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17.11.23 - Approaches: The Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards

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Who proposed the psychodynamic approach?

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Freud

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What does the psychodynamic approach suggest?

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Perspective describing that UNCONSCIOUS forces INFLUENCE human behaviour and experience

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What

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What is most of our mind made up of?

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The UNCONSCIOUS

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What is the unconscious?

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  • Part of mind we are UNAWARE of
  • Directs MOST of our behaviour
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What did Freud describe personality as?

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Tripartite consisting of THREE parts

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According to Freud, what are the three parts of the personality?

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The ID, the EGO and the SUPEREGO

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What is the Id?

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  • Operates on PLEASURE principle
  • Entirely UNCONSCIOUS
  • Made up of SELFISH and AGGRESSIVE instincts
  • Demands INSTANT gratificiatn
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What is the Ego?

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  • Operates on REALITY principle
  • Reduces CONFLICT between the DEMANDS of the Id and the SUPEREGO
  • Deploys DEFENCE mechanisms
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What is the Superego?

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  • Operates on MORALITY principle
  • Represents **IDEAL SELF **
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What did Freud also suggest?

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PSYCHOSEXUAL stages

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According to Freud, in how many stages does child development occur in?

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FIVE stages

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What are the five psychosexual stages?

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Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

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What happens if any psychosexual stage remains unsolved?

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Leads to FIXATION

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What is fixation in the psychodynamic approach?

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Child becomes ‘STUCK’ and carries CERTAIN behaviours and CONFLICTS associated with that stage throughout to ADULT life

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What does the Ego have a challenging time doing?

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BALANCING conflicting demands of the Id and the Superego

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How does the **Ego deal **with these conflicting demands?

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Defense mechanisms

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What are defence mechanisms?

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UNCONSCIOUS strategies

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Why are defence mechanisms useful?

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Prevent us from being OVERWHELMED by TEMPORARY threats or traumas

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What are the three main defence mechanisms?

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Repression, denial, displacement

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What is a strength of the psychodynamic approach?

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Introduced idea of PSYCHOTHERAPY

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Introduced idea of psychotherapy

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  • Introduced therapy of psychoanalysis
  • First attempt to TREAT mental disorders PSYCHOLOGICALLY than PHYSICALLY
  • Shows VALUE of psychodynamic approach in creating new perspective to treayment
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What is a weakness of the psychodynamic approach?

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Psychoanalysis may NOT be appropriate for people experiencing MORE serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia

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Psychoanalysis may NOT be appropriate for people experiencing MORE serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia

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  • Such people have lost their GRIP on reality
  • Cannot ARTICULATE thoughts in way required by PSYCHOANALYSIS
  • FREUDIAN therapy may not apply to ALL mental disorders

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