psychology
Sunday 29 October 2017
Attachment
Paper 1 – Revision notes
Caregiver-infant interactions
Reciprocity
- coordinated action w/ caregiver
- like conversation
- lays foundation - attachment
Interactional Synchrony
Meltzoff
- 2-3yrs - imitate caregiver
- later study - 3days = imitation
= not learned
= innate
Real or pseudo-imitation
Piaget
- true imitation develops - end of year
Response training
- repeat behaviour = rewarded
= operant cond
- caregiver smile = rewarding
= infant repeats
= pseudo-imitation
Evaluation
1) problems testing infant behaviour
- infant mouth - constantly moving
- difficulty distinguishing general activity
+ imitation
2) Failure to replicate
- studies ^ findings
- marian - infants could distinguish
live from video interactions
of mother
= child not responding to caregiver
3) Individual differences
- variation between infants
- strongly attached = greater interactional
synchrony
- more imitation = better quality relationship
at 3 months
The development of attachment
Stage 1 - indiscriminate
0-2months
- similar response to all objects
- reciprocity + interactional synchrony
= role in attachment
Stage 2 - beginning of attachment
4months
- more social
- human company
- distinguish familiar + unfamiliar objects
Stage 3 - discriminate
7months
- separation anxiety
- primary attachment
- quality over quantity - relationship
65% - attach to mother
Stage 4 - multiple attachment
soon after
- one month after - 29% multiple attachments
= siblings, father
- secondary attachment
Evaluations
1) unreliable data
- mothers report
- less sensitive - less likely to report it
= desirability
- systematic bias - invalid
2) Biased sample
- working class - cant generalise
- 1960s - parental care has changed
- father - more stay home father, mother work
3) multiple attachments equivalent?
- secondary attachment - important
- father - special care
- siblings - teach negotiation w/ peers
= attachment - equivalent
Animal studies of Attachment
Lorenz
Gosling eggs
Procedure
separate mother - incubator
hatched - see Lorenz = imprint
= follow Lorenz not mother
- marked gosling - put together
Findings
- divided self up
- didn't recognise mother
- imprinting - critical period
long lasting effects
- mating preferences
Harlow
Rhesus monkeys
Procedure
wire mothers
- cloth, not cloth
- feeding bottle
Findings
- more time with cloth mother
- short time with bottles mother
frightened - clung cloth mother
- not about food but contact comfort
long lasting effects
- abnormal - socially, sexually
3 months - recover
6 months - no recovery
Evaluations
1) confounding variable
- 2 different heads
- clashes - cloth on not
- cloth mother was mor appealing
2) generalising animals to humans
- humans differ - conscious decisions
- animals useful to understand human
3) Ethics of harlow
- long lasting harm
- justified - improved understanding
- better human care
- benefits outweigh cost
Explanations of Attachment: learning theory
learned, black slates, experiences
Classical conditioning
Pavlov - innate stimulus response
UCS(food) = UCR(pleasure)
NS(mother) + UCS = UCR
CS(mother) = CR(pleasure)
Operant conditioning
Skinner - drive reduction
- hungry - drive to reduce - discomfort
- fed = rewarding = positive reinforcement
- behaviour repeated
Food - primary reinforcer
Carer - Secondary reinforce
Social Learning Theory
Bandura - Modelling
- observe parent
- imitate affection
Evaluations
1) contact comfort - more important
- food = key element
Harlow - comfort is more important
2) theory has explanatory power
- some value
- learn through association
food - X main reinforcer
attention = main reinforcer - rewarding
3) driver reduction - ignored today
- popular 1940s
- limited explanation
- ppl increase discomfort = bungee jumping
Explanations of attachment: Bowlby's Theory
Critical period
- 3-6months
- difficult forming attachment after
Bolwby - sensitivity
- strongly attached - responsive mothers
Social releaser
- elicit caregiving eg - Smiling
- innate mechanism - attachment
Monotropy
- primary attachment caregiver
- special bond
Consequence
Internal working model
short term - insight to caregiver
long term - template for future relations
= expectations
Evaluations
1) is attachment adaptive
- less critical for survival
- attachment develops at 3months
- late to protect infants
- distant ancestors - vital - attach - birth - survive
2) sensitive period rather than Critical
- developmental window
- most receptive
- less likely after - not impossible
3) multiple attachments vs monotropy
- secondary attachment contribute
- social developments
- healthy develop - requires one central person
Ainsworth strange: types of attachment
Procedure
baby, mum, room, stranger, play
- separation
- reunions
- stranger
- exploration
Findings
Secure attachment
- distress - stranger
- easily soothed
- function alone
Insecure-Avoidant
- avoid interaction
- little separation response
- little care - reunion
- happy to explore
Insecure-Resistant
- seeks+resist intimacy
- distress - separation
- conflicting desires
Evaluations
1) other attachment types
- insecure disorganised
- lack consistent patterns
- dealing stress - incoherent
- switch - secure to insecure
2) observation - reliable
- inter-rater - almost accurate
- .95 accurate
- reliable
3) application
- interventions strategies
- better understand infant
- disordered caregiver - 60% - 15%
- secure 32% - 40%
Cultural variations in Attachment
IJzendoom
Procedure
- meta analysis - attachment behaviour
- eight countries
Findings
- secure - most common
- insecure-avoidant - second common
- except isreal + japan
- secure = norm
Cultural similarities
- Tronick
- African tribe
- breastfed - different women
- slept with mother - monortropy
Cultural differences
- German - insecure
- interpersonal distance
- no proximity seeking
= different childcare practices
= different response
Evaluations
1) similarities not innate
- due to mass media
- idea of parenting spread
- increase in global culture
Bowlby's Theory of maternal Deprivation
infant - warm, continuos relationship
= normal mental health
critical period
- denied care = emotionally disturbed
- separation effects child within 2yrs
- deprivation - long lsting harm
= maladjustment, depression
Key study
44 thieves
- affectionless psychopaths
Findings
- affectionless psychopaths - Frequent
separation
- 86%
- control group - no separation
- thieves - 39% separation
Evaluations
1) Physical + emotional separation
- emotional = factor
- depressed - mother physically present
- unable to give care
- depressed mothers - 55% - insecure children
2) Application
- hospitals
- time with parents
- visiting encouraged now
3) individual differences
- not all children affected
- emotional disruption
secure - cope well
insecure - distress
Romanian Orphans: Institutionalisation
Key study
Rutter
- 165 Romanian orphans
- institutionalised
- 111 adopted before 2
- 54 before 4
findings
first - Romanian lagged behind british
- physically, cognitively, socially
by 4 - some caught up
(adopted withing 6months)
- dificits remain - adopted after 6months
= long term consequence - less sever
Effects of institutionalisation
- Physical underdevelopment
- intellectual underfunctioning
- disinhibited attachment
- Poor parenting
Evaluation
1) individual differences
- some don't form primary attachments
= unable to recover
- not true - child smile more
= special attention
= some attachment
2) Application
- institution care improved
- hospital focus on children
3) value of longitudinal studies
- benefits are large
- no mistaken conclusions
= major effects due to institution care
Influence of early attachment
Internal working model
- learns about relationship through
experience
- predict future behaviour
Key study
Hazen/Shaver
procedure
- Love quiz
- current, childhood attachment questions
620 responses
Findings
56% - secure
25% - avoidant
19% resistant
positive correlation - attachment type + love
secure - love = happy experience
- accept support, last 10yrs
Behaviours influenced - IWM
childhood friendships
secure - less isolate, more popular, easy relations
Poor Parenting
Harlows - monkey, poor attach = poor parenting
Romantic Relationships
Hazen shaver - link attachment+relationships
- longer lasting - secure
Mental health
lack attachment(critical period
= lack internal working model
Evaluations
1) Correlational research
- no cause and effect
- possible cause - innate temperament
- temperament - parent response
= factor
2) Retrospective classification
- self assessment on attachment
- memories not accurate
- unreliable
3) overly determinist
- early experience = fixed effect
- insecure - doomed
- not true - happy adult relationships
- despite not being securely attached
Psychopathology
Paper 1 – Revision notes
Definitions of Abnormality
deviation from social norm
- SN - socially constructed, implicit
deviation = abnormal
eg - antisocial personality behaviour
Evaluations
1) depends on culture
- abnormal in one culture
eg women driving
2) Time
- SN change over time
- abnormality not fixed
eg - homosexuality
3) lead to abuse
- discrimination
- demonises individual
- promotes conformity
Deviation from Statistical frequency
- extreme behaviour - infrequent
= abnormal
eg - IQ - 70-130
below 70 = intellectual disability
Evaluations
1) Desirability
- negative behaviour - frequent
eg - domestic violence
- positive behaviour - abnormal
eg - high IQ (infrequent)
2) cut off point
- subjectively determined
- strict boundaries
example
- IQ - 71 = normal
- IQ - 69 = abnormal
= unfair
3) Discrimination
eq - homosexuality - infrequent - abnormal
Failure to function
- inability complete daily tasks
1- cant conform to interpersonal rules
2- personal distress
3- dangerous behaviour
Evaluation
1) some abnormality doesn't prevent function
- serial killer = work, families
2) who judges
- not stressful for person
eg - OCD - washing hands - no stress
3) disorders help function
- eating disorder - model = work
Deviation - ideal mental health
jahoda - SPAAMI
- self esteem
- personal growth
- autonomy
- accurate perception of reality
- mastery of environment
- integration
Evaluations
1) high criteria
- impossible to fit all
- majority viewed - abdnormal
2) Cultrually relative
- collectivist - don't value independence
- group behaviours
3) cant compare mental + physical
- physical health - objective
- mental health - subjective
Characteristics of Mental Disorder
Phobias
Emotional
- persistent fear
- excessive/unreasonable
- anxiety/panic
- out of proportion - real danger
Behavioural
- avoidance - spiders
- interferes - daily routine
Cognitive
- irrational thoughts
- resist rationality
- recognises irrationality eventually
Depression
Emotional
- sadness - empty, worthless. negative
- loss of interest - despair, lack control
- Anger - at others or self
Behavioural
- reduced activity level
- tiredness
- affect sleep/appetite
Cognitive
- negative self concept
- guilt, worthlessness
- negative view of world
OCD
Emotional- anxiety, distress
- aware of excessive behaviour
= shame, embarrassment
Behavioural
- intrusive thoughts
= doubts, images, impilses
- uncontrollable - creates anxiety
Cognitive
- compulsive behaviour - reduce anxiety
- repetitive - handwashing
- unrealistic behaviour
behavioural approach - explaining phobias
classical conditioning - acquire phobia
- association
little albert
NS - white rat
UCS - loud noise, UCR - fear
UCS + NS = UCR
CS - rat = CR - fear
- generalised phobia - white objects
Operant Conditioning - maintain phobia
- reward
- avoidance = reinforcing(rewarding)
= negative reinforcement
Social learning
- learning from others (modelling)
- see others fear = we fear
Evaluation
1) Diathesis stress model
- not everyone learns fear
- genetic vulnerability - mental disorder
- triggered - life event
2) Support for social learning
Bandura
- confederate - fake pain buzzer
- ppts - emotional reaction - buzzer
- acquire fear
3) Biological preparedness
- genetically programmed - association
= life-threatening = fear (ancient fears)
behavioural - not only explanation
Behavioural approach - treating Phobias
Systematic Desensitisation
Counter-conditioning
- Taught new association
= relaxation
- Reciprocal inhibition - relax inhibits anxiety
Relaxation
- relaxation techniques - breathing - slow
- visualisation - peaceful scene
Desensitisation hierarchy
- gradually introducing phobia
- not overwhelming
- reduces anxiety
Alternative - Flooding
- learn relaxation techniques
- exposed to extreme phobia
- adrenaline decreases
- relaxation
Evaluation
1) successful
- range of phobias
- 75% patients respond to SD
- in vivo - most successful
2) not appropriate for all phobias
- SD - not effective - evolutionary phobias
- SD - effective - personal experience Pho
3) Individual differences
- flooding not for everyone
- highly traumatic
- can quit during - reduces effectiveness
Cognitive approach - explaining Depression
Ellis ABC model
A - activating event (fired)
B - Beliefs (hated me)
C - Consequence - irrational response
- unhealthy emotion
= depression
Mustabatory thinking
- irrational beliefs
eg- must do well or im worthless
- disappointment, depression
failing exam - irrational belief
= failed bc im stupid
Becks - Negative triad
depressed ppl have..
Negative schema - negative view of world
- lead to systematic cognitive biases
Negative triad
pessimistic - irrational views of:
Self - (undesirable)
The world - (prefer other company)
The future - (will be alone)
Evaluation
1) Blames client not situational factors
- gives power to client to change
X - overlooks situation
= family, environment, lifestyle
2) Applications - Therapy
- CBT - consistent best treatment
= especially with drug treatment
supports theory - challenging irrationality
3) irrational beliefes - realist
- depressive realist - see things for what
they are
- depressed ppl - accurate estimates of
disasters
(sadder but wiser effect)
Cognitive approach - treating Depression
Cognitive-behaviour Therapy - CBT
REBT
Ellis extends ABC:
Challenging irrational thought
D - disputing irrational thoughts
E - Effective attitude to life
F - Feelings produced
- Logical disputing - illogical thinking
- Empirical disputing - inconsistent with reality
- Pragmatic disputing - usefulness of beliefs
= effective disputing changes self-defeating
beliefs
Homework
- assignment
eg - ask on date - fear rejection
test irrational beliefs against reality
practice rational beliefs
Behavioural Activation
- depressed clients - more active
- more active - more reward
- identify activity - anticipate cognitive obstacles
Unconditional Positive regard
- convince - value
- therapist - respect, value
= change in beliefs
Evaluations
1) Research support
- 90% success - REBT
- 27 sessions
- 75 studies - some CBT is better than none
2) Individual differences
- CBT - less suitable - high irrationality
- rigid/resistant to change
- ppl prefer sharing worries that solving
- exclude cognitive effort
3) Alternative treatments
- Antidepressants - SSRI's
- less effort for client
- used in conjuction to CBT - effective
= helps to cope
Biological Approach - Explaining OCD
Genetic Explanations
COMT gene
- regulates production - dopamine
- common in OCD - higher level dopamine
SERT gene
- affects serotonin transport
- decreases level
- study - two families -6/7= OCD
= mutation or SERT gene
Diathesis-stress
- genes creates vulnerability
- other factors - cause OCD - develop
- posses gene - no ill effect.
Neural Explanations
Abnormal levels of Neurotransmitters
- Dopamine - abnormally high
Animal studies - enhance dopamine
= stereotyped movements
= similar to OCD
- increase serotonin - decrease OCD
Abnormal Brain Circuit
- frontal lobes - abnormal - OCD
damaged caudate nucleaus -
fails to surpress minor worry signals
signals Thalamus - worry - OFC
-PET scans - high OFC activity
Evaluations
1) Research support genes + OFC
- MRI scans
- OCD patient
- immediate family - no OCD
- Unrelated healthy ppl
- relative - reduced grey matter
- key regions - OFC
= anatomical differences - inherited
= brain scans - detect OCD risks
2) Alternative explanations
Two-process model
Classical - NS - dirt = anxiety
Operant - maintained - avoiding
- link learned
Treatment
- ERP - exposed to fear
- prevented from compulsive behaviour
- high success rate
Biological Approach - Treating OCD
Antidepressants - SSRI's
- increases serotonin levels
- normalises - worry circuit
- reduces anxiety
re-absoption of serotonin is inhibited
= increase serotonin
Antidepressants - Tricyclics
- blocks transporter mechanism
= reabsorbs serotonin + noradrenalin
- targets multiple neurotransmitters
X - greater side-effects
= second line treatment
Anti-anxiety drugs
- BZs reduce anxiety
- Enhance neurotrans - GABA
GABA - reacts - special site
increase chloride ions - slows down activity
= feel relaxed
Evaluations
1)Drugs are cost effective and non-disruptive:
- cheaper than psychological treatment.
- They are non-disruptive - quicker than
psychological therapies.
2) Drugs have high side-affects:
- indigestion, blurred vision and loss of sex drive
- Tricyclics - more serious
3)Drug therapy is effective at tackling OCD symptoms:
-SRIs work best with psychological treatment- CBT
- symptoms decrease 70% - SSRIs
Definitions of Abnormality
deviation from social norm
- SN - socially constructed, implicit
deviation = abnormal
eg - antisocial personality behaviour
Evaluations
1) depends on culture
- abnormal in one culture
eg women driving
2) Time
- SN change over time
- abnormality not fixed
eg - homosexuality
3) lead to abuse
- discrimination
- demonises individual
- promotes conformity
Deviation from Statistical frequency
- extreme behaviour - infrequent
= abnormal
eg - IQ - 70-130
below 70 = intellectual disability
Evaluations
1) Desirability
- negative behaviour - frequent
eg - domestic violence
- positive behaviour - abnormal
eg - high IQ (infrequent)
2) cut off point
- subjectively determined
- strict boundaries
example
- IQ - 71 = normal
- IQ - 69 = abnormal
= unfair
3) Discrimination
eq - homosexuality - infrequent - abnormal
Failure to function
- inability complete daily tasks
1- cant conform to interpersonal rules
2- personal distress
3- dangerous behaviour
Evaluation
1) some abnormality doesn't prevent function
- serial killer = work, families
2) who judges
- not stressful for person
eg - OCD - washing hands - no stress
3) disorders help function
- eating disorder - model = work
Deviation - ideal mental health
jahoda - SPAAMI
- self esteem
- personal growth
- autonomy
- accurate perception of reality
- mastery of environment
- integration
Evaluations
1) high criteria
- impossible to fit all
- majority viewed - abdnormal
2) Cultrually relative
- collectivist - don't value independence
- group behaviours
3) cant compare mental + physical
- physical health - objective
- mental health - subjective
Characteristics of Mental Disorder
Phobias
Emotional
- persistent fear
- excessive/unreasonable
- anxiety/panic
- out of proportion - real danger
Behavioural
- avoidance - spiders
- interferes - daily routine
Cognitive
- irrational thoughts
- resist rationality
- recognises irrationality eventually
Depression
Emotional
- sadness - empty, worthless. negative
- loss of interest - despair, lack control
- Anger - at others or self
Behavioural
- reduced activity level
- tiredness
- affect sleep/appetite
Cognitive
- negative self concept
- guilt, worthlessness
- negative view of world
OCD
Emotional- anxiety, distress
- aware of excessive behaviour
= shame, embarrassment
Behavioural
- intrusive thoughts
= doubts, images, impilses
- uncontrollable - creates anxiety
Cognitive
- compulsive behaviour - reduce anxiety
- repetitive - handwashing
- unrealistic behaviour
behavioural approach - explaining phobias
classical conditioning - acquire phobia
- association
little albert
NS - white rat
UCS - loud noise, UCR - fear
UCS + NS = UCR
CS - rat = CR - fear
- generalised phobia - white objects
Operant Conditioning - maintain phobia
- reward
- avoidance = reinforcing(rewarding)
= negative reinforcement
Social learning
- learning from others (modelling)
- see others fear = we fear
Evaluation
1) Diathesis stress model
- not everyone learns fear
- genetic vulnerability - mental disorder
- triggered - life event
2) Support for social learning
Bandura
- confederate - fake pain buzzer
- ppts - emotional reaction - buzzer
- acquire fear
3) Biological preparedness
- genetically programmed - association
= life-threatening = fear (ancient fears)
behavioural - not only explanation
Behavioural approach - treating Phobias
Systematic Desensitisation
Counter-conditioning
- Taught new association
= relaxation
- Reciprocal inhibition - relax inhibits anxiety
Relaxation
- relaxation techniques - breathing - slow
- visualisation - peaceful scene
Desensitisation hierarchy
- gradually introducing phobia
- not overwhelming
- reduces anxiety
Alternative - Flooding
- learn relaxation techniques
- exposed to extreme phobia
- adrenaline decreases
- relaxation
Evaluation
1) successful
- range of phobias
- 75% patients respond to SD
- in vivo - most successful
2) not appropriate for all phobias
- SD - not effective - evolutionary phobias
- SD - effective - personal experience Pho
3) Individual differences
- flooding not for everyone
- highly traumatic
- can quit during - reduces effectiveness
Cognitive approach - explaining Depression
Ellis ABC model
A - activating event (fired)
B - Beliefs (hated me)
C - Consequence - irrational response
- unhealthy emotion
= depression
Mustabatory thinking
- irrational beliefs
eg- must do well or im worthless
- disappointment, depression
failing exam - irrational belief
= failed bc im stupid
Becks - Negative triad
depressed ppl have..
Negative schema - negative view of world
- lead to systematic cognitive biases
Negative triad
pessimistic - irrational views of:
Self - (undesirable)
The world - (prefer other company)
The future - (will be alone)
Evaluation
1) Blames client not situational factors
- gives power to client to change
X - overlooks situation
= family, environment, lifestyle
2) Applications - Therapy
- CBT - consistent best treatment
= especially with drug treatment
supports theory - challenging irrationality
3) irrational beliefes - realist
- depressive realist - see things for what
they are
- depressed ppl - accurate estimates of
disasters
(sadder but wiser effect)
Cognitive approach - treating Depression
Cognitive-behaviour Therapy - CBT
REBT
Ellis extends ABC:
Challenging irrational thought
D - disputing irrational thoughts
E - Effective attitude to life
F - Feelings produced
- Logical disputing - illogical thinking
- Empirical disputing - inconsistent with reality
- Pragmatic disputing - usefulness of beliefs
= effective disputing changes self-defeating
beliefs
Homework
- assignment
eg - ask on date - fear rejection
test irrational beliefs against reality
practice rational beliefs
Behavioural Activation
- depressed clients - more active
- more active - more reward
- identify activity - anticipate cognitive obstacles
Unconditional Positive regard
- convince - value
- therapist - respect, value
= change in beliefs
Evaluations
1) Research support
- 90% success - REBT
- 27 sessions
- 75 studies - some CBT is better than none
2) Individual differences
- CBT - less suitable - high irrationality
- rigid/resistant to change
- ppl prefer sharing worries that solving
- exclude cognitive effort
3) Alternative treatments
- Antidepressants - SSRI's
- less effort for client
- used in conjuction to CBT - effective
= helps to cope
Biological Approach - Explaining OCD
Genetic Explanations
COMT gene
- regulates production - dopamine
- common in OCD - higher level dopamine
SERT gene
- affects serotonin transport
- decreases level
- study - two families -6/7= OCD
= mutation or SERT gene
Diathesis-stress
- genes creates vulnerability
- other factors - cause OCD - develop
- posses gene - no ill effect.
Neural Explanations
Abnormal levels of Neurotransmitters
- Dopamine - abnormally high
Animal studies - enhance dopamine
= stereotyped movements
= similar to OCD
- increase serotonin - decrease OCD
Abnormal Brain Circuit
- frontal lobes - abnormal - OCD
damaged caudate nucleaus -
fails to surpress minor worry signals
signals Thalamus - worry - OFC
-PET scans - high OFC activity
Evaluations
1) Research support genes + OFC
- MRI scans
- OCD patient
- immediate family - no OCD
- Unrelated healthy ppl
- relative - reduced grey matter
- key regions - OFC
= anatomical differences - inherited
= brain scans - detect OCD risks
2) Alternative explanations
Two-process model
Classical - NS - dirt = anxiety
Operant - maintained - avoiding
- link learned
Treatment
- ERP - exposed to fear
- prevented from compulsive behaviour
- high success rate
Biological Approach - Treating OCD
Antidepressants - SSRI's
- increases serotonin levels
- normalises - worry circuit
- reduces anxiety
re-absoption of serotonin is inhibited
= increase serotonin
Antidepressants - Tricyclics
- blocks transporter mechanism
= reabsorbs serotonin + noradrenalin
- targets multiple neurotransmitters
X - greater side-effects
= second line treatment
Anti-anxiety drugs
- BZs reduce anxiety
- Enhance neurotrans - GABA
GABA - reacts - special site
increase chloride ions - slows down activity
= feel relaxed
Evaluations
1)Drugs are cost effective and non-disruptive:
- cheaper than psychological treatment.
- They are non-disruptive - quicker than
psychological therapies.
2) Drugs have high side-affects:
- indigestion, blurred vision and loss of sex drive
- Tricyclics - more serious
3)Drug therapy is effective at tackling OCD symptoms:
-SRIs work best with psychological treatment- CBT
- symptoms decrease 70% - SSRIs
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