A01- Psychodynamic part 3

Question 1

another key assumption by psychodynamic approach
how is it shown?

Answer 1

unconscious mind is affected by repressed childhood experiences.
- modelled using 5 stages (psychosexual stages)

Question 2

what are 5 psychosexual stages?
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Answer 2

1) oral
2) anal
3) phallic
4) latent
5) Genital

Question 3

what is 1st stage?
when does it start and how long does it last?
what does it focus on?

Answer 3

oral
-birth to 18months
- put things in its mouth

Question 4

what is 2nd stage?
when does it start and how long does it last?
what does it focus on?
what 2 problems can come from it?

Answer 4

anal
- 18 months - 3 years
- focused on anus like pooing
- anally retentive - scared of using toilet
- anally repulsive- obsessed with using toilet.

Question 5

what is 3rd stage?
when does it start and how long does it last?
what does it focus on?
- what happens to boys and girls during that stage

Answer 5

phallic
3years- 6years
focus on penis
- boys are attracted to their mother and envy their father - Oedipus complex and have castration anxiety that their dad might overpower them and remove their penis.
- girls become angry that they don’t have penis, so they become angry at their mother because they think they took their penis and become attract to their fathers and despise their mothers this is called Electra complex
- girls have penis envy

Question 6

what is psychosexual fixation?

what is oral fixation?
what is anal fixation?
what is phallic fixation?

Answer 6

repressed psychological trauma affects behaviour
- only happens in the first 3 stages
oral fixation = biting their nails and sucking their thumb
anal fixation = anally retentive - neat and organised
anally repulsive-messy and control their emotion
phallic fixation - likely to be anxious and jealous

Question 7

what is 4th stage?
how much years?
what does it focus on?
does it have fixation?

Answer 7

latent
- 6 years to 12 years
- focus on different parts of the body
- but there is no fixation

Question 8

what is 5th stage
how much years?
what does it focus on?
what does id desire?
does it have fixation?

Answer 8

genital
- age 12
- reproductive organs
- libido= desire for sex
- there is no fixation