Defense mechanisms and aetiology of neurosis. Scientific evaluation of psychoanalytic theory. Behavioural models, classical and operant conditioning, two factor theory, free will vs determinism. Cognitive models, relationship between thought mood and behaviour. The nature of emotion.
Single case designs.
Methodology in treatment and evaluation of therapeutic outcome. Diagnostic criteria and the medical model. The problems associated with the study of individual differences. Freud and psychoanalytic theories. Intelligence and intelligence tests.