1900: Psychodynamic Approach (frued, Iceburg, Little Hans, Psychosexual Stages, Tripartite Model Of The Mind)

Question 1

What was feuds job?

Answer 1

Psychoanalyse (talking cure) vietmanease middle class women

Question 2

What are the three levels of the role of the unconcious and what did fued compare it to?

Answer 2

He compared it to an ice burg.
- conscious level which is the tip and can be seen (our general thoughts we can see).
- precocious level which is slightly covered but can be seen ( can be thought about and brought to conscious mind).
- unconscious level which is the part of the iceberg that is completely hidden under water (trauma that we are not aware of an can effect future behaviour).

Question 3

What are defended mechanisms?

Answer 3

psychological strategies used to unconsciously protect someone from anxiety.

Question 4

Over use of what can cause psychosis? What is psychosis?

Answer 4

Defence mechanisms, when people lose some contact with reality.

Question 5

Name all three defence mechanisms?

Answer 5

Denial, displacement, repression

Question 6

What is denial?

Answer 6

Rejection that an event is happening, not a conscious process (completely unaware) your mind puts you into denial to cope and eventually get used to idea of event being true.

Question 7

What is displacement?

Answer 7

Redirections of feelings to a more socially acceptable target.

Question 8

What is repression?

Answer 8

Mind forcing memories to unconscious mind (no-longer aware it has taken place). This only causes temporary protection.

Question 9

Name all three tripartite model or structure of the mind?

Answer 9

ID EGO SUPEREGO

Question 10

When do you get ID and what is it?

Answer 10

Born with it and it is the pleasure principle (selfish drive).

Question 11

When do you get the EGO and what is it?

Answer 11

1-3 years old, reality principle (learn to fight urges).

Question 12

When do you get the super ego and what is it?

Answer 12

3-6 years old, morality principle (understanding right and wrong).

Question 13

What can effect the development of the super ego?

Answer 13

Parental and social values.

Question 14

Why should the tripartite model of the mind be balanced?

Answer 14

Unbalanced one can cause mental health problems.

Question 15

How to remember psychosexual stages? And name them.

Answer 15

Old (oral) Age (anus) Pensioners (phallic) Love (latent) Guinness (genital)

Question 16

What is oral stage? When is oral? What structure of the personality is in control? How is it completed?

Answer 16

Mouth is the focus of pleasure, 0-1 years old, Id is in control, by weening not too soon or late

Question 17

What is the anal stage? What structure of personality is it linked to? How is it completed?

Answer 17

Where control is taught (potty training), linked to the EGO, successfully potty training.

Question 18

When is the phallic stage? What case study is it linked to?

Answer 18

3-5 and is linked to the little hans case study.

Question 19

Explain the little hans case study?

Answer 19

Letters were written to Freud from Hans father
1) hans had fear of caustration after parents threat to chop it off.
2) Hans had dreams about whipping kids bottoms, sister drowning, giraffes
3) he also had a phobia of horses.
4) he wanted his father to disappear
5) jealousy of mothers attention ended when he completed the phallic stage ( gender identity, realised similarity with father and looked up to him.)

Question 20

What did Freud infer from little Hans story?

Answer 20

• he was jealous of attention that was given by mother to his father and sister
• horse phobia linked to father
• bottom whipping dreams link to phallic stage
• dreams of sister underwater link to jealousy
• giraffe links to shape

Question 21

When is latent? What is it?

Answer 21

6-12 years, is when penis envy occurs from girls and they developed friendships and hobbies.

Question 22

When is genital? And what is it? What must be completed in order for this to be successful?

Answer 22

12+ , it focuses on developing healthy adult relationships, the other psychosexual development stages.

Question 23

What happens if one of the psychosexual stages are not completed?

Answer 23

Fixation will occur.

Question 24

Name the advantages of the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 24

• influence in todays society, as psycho analysis is still used today to access the conscious mind. (Mass money generated from “talking cure” suggest its benefits. - this proves that although Freud approach was odd the outcome of therapy as a way to solve unconcious problems works for many people suffering with mental health.
• his approach supplied an alternative to medication.

Question 25

Name the disadvantages of the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 25

• retrospective case studies, which are unique and not replicable today making it hard for case study to prove anything scientifically.
• Fred’s case study on little Hans is built from subjective conclusions using his approach which is not falsifiable (can not be proven wrong or right).