Approches- PSY Flashcards
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Research
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Freud: the study of ratman. Fixations and defence mechanisms. Psychosexual stages
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Basic assumptions
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Oedipus and Electra complex/ Id,ego, superego conflict childhood experience determines adult behaviours.
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Methods
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Psycho-analysis
Reference to mechanisms
Observations
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Strengths
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- acknowledged the importance of childhood experiences.
- theories often causal explanations for underlay atypical psychological conditions
- Freud methods of psychoanalysis is still used today
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Weaknesses
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- case study method backs generalisability
- he had received heavy criticism on his approach to infants and sexualising them.
- ideas are considered in falsifiable and unscientific.
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Applications
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Psychoanalysis
