Claridge / Eysenck Personality and Arousal

A Psychophysiological Study of Psychiatric Disorder
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-2138-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Web PDF

Experimental Psychology, Volume 4: Personality and Arousal: A Psychophysiological Study of Psychiatric Disorder describes a series of overlapping studies carried out over a number of years and using a very wide variety of experimental techniques in both neurotic and psychotic patients. This book is composed of nine chapters. The first five chapters are concerned with neurosis, especially with the detailed examination of Eysenck's theory of dysthymia-hysteria. The succeeding two chapters explore some exploratory studies of psychosis looked at from a similar psychophysiological viewpoint. The remaining chapters propose a theory of psychiatric disorder and some of the implications of this theory for the study of problems in the field of personality that are not directly tackled n previous chapters. This book will prove useful to psychologists, psychiatrists, and research workers who are interested in the field of personality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Claridge, Gordon S.

Eysenck, H. J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Personality and Arousal: A Psychophysiological Study of Psychiatric Disorder;6
3;Copyright Page;7
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Dedication;8
6;PREFACE;12
7;INTRODUCTION;16
8;CHAPTER 1. THE THEORETICAL BACKGROUND;22
8.1;Eysenck's Theory of Personality;22
8.2;The Arousal Interpretation of Eysenck's Theory: a working hypothesis;29
9;CHAPTER 2. AROUSABILITY AND THE SEDATION THRESHOLD;32
9.1;Introduction;32
9.2;Sedation Threshold in Neurotic and Normal Subjects;40
9.3;Discussion and Conclusions;44
9.4;Summary;45
10;CHAPTER 3. AUTONOMIC AND EEG CORRELATES OF AROUSAL;46
10.1;Some Theoretical Considerations;46
10.2;Description of the Data;50
10.3;Physiological Correlates of Sedation Threshold;56
10.4;Intercorrelation of Autonomic Measures;61
10.5;Correlation of Autonomic and EEG Measures;65
10.6;Conclusions;69
10.7;Summary;70
11;CHAPTER 4. DYSTHYMIA–HYSTERIA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE;71
11.1;Arousal, Drive, and Excitation–Inhibition;71
11.2;Plan of Investigation;75
11.3;Experimental Findings;76
11.4;Discussion and Conclusions;115
11.5;Summary;119
12;CHAPTER 5. CAUSAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF DYSTHYMIA–HYSTERIA;121
12.1;Introduction;121
12.2;Introversion–Extraversion and Dysthymia–Hysteria;122
12.3;The Causal Interaction of Extraversion and Neuroticism;128
12.4;Discussion and Conclusions;134
12.5;Summary;138
13;CHAPTER 6. STUDIES IN PSYCHOSIS. I. INTER-GROUP COMPARISONS;139
13.1;Introduction;139
13.2;Description of Subjects;143
13.3;Experimental Findings;144
13.4;Conclusions;160
13.5;Summary;161
14;CHAPTER 7. STUDIES IN PSYCHOSIS. II. INTRA-GROUP ANALYSIS;162
14.1;Introduction;162
14.2;Sedation Threshold and Spiral After-effect in Psychosis;164
14.3;Autonomie Correlates;169
14.4;Clinical Correlates;175
14.5;Performance Correlates;190
14.6;Discussion;194
14.7;Summary;200
15;CHAPTER 8. THEORETICAL INTEGRATION. I. A THEORY OF NEUROSIS AND PSYCHOSIS;202
15.1;Introduction;202
15.2;Neurophysiological Evidence;204
15.3;A Causal and Descriptive Model of Psychiatric Disorder;209
15.4;Summary;217
16;CHAPTER 9. THEORETICAL INTEGRATION. II. IMPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY FOR FURTHER RESEARCH;218
16.1;Introduction;218
16.2;The Normal Personality;218
16.3;Psychiatric Disorder;228
16.4;Physical Methods of Treatment;233
16.5;Concluding Remarks;237
17;APPENDIX: THE SEDATION THRESHOLD: PHARMACOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS;241
17.1;Some General Factors Influencing Barbiturate Anaesthesia;241
17.2;Selection of an Index of Central Sensitivity;244
17.3;Peripheral Mechanisms;246
17.4;Measurement of the Sedation Threshold;249
17.5;Interpretation;252
18;BIBLIOGRAPHY;258
19;AUTHOR INDEX;284
20;SUBJECT INDEX;292