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Personality and Arousal
A Psychophysiological Study of Psychiatric Disorder
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1967
- Author: Gordon S. Claridge
- Editor: H. J. Eysenck
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 7 9 5 - 7
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 6 3 5 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 1 3 8 - 0
Experimental Psychology, Volume 4: Personality and Arousal: A Psychophysiological Study of Psychiatric Disorder describes a series of overlapping studies carried out over a number… Read more
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Request a sales quoteExperimental 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.
PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. The Theoretical Background Eysenck's Theory of Personality The Arousal Interpretation of Eysenck's Theory: a Working HypothesisChapter 2. Arousability and the Sedation Threshold Introduction Sedation Threshold in Neurotic and Normal Subjects Discussion and Conclusions SummaryChapter 3. Autonomic and EEG Correlates of Arousal Some Theoretical Considerations Description of the Data Physiological Correlates of Sedation Threshold Intercorrelation of Autonomic Measures Correlation of Autonomic and EEG Measures Conclusions SummaryChapter 4. Dysthymia-Hysteria and Psychological Performance Arousal, Drive, and Excitation-Inhibition Plan of Investigation Experimental Findings Discussion and Conclusions SummaryChapter 5. Causal and Descriptive Analysis of Dysthymia-Hysteria Introduction Introversion-Extraversion and Dysthymia-Hysteria The Causal Interaction of Extra version and Neuroticism Discussion and Conclusions SummaryChapter 6. Studies in Psychosis. I. Inter-Group Comparisons Introduction Description of Subjects Experimental Findings Conclusions SummaryChapter 7. Studies in Psychosis. II. Intra-Group Analysis Introduction Sedation Threshold and Spiral after-Effect in Psychosis Autonomic Correlates Clinical Correlates Performance Correlates Discussion SummaryChapter 8. Theoretical Integration. I. A Theory of Neurosis and Psychosis Introduction Neurophysiological Evidence A Causal and Descriptive Model of Psychiatric Disorder SummaryChapter 9. Theoretical Integration. II. Implications of the Theory for Further Research Introduction The Normal Personality Psychiatric Disorder Physical Methods of Treatment Concluding RemarksAppendix. The Sedation Threshold: Pharmacological Considerations Some General Factors Influencing Barbiturate Anaesthesia Selection of an Index of Central Sensitivity Peripheral Mechanisms Measurement of the Sedation Threshold InterpretationBibliographyAuthor IndexSubject Index
- No. of pages: 292
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1967
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483207957
- Hardback ISBN: 9781483196350
- eBook ISBN: 9781483221380
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