Individual differences

Individual differences

1. S V I

   • individual, looks at individual behavouir  ignors the situation the person could be in 

2. D V F

   • deterministic, don't choose to be mentally ill

3. L V SS

   • longtituidinal = qual & quan

4. Useful

   • brings to light alot of diseases and useful information but usually subjective, help find causes for some disorders rosenham changed the way in which insane people were diagnosed
   • could argue that its only really useful to that individual as all individuals are different e.g. freud and little hans 

5. Scientific

   • subjective, not scientific, not precise

6. Ethnocentric

   • often case studys; t&c = not generalisable. 

7. R V H

   • quiet holistic T&C looks at both upbringing and illness uses a variety of methods to come to a conclusion. does not simplify any disorders down to its own phenomena 

8. studies

   • Thigpen and cleckley
     • eve white, black and jane
       • eve white suffering from severe black outs and memory loss, the letter, jane the most stable 
     • MPD
       • was very rare back in those days 
     • case study
     • longtitudinal
     • hynotherpahy
     • subjective
       • they lost objectivity when they became attracted to her 
     • psychometeric and IQ tests
     • based on memory
       • unreliable
   • Rosenham
     • can doctors distinguish between sane and insane people even when the sane are pretending to be insane, determine the validity of psychiatric diagnosis 
     • field exp/ppts observation
     • 12 hospitals
     • empty, hollow, thud
     • false name & job
     • stop symptoms
       • when in hospital
     • schizo
       • diagnosed as
     • observed staff
     • patients guessed

9. N V N

   • looks at both.