PY 372 Lecture 14: Social Psychology and the Clinic
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Rosenhan experiment staff could not tell the difference. Often treated inhumanely: clinical biases: illusory correlations (inaccurate assumptions. Self-presentation and therapy: what is the best way for psychological therapy to proceed? traditional viewpoint - the more openness and honesty in therapy the better; hold nothing back and provide details. People strategically control their self-presentations in therapy changing self-presentations can change the way we see ourselves. New viewpoint (kelly, 2000) - clients should present an image of the self they actually want to be therapists need to: Explain how self-concept change works and encourage clients to play the role of their ideal self. Encourage clients to make positive statements about themselves and beneficial changes clients should not: lie ( be fake) Hide all negative things (be general rather than specific) Kelly"s idea is new and has not really been tested therapists disagree on whether or not it is a good idea.
