Approaches Flashcards
What is introspection
The first systematic experimental attempt to study the Mind by breaking up the conscious awareness into basic categories of thoughts images and sensation which was introduced by Wundt and his co worker
Who introduced the psychodynamic approach
Freud
What is the psychodynamic approach
Suggestion that personality developed out of an interaction between innate drives and early life experiences
What three parts is the personality spilt into
Superego
Ego
Id
What is the super ego
The part of the personality that is morally driven and concerned with right and wrong good one
What is the Id
A part of the personality that ur born with that is completely selfish and pleasure orientated
What is the ego
A part of the personality that is conscious and rational. It acts as a referee
What are the three ego defence mechanisms
Repression
Denial
Displacement
What is repression
Forcing a memory out of conscious mind eg forgetting a death
What is denial
Failing to acknowledge reality eg work
What is displacement?
Transferring feelings from the orgiginal object to a substitute object eg slamming a door
What is the first psychosexual stage
Oral
What is the second psychosexual stage
Anal
What is the third psychosexual stage
Phallic
What is the fourth psychosexual stage
Latency
What is the fifth psychosexual stage
Genital
What age does the oral stage occur
0-18 months
What is the source of the oral stage
Mouth
What is the source of the anal stage
Anus
At what age does the anal stage occur
18-36months
What is a successful oral stage
Weaning (stop breastfeeding)
What is a successful anal stage
Potty training
At what age does the phallic stage occur
3-6 years
What is the source in the phallic stage
Genitals
What is a result of a successful phallic stage
Firm gender identity
When age does the latency stage occur
6 years to puberty
At what age does the genital stage occur
Puberty onwards
What is the source of the genital stage
Genitals
What is a result of a successful genital stage
Mature adults
heterosexual relationships
What is a consequence of frustration in the oral stage
(Restricted sucking )
- aggressive
- envious
What is the consequences of overindulgence in the oral stage
(Too much sucking )
- gullible
- trusting
- overly dependent
What is the result of frustration in the anal stage
(Anal retentive)
- obsessive
- controlling
What is the result of overindulgence in the anal stage
(Anal expulsive)
- messy
- carelessness
