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Psychopathology stud
All key studies for Psychopathology AQA Psych
Term | Definition |
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Jahoda (not a study) | Developed the characteristics of ideal mental health, including high self-esteem and self-actualisation |
Rosenhan and Seligman | Characteristics/ signs a person isn’t coping; observer discomfort, personal distress, maladaptive behaviour |
Mowrer (not a study) | Came up with the two-way process in explaining phobias, involving both classical conditioning for phobia initiation and operant conditioning for phobia maintenance. |
Watson and Raynor | Little Albert study – conditioned to fear a rat |
Choy et al | Compared treatments for phobias. Systematic and flooding both effective, but flooding slightly better. |
Gilroy et al | Tested systematic desensitisation – three sessions, followed up three and 33 months later. Effective. |
Beck (not a study) | Developed the Negative Triad theory of depression, which states that sufferers have a negative view of themselves, the world and the future. |
Ellis (not a study) | Developed the ABC model for explaining depression, with A = activating event, B = belief about that event, and C = the consequence of that belief. |
Ellis | Claimed a 90% success rate for REBT, a form of CBT, at treating depression |
March et al | Compared the efficacy of CBT, antidepressants, and a combination. CBT and antidepressants both had an 81% success rate, whilst a combination had 86% success. |
Elkin | Found that CBT was significantly less effective for people who have high levels of irrational beliefs |
Nestadt | Found that those who were first-degree relatives of sufferers of OCD were 5x more likely to develop the condition than the general population |
Soomro | Reviewed 17 studies and found that SSRIs were more effective (70% success) than a placebo at reducing symptoms after 3-months |