Psych 380 1nd Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Current Lecture I Current News II Psychiatrist vs psychologist III Phrenology IV Powerplant CIA V Ben psychotic schizophrenia a Ink blot b IQ test c TAT test d Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Test e Projection test f Sentence completion test Current Lecture Weekly review sessions o Tuesday 5pm and 7 pm o Wednesday 5 pm and 7 pm o Thursday 5 PM and 7 pm o Fri 8 am In the news o FDA will be looking into skin shocks at MA school this relates to the required reading in taking sides Psychiatrists vs psychologists o Psychiatrists Can prescribe medicine o Psychologists Psychotherapy can t write prescriptions but can refer to other doctors that do Dr Halgin hired by Seabrook NH power plant to perform psychological tests on employees o This is done by similar types of places of employment due to the risk that a power plant places on the surrounding community o Need to weed out people who may try to blow the place up it would destroy many of the surrounding cities Phrenology o The study of feeling the bumps on a person s head to determine their personality These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o This is somewhat similar people who do palm readings in a way sometimes people who do those are unusually perceptive to other people s personalities and nonverbal behavior How does this relate to credit card companies o Along with a credit score credit card often assesses the risk of having you as a client judging by your behavior and what you spend your money on o Behaviors considered risky Liquor stores Casinos Online shopping Drug stores pharmacies Shoe repair shops Dating escort services Detective agencies Second hand stores Tire repair shops o They often have psychologists to analyze their clients Dr Halgin was also offered a job by the CIA o They called asking for a well established psychologist to analyze potential psychologists that have applied to the CIA o This is important that people who work for the CIA are reliable because they often handle very sensitive information and need to retain secrecy Case study of the day Ben o He has a complex set of issues that makes his case great to study o He is a junior at Fordham studying psychology while Dr Halgin is also still in training there o Ben dressed very peculiarly was wearing sporting gloves and a wool hat in the middle of September and didn t take them off o Session with Dr Halgin He is very agitated Tells about how he was hit by a car in an intersection several weeks ago He wasn t seriously injured but a police officer yelled at him saying that he could have caused a huge accident and that he ran a red light He asks if what he is saying is confidential and says that you never know who s out to get you This makes us ask if he is paranoid o Dr Halgin decides to do a variety of tests on Ben o IQ test Normal scores are between 85 and 115 This test is sometimes challenging because it contains culturally biased questions Also comprehension can depend on a person s situation Concussion medical Overly intelligent people Ben s score was 101 although this is normal it should have been higher considering he is a college student He has a suppressed IQ o Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Test This asks a variety of questions to help get a picture of a person s personality Do you like hunting Do you sometimes get red spots on your neck Do you like to gossip Do you believe in devil hell and afterlife Do you have control over your own mind Etc It also shows the validity of a person s answers People can lie 2 ways o 1 Faking good o 2 Faking bad this is often seen in people who are in court and want to plead insanity Ben s validity showed that he was faking bad He also tested positive for several negative things depression mania etc Ben over responds to this test which may be a cry for help Going back to the story about the power plant o There are two major conditions that shouldn t be allowed into the plant 1 Depression 2 Psychopathic deviant manic person they are risk takers don t mind stealing have lots of energy many firefighters and police officers have this type of job it is called high on 4 9 by psychologists it is important that they are not too high but ok to be somewhat high on the scale Back to Ben s tests o Projective technique Dr Halgin asks Ben to draw a series of pictures from these pictures we can infer certain things about Ben o First drawing of a house Ben describes the house as a farmhouse in Holland where a farmer lives It is on stilts to protect against floods This may symbolize Ben not feeling grounded or stable He says he would live in the attic where there is the most light if he lived there o Second drawing of a person Strangely Ben draws a female instead of a male people usually draw people of the same gender as themselves Ben draws a girl he remembers from high school She is stocky and has a marred face Although she is very smart she doesn t speak up and people think she is a monster He says that she was institutionalized and badly battered The drawing also has no eyes which is very strange and sticks out o Third drawing of a person of the opposite gender that you just drew Drawing is of a baseball player Babe Ruth In the corner it says 1937 Yankee Baseball Playing The grammatical errors are significant and seem to reoccur with the different tests on Ben He has an awkward profile is sort of facing the side He also has no eye brows He has a number 69 on his jersey which may be a sexual innuendo Ben says that his family is strung between the Yankees and the Mets Describes Babe Ruth as an immigrant that takes things too seriously o Fourth drawing of a tree Draws a Lombardi poplar Needs sunshine but good for blocking the wind protection It is a very detailed and pretty looking tree Next test sentence completion o Examples are I wish I am best when I suffer Men Etc o Ben s responses have many grammatical errors o He also notes at suicide which is a very serious concern o I feel that life isn t worth all of its troubles and problems Next test TAT thematic apperception test o Show picture drawing ask what s going on what led up to it what is the outcome o Salience You are going to see what s relevant to you Ex if you had a sandwich for breakfast you might see something in the image as a …