November 26, 2024

·      What question about the reading for today did I prepare before class?

o   What is clinical Psychology?

·      What key ideas did I hear in seminar today?

o   Earned her doctorate in experimental psychology in 1934 from Smith College in Massachusetts, where she conducted research on visual perception studying with Koffka and a group of Gestalt psychologists

o   The Rorschach Projective Technique was developed by Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach, which he outlined in his 1921 book Psychodiagnostics. He developed the technique by showing patients a series of unstructured inkblots, and the patient freely responded.

o   Shakow met with 72 colleagues where they established what constituted
clinical psychology training and credentialing, student selection and training standards, program accreditation, and professional licensure

o   Psycholgists and psychiatrists could not agree on a clear definition about what psychotherapy was, or a rationale for what qualified as appropriate training

o   Shakow's failure to objectively study psychoanalysis and Eysenck's publication demonstrated the necessity of theory and practice development, as well as psychotherapy research

o   Cognitive Theory of Depression: distorted thinking and irrational beliefs
are the main mechanisms of depression

·      What substantive ideas or comments did I contribute in seminar today?

o   Active Listening

·      What substantive ideas or comments did I hear in seminar today?

o   David Shakow (1901-1981) served as the chief psychologist and director of psychological research at Worcester State Hospital. He conducted experimental studies of attention in schizophrenia patients and developed a clinical psychology training program