What did Fromm-Reichman call families with high emotional tension, many secrets and conspiracies?
Schizophrenogenic families
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What did Lidz identify?
2 types of parent- sharply divided and seriously dysfunctional parents
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What theory did Bateson propose?
The double-blind theory, this involves confusing messages, this can lead to the child using self-deception to develop a false version of reality and to have difficulty communicating
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Who did Goldstein and Rodnick study and what did they find?
Studied families with adolescents with behavioural problems for 5 years and found that abnormal communication seemed to predict development of schizophrenia
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What is EE?
Expressed emotion
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What did brown find?
After studying patients for 9 months after discharge, 58% of those in high EE homes relapsed compared to 10% in low EE families.
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Why is it a problem if supporting research is correlational?
We cannot establish cause and effect so it only shows a relationship between dysfunctional families and schizophrenia
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What are practical applications of these theories?
It could help families to seek help and to change behaviour to try to prevent or to terminate being a dysfunctional family or being schizophrenogenic.
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Why may these studies be unethical?
They may make parents feel upset and distressed and cause more problems for the family
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Why is it a strength that the high EE studies have been successfully replicated?
It suggests that the theory is correct and replicable
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How may the interviews used in Brown's research have a negative impact on our acceptance of the research?
The interviews may not contain enough detail and may demostrate social desirability bias.
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Families were all studied after the onset of the disorder, why is this a problem?
We cannot be sure about any treatment after discharge nor can we be sure about the behaviour of the family.
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What did Fromm-Reichman call families with high emotional tension, many secrets and conspiracies?
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Schizophrenogenic families
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What did Lidz identify?
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What theory did Bateson propose?
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Who did Goldstein and Rodnick study and what did they find?
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