Thigpen and Cleckley 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCore studiesASOCR Created by: jatyizationCreated on: 18-02-14 14:45 Thigpen and Cleckley Thigpen and Cleckley Aim: To report the diagnosis and therapy of a single case of multi-personality disorder 1 of 7 Participants Participants Eve White 25 years old 2 of 7 Method Method Case study Refered to therapist for headache and memory loss Treatment = therapeutic interviews and ocassional hypnosis Family members interviewed for background and corroborate information Varitey of Tests preformed: Psychometric test Projective testing EEG 3 of 7 Results Results Therapist thought this wasd an ordinary case memory loss restored by hypnosis Letter recieved a few days later but Eve white has no memory of writting this EV asked if hearing voices meant she was insane Dramatic chang ein personality Eve black discovered EB had an independent existence and was concious at all time but EV is not aware of EB's existence 4 of 7 Results Results: Comparison of Personalities Jane discovered She has control over both personalities 5 of 7 Conclusions Conclusions Eve white was suffering from MPD, probably brought on by childhood trauma Jane offeres partial resolution in intergrating personalities More research needed on this disorder 6 of 7 Evaluation Evaluation Strengths Longlitudinal Indepoth analysis + richness of data Psychometric test = easy to conduct + broad comparison Weaknesses Cannot be generalized Time consuming + expensive Projective test = subjective; therapists interpretaion so prone to bias; personality is not always stable so it cannot be considered reliable Interviews = interviewer bias; response bias; demand characteristics; social desirability bias 7 of 7
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