Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Collective Unconscious, Belief

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas-de Hoog

Document Summary

Controlled act (physicians and psychologists: assessing treatment outcome: Assessment is an integral component of effective treatment. Mmpi-2 million-multiphasic personality inventory: self-report questionnaire, 567 true/false items, 10 standard scales and 3 validity scales. Interviews: unstructured vs. structured, scid (structured clinical interview for the dsm-iv) Rorschach ink blot test: scoring looks at: Location: where are they looking at the image. Form level: overall image vs. fine details. Popularity of response: poor predictive validity: Ancient beliefs: exorcism, demonology demons as the cause of mental illness, trephining drilling holes in the skull to allow demons to escape, 4 humours bodily fluids at too high levels effect attitudes/behaviours. Humanism: people are sick; not possessed, need to be treated with dignity. Biological view: organic explanation for abnormal behaviour, drug revolution. Advanced psychological theory: applied to treatment, ww2 veterans prompted the beginning of clinical psychology. Many people needed treatment, not enough doctors, needed psychologist: development of clinical psychology as a specialized field.