w for Baron Cohen?

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-small sample not representative of large spectrum
-volunteer sample

52
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why is reliability a s for Baron Cohen?

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-same pictures
-same size (15x10cm)
-standard instructions
-high internal reliability
-external also good as easy to replicate

53
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why is ecological validity a w for Baron Cohen?

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-situation different from everyday social life
-judging emotions in real life isn’t done by just looking at eyes

54
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why is ethics a s for Baron Cohen?

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-volunteer
-not deceived
-no distress beyond what they experience in their daily lives

55
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why is usefulness a s for Baron Cohen?

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-even high functioning autistics adults have problems reading emotions
-opens ways forward in helping them manage their condition
-can teach people to make use of different visual cues to judge emotion

56
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what are the similarities between Freud and Baron Cohen?

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-volunteer sample
-usefulness

57
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Differences between Freud and Baron Cohen?

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F:
-1p 5y/o little Hans
-qualitative data
-no procedure= subjective questioning
B:
-3 groups
-quantitative data
-controlled procedure= picture size

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