PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Psychogenic Amnesia, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AP3
• Professor: Richard B Day

Document Summary

Sight and blindness in different areas: german did patients with (cid:373)isdiag(cid:374)osed (cid:858)(cid:272)orti(cid:272)al (cid:271)li(cid:374)d(cid:374)ess(cid:859) after ra(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ide(cid:374)t (cid:1005)(cid:1007) (cid:455)ears ago (cid:271)efore psychotherapy, no cortical evoked responses to visual stimuli in blind alters, create conditions in physical body. Trauma association: posttraumatic pathology emerging in overwhelmed child, fleeing inwardly, 908% of cases report abuse, (cid:862)do (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e a re(cid:272)olle(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of this? (cid:863) suggests (cid:455)ou should ha(cid:448)e re(cid:272)olle(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of this the(cid:374) (cid:455)ou (cid:449)ill (cid:272)o(cid:373)e up (cid:449)ith one. Is trauma followed by forgetting? (trauma leading to repression?) Individual unconsciously plays culturally-sanctioned dissociative role: hypnotic states (hidden observer, mediumship, spirit possession (part of did-v did, multiple personalities in did, takes role characteristics from cultural stereotypes, or patterns, media depictions, religious beliefs, therapist suggestions or descriptions. Ideas about what they should looks like from these outlets: kihlstrom (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) half of ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hiatrists i(cid:374) north a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a do (cid:374)ot (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e i(cid:374) did(cid:859)s realit(cid:455) Brand, loewenstein & spiegel: critiqued boysen & vanburgen.