Psychological explanations of schizophrenia

Today we consolidated and went over the psychological explanations again. I introduced you to the burger technique, which is a good way of making sure you get the most AO2 marks from every study in an essay.

We started an essay - 'Discuss two or more psychological explanations of schizophrenia'. This is due in on Wednesday 3rd December. Use the skeleton plan provided. A copy of this is here.

Psychological explanations of schizophrenia.

Today we looked at various psychological explanations for schizophrenia. We talked about double binds, expressed emotion and life events. None of these are satisfactory in themselves in explaining the origins of the disorder but can all play a role in the diathesis-stress model, which talks about the interation of nature and nurture and which we discussed at length. 

Today's powerpoint is here. I set an essay on the biological explanations of schizophrenia; this is due next Tuesday and a suggested plan is here. 

Psychodynamic explanations of schizophrenia

Today we started looking at the psychological explanations of schizophrenia, and covered the psychodynamic (Freudian) view. We looked at some classic Freudian theory about the tripartite personality (this means it is in three parts). We then looked at how schizophrenia may develop in childhood, according to Freud. We then evaluated the theory.

Today's powerpoint is here (only the first few slides - we'll cover the rest tomorrow).