Regression
- “Goes back” to an earlier stage of development in response to stress
- Someone may regress back to a stage they are fixated at
- Anxiety provoking thoughts are temporarily pushed into the unconscious
Mind of an Infant
- All id, no ego or superego present
- Self-centered, no ego keeping id in check
- As an adult, they tend to be narcissistic and impulsive
- Hard to react with reality
Schizophrenogenic Mother
- Frieda Fromm - Reichmann (non-freudian)
- The blame of schizophrenia is with mothers
- Studies suggested that mother-child relationship was disordered in cases
where child has schizophrenia
- Suggested schizophrenia was caused by mothers who were overly dominant
in the house, particularly towards the child
- mothers would be controlling/over protective or cold/distant
- overprotection stifles child’s development but distance leaves child
emotionally insecure
Evaluation
+ Does have some explanatory power and can explain some symptoms
- Schizophrenia behaviour doesn’t resemble an infant
- Theories are unscientific and untreatable
- Can not explain why schizophrenia is generally developed in adolescence and
adulthood
- Ignores the role of genes
- “Goes back” to an earlier stage of development in response to stress
- Someone may regress back to a stage they are fixated at
- Anxiety provoking thoughts are temporarily pushed into the unconscious
Mind of an Infant
- All id, no ego or superego present
- Self-centered, no ego keeping id in check
- As an adult, they tend to be narcissistic and impulsive
- Hard to react with reality
Schizophrenogenic Mother
- Frieda Fromm - Reichmann (non-freudian)
- The blame of schizophrenia is with mothers
- Studies suggested that mother-child relationship was disordered in cases
where child has schizophrenia
- Suggested schizophrenia was caused by mothers who were overly dominant
in the house, particularly towards the child
- mothers would be controlling/over protective or cold/distant
- overprotection stifles child’s development but distance leaves child
emotionally insecure
Evaluation
+ Does have some explanatory power and can explain some symptoms
- Schizophrenia behaviour doesn’t resemble an infant
- Theories are unscientific and untreatable
- Can not explain why schizophrenia is generally developed in adolescence and
adulthood
- Ignores the role of genes
