Assumptions

Question 1

A1- influence of childhood experiences
Psychosexual stages

Answer 1

Frauds theory that childhood development occurs in 5 stages (oral), anal, phallic, latency, genital) each focused on a different erogenous zone

(There are flashcards on each stage (Online))

Question 2

A1- influence of childhood experiences
Oedipus complex

Answer 2

A key concept in a playlist stage where a boy develops unconscious desires for his mother and rivalry with his father, leading to formation of the superego and gender identity

Question 3

A1- influence of childhood experiences
Fixation and Overindulgence

Answer 3

A lasting impact on personality that occurs if a child experiences frustration (unmet needs)
or
Overindulgence (excessive satisfaction) at any psychosexual stage

Question 4

A2- the unconscious mind
The unconscious mind

Answer 4

That part of the mind that is inaccessible to conscious thought but influences behaviour through: hidden desires, unresolved conflicts and dreams

Question 5

A2- the unconscious mind
Ego defence mechanisms

Answer 5

Psychological strategies used by the ego to protect itself from anxiety eg:

Displacement- redirecting emotions onto another person/ object

Projection- attributing unwanted thoughts to someone else

Repression- burying painful memories in the unconscious

Question 6

A2- the unconscious mind
Frauds iceberg model

Answer 6

A metaphor of the mind, where the conscious mind is visible above the surface, while the pre conscious (men’s and thoughts) and the unconscious mind (hidden desires, conflicts) lie below

Eg Sam fenders songs-
Everyone knows, seventeen going under, people watching, hypersonic misses
Not everyone knows greasy spoon, white privilege, pretending that your dead

Question 7

A3-Tripartite personality
ID

Answer 7

The unconscious impulsive part of personality, present from birth, which operates on the pleasure principle, seeking instant gratification

Question 8

A3-Tripartite personality
Ego

Answer 8

That relational conscious part of the personality that develops around age 2, balancing demands of the ID and superego through reality principle.

Question 9

A3-Tripartite personality
Superego

Answer 9

The moral part of the personality developing around age 4 which represents internalised societal values and strives for perfection