Emma's Psychodynamic Approach
Behaviourist approach believes that all the behaviours either normal or abnormal are learnt. Behavioural approach suggests that people learn through observation and conditioning. According to Emma’s case the behavioural explanations about her early symptoms of schizophrenia are due to a faulty learning that she perceived from their relatives.
Emma’s grandfather and an aunt are diagnosed with schizophrenia. Emma probably lived or shared time with them while she was living with her father. According to this, “Patients can acquire the characteristics by observing others being reinforced for behaving bizarrely” (Eysenck, M. (2000), p. 532). Emma perhaps adopted the bizarre behaviour of her relatives, as she probably was present during the treatments …show more content…
Perhaps, Emma's father's death caused on her psychological failures. Probably her father was unsupportive and very cold towards her due to the sickness that Emma's father was suffering and she perhaps developed conflict within psychosexual stage that affected her and she started showing signs of delusions in her life.
Psychodynamic approach also believes that abnormality comes from unconscious mind where there is a conflict among the ID, ego and superego. The Ego begin to lose perception of reality and begin to work dysfunctional because of the overwhelmed of the Id and super ego. This is due in the oral stage where the ego has not separated from the ID and the ego does not distinguish between the real and not real, therefore, Emma begins to experience hallucinations.
The cognitive model believes that schizophrenia is due to a faulty information processing where the attention, language and thinking are disorganised. Schizophrenia is due to the lack of self-monitoring, it means that Emma will think that external sources are conspiring against her and this create hallucinations and delusions, also, there is a failure between memory and perception and schizophrenic will find difficult to predict what will happen …show more content…
Also, schizophrenia is linked with two neurotransmitters which are dopamine and serotonin that affects the chemistry of the brain (biochemistry) and high levels of dopamine and low levels of serotonin produce hallucinations, delusions and depression. The other explanation is there are large ventricles and cavities filled of liquid within the brain structure that restricts the development of the brain and cause these symptoms of
Emma’s grandfather and an aunt are diagnosed with schizophrenia. Emma probably lived or shared time with them while she was living with her father. According to this, “Patients can acquire the characteristics by observing others being reinforced for behaving bizarrely” (Eysenck, M. (2000), p. 532). Emma perhaps adopted the bizarre behaviour of her relatives, as she probably was present during the treatments …show more content…
Perhaps, Emma's father's death caused on her psychological failures. Probably her father was unsupportive and very cold towards her due to the sickness that Emma's father was suffering and she perhaps developed conflict within psychosexual stage that affected her and she started showing signs of delusions in her life.
Psychodynamic approach also believes that abnormality comes from unconscious mind where there is a conflict among the ID, ego and superego. The Ego begin to lose perception of reality and begin to work dysfunctional because of the overwhelmed of the Id and super ego. This is due in the oral stage where the ego has not separated from the ID and the ego does not distinguish between the real and not real, therefore, Emma begins to experience hallucinations.
The cognitive model believes that schizophrenia is due to a faulty information processing where the attention, language and thinking are disorganised. Schizophrenia is due to the lack of self-monitoring, it means that Emma will think that external sources are conspiring against her and this create hallucinations and delusions, also, there is a failure between memory and perception and schizophrenic will find difficult to predict what will happen …show more content…
Also, schizophrenia is linked with two neurotransmitters which are dopamine and serotonin that affects the chemistry of the brain (biochemistry) and high levels of dopamine and low levels of serotonin produce hallucinations, delusions and depression. The other explanation is there are large ventricles and cavities filled of liquid within the brain structure that restricts the development of the brain and cause these symptoms of