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What is the difference between having multiple personality disorder and having different sides to your personality? |
With MPD patients tend not to recall memories of the other personality; a person with different sides always remembers what the other sides do, think and say. |
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Explain one difficulty with the psychological measure used in the study. |
The results of the Ink Blot test come from the interpretation of the psychiatrist which could be open to bias. |
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Give advantages of any psychometric test. |
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report data in this study. |
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Thigpen and Cleckley were told anecdotal stories about behaviour of Eve, what were they? |
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Describe the tests carried out on Eve. |
An independent expert gave Eve 4 psychological tests: Psychometric tests:
Projective tests:
The physiological test: an electroencephalogram (EEG) was also used |
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Briefly describe the findings of the tests carried out on eve . |
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What is multiple personality disorder? |
According to DSM–IV- TR the diagnostic criteria for dissociative identity disorder are:
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How did the authors interpret the projective test results |
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Aim of the study |
The aim of this article was to provide an account of the psychotherapeutic treatment of a 25-year-old woman who was referred to Thigpen and Cleckley because of 'severe and blinding headaches’ she also mentioned having ‘black-outs’. The receipt of a letter marked the beginning of the treatment for her DID. |
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What were the evidence the authors believed that this was a genuine case of DID? |
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Describe the first encounter with Eve Black |
During one of the interviews, Eve White who was normally very self-controlled became distressed and asked whether hearing an occasional imaginary voice made her insane. She reported that she had on several occasions over the last few months briefly heard a voice addressing her. During this conversation Eve White, as if in pain suddenly put both hands to her head. After a tense moment of silence her hands dropped, and the therapist observed a quick, reckless smile and in a bright voice she said: Hi there, Doc! To the therapist it seemed that the usually conventional and retiring Eve White had changed into a carefree person. She also seemed to have a very different physical presence in terms of manner, gestures, and eye movements. When asked her name she immediately replied that she was Eve Black. |
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How long did the study last? |
Interviews with the patient continued for over 14 months and totalled approximately 100 hours |
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Why was hypnosis used in the study? |
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What was the method of treatment used by the therapists? |
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Describe the major incident in which Eve Black took control of Eve white’s adulthood |
Thigpen and Cleckley were astonished to learn (from a distant relative) that Eve had been married before. Eve denied all knowledge. Eve Black eventually admitted that she was the bride: although there was no formal record of a marriage, she did live with a man during a period when she was largely in control. She had no wish for sex, but often enjoyed denying her husband his conjugal rights. In turn, he beat her savagely but she avoided most of the pain by ‘going in’ and leaving Eve White to feel the blows. She was able to ‘pick out’ or erase certain items of memory of Eve White, including that of the beatings. This explains why Eve White did not remember. |
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How did Jane emerge? |
After eight months of treatment Eve White seemed to be making progress. Her blackouts had ceased and she was working well at her job (as a telephone operator) and was reaching some acceptable solution to her marital problems. However as the treatment progressed, Eve White’s headaches returned and so did the blackouts. Eve Black denied all responsibility and said that she also experienced lack of awareness during these blackouts. Eve White’s general state of mind was deteriorating and confinement was considered. It became easier for the therapist to call up whichever personality he wanted to examine, and childhood experiences were investigated under hypnosis. During one such episode, Eve White was discussing a very early recollection of being scalded by water from a washbasin and sustaining a painful injury as she spoke, her eyes closed, her speech stopped, and her head dropped back on the chair she appeared to relax into a sleepy state. After two minutes, her eyes opened, blankly staring about the room trying to orient herself. When her eyes finally met those of the therapist, slowly, with an unknown husky voice and immeasurable poise, she said, Who are you?? The therapists believed that another personality had emerged who called herself Jane. The other personality, they argued, was more responsible than Eve Black and more confident and interesting than Eve White. |
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Why did the authors believe that Jane was the most suitable personality to take over? |
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Conclusions |
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Strengths of the study |
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Weaknesses of the study |
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Evaluation of explanation |
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