Continue from: Paradigms and Psychology as related to abnormal behaviour and classification (notes)

Freud Id, Ego, Super ego. Anxiety - Egos’s reaction to danger in external world - defence mechanism.Retreating to behaviour patterns of an earlier age. Primitive definitions: regression (sucking thumb as an adult is too wordy. Tantrums - retreating to behaviour patterns of an earlier age. If you want a good read, read Freud’s original. First: unconscious - People are not aware of doing things - Free associations - repression. Patient laying on the couch: free association - class- mother cold and distant; runaways- transforms into butterfly where warmer, on palm. cold->run->butterfly->hot->tree Noise- possibility of flying a little higher and giraffe swallows leaf: Popcorn->giraffe. Patient male depressed- can always tell a story. This is an art, not science. Rorschach Ink blot test: ten at a time. Projection Psychotic people have difficulty with associations. Example: Female patient, 19, incest with father? Did test. Pleasant conversation - down elevator going home next day. First card: looks at card and “freaks out” - a lot of blood (suicide). Your brother got it for me to show me. Tried another card: same reaction. Brother is here and becomes psychotic. Stops - let’s go upstairs. Cards stimulate. TAT - picture scenes: Gave her a neutral card “tree comes into my room through the window and tree strikes her. 15 minutes. To get patient back to the 9th floor, first had to go check if brother is in it. Tells psychiatrist there is a potential for suicide. A visitor tells patient that if she wants to kill herself, to go ahead. Psychotics - sit back and watch. Stressors occur in environment where can’t confront them openly. Therapists - confronts them with themselves. We are all uncomfortable about something in our lives. If it causes us stress, we go for help. Next…………………Learning/Cognitive Paradigms