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Assumptions Of The Psychodynamic Approach Flashcards

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1
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What is the name of the personality model

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Tripartite model of personality

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What part of the iceburg is the conscience mind ( what size is it )

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The top part of the iceburg above the water and the smallest part

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What part of the iceburg is the pre conscious mind

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Just below the water and neither the biggest or smallest

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What part of the iceburg is the subconscious mind and what size is it

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It is the very bottom of the iceberg under the water and the largest part

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What is the conscious mind

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It is what we are currently aware of , rational and logical thinking and perceptions

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What is the pre conscious mind

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Part of the mind that can be accessed but with effort , things here could be conscious if thought about e.g. memory knowledge and opinions

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What is the unconscious mind

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The larger part of the mind that cannot be accessed but still contains thoughts and feelings and can influence behaviour - the most influential part

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What does the ID want / what principle does it follow and behave to

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ID behaves according to the pleasure principle it wants instant gratification , it knows what it wants and it wants it now

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Give an example of something “ nearly pure ID “

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A newborn baby

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What is the ID often referred to as

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The devil ( on the shoulder )

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How does the EGO function

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It functions according to the reality principle

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What is an analogy that the EGO is compared too ?

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A referee between the ID and SUPEREGO

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What does the EGO function with

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Reality and responsibility and logic - take care of a need as soon as it is appropriate

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What does the SUPEREGO function according to ?

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The morality principle

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What does the SUPEREGO do ?

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Helps us know right and wrong feel guilt and shame and is the good angel ( inner voice that deters the person from doing bad things

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What is the SUPEREGO know as

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The good angel or the voice of your parents / conscience

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What is EGO strength

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The ability to function despite the conflict between different the different parts ( ID and SUPEREGO )

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What will someone with a dominant ID act like

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Narcissistic ( the world revolves around them ) , selfish demanding impulsive anger outbursts and self controlling

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What will someone with a dominant SUPEREGO act like

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Submissive honest considerate guilty and gullible

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What can someone with a dominant SUPEREGO be like ( in a bad way )

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Condescending

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Who created the tripartite model of personality

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Freud

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According to Freud what do violent criminals often lack

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A sence of morality and remorse along with often wanting to seek instant gratification and pleasure regardless of the costs showing a dominant ID

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Give an example of a psychopath with dominants ID’s

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Ted buddy

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What are ego defence mechanisms

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Ways that the ego protects itself from unconscious thoughts and feelings that may become harm or stress if they become conscious

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What do défense mechanisms do ?

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Push a desire or conflict out of the conscience thought or transfer it to somthing safer

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What are the dangers of defence mechanisms

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Can help in the short term but if overused can lead to disturbed behaviour

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What are the 4 most common defence mechanisms?

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Repression regression projection displacement

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What is repression

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Pushing negative or bad experiences into the unconscious so you no longer think abt them / forget about them

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What is an example of repression

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Someone who was in a traumatic car accident not remembering the crash

30
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What is regression

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The abandonment of age appropriate coping strategies in favour of more child like patterns of behaviour , it is retreating to a time where the person feels safe

31
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Give an example of regression

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After a Romantic break up someone begins to suck their thumb / when someone moves into uni they sleep with a cuddly toy

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What is displacement

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Transferring undesirable impulses ( anger ) from one person to another or an object

33
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Give an example of displacement

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When someone is angry they go punch a wall
Or a student who is bullied gets a punching bag and spends hours hitting it

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What is projection

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Undesirable thoughts or emotions are attributed to someone else

35
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Give an example of projection

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Scoring low on an IQ test and calling someone else dumb
A man who worries he may be gay shouts homophobic insults at a stranger on the bus

36
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Give an unconscious mind example

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Schizophrenia - conflict in the unconscious mind leads to the onset of SZ symptoms.

37
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What are the 5 psychosexual stages

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Oral anal phallic latency genital

38
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What age is oral stage

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0 - 18 months

39
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What age is the anal stage

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18 months to 3 years

40
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What age is the phallic stage

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3 - 5 years

41
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What age is the latency stage

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5 to puberty

42
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What age is the genital stage

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Puberty onwards

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What is the focus on oral stage

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The mouth ( eating and putting anything in it )

44
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What is the focus on in the anal stage

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The anus ( potty training )

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What is the focus on in the phallic stage

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Genitals ( finding out they exist / immature interest )

46
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What is the focus on in the genital stage

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Genitals ( internal sexuality develops )

47
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What is present in the oral stage

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the ID

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What is pressent / develops in the anal stage

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ID present and development of the EGO

49
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What is present in the phallic stage

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ID and EGO fully formed creation of the superEGO

50
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What is present in the latency stage

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The ID EGO and superEGO are all well developed

51
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What is present in the genital stage

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ID EGO and superEGO are all well developed

52
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What is healthy development for the oral stage

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Gives us ( the baby ) the ability to understand that we cannot exercise full control of things in our environment

53
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What does healthy development for the anal stage look like

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An ability to deal with authority and able to assert their wishes , maintain balance between order and mess

54
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What does healthy development for the phallic stage look like

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Knowing what’s right and wrong and a strong gender identity

55
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What happens in the latency stage

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Well developed ID EGO and superEGO
focus on friendships and a pause in the psychosexual stages

56
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What is the term for being overindulged at the oral stage

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Oral receptive

57
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What is the term for being frustrated at the oral stage

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Oral aggressive

58
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What is the phrase for being over indulged at the anal stage

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Anal expulsive

59
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What is the phrase for frustration at the anal stage

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Anal retentive

60
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Oral receptive example and adult affects

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Optimistic gulliable trusting dependent
Weened too late or fed to soon

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Oral aggressive example and adult affects

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Agressive dominating pessimistic agressive
Kept waiting for food or weened to early

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Anal expulsive example and adult effects

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Generous messy disorganised careless hoarder
Potty trained to late with no regime

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Anal retentive example and adult affects

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Orderly obsessively tidy stubborn stingy rigid possessive
Potty trained to late / too strict

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What are the fixations of the oral stage

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Smoking or nail biting

65
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What happens if they don’t complete the phallic stage

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Excessive guilt or shame around sexuality or over confident in sexuality arrogant or cocky

66
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What happens if all the stages are completed

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Well adjusted mature healthy sexual relationships, adult personality is set

67
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What stages do the Oedipus and electra complexes appear

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The phallic stage

68
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Explain the Oedipus complex

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Boy desires mother
Boy sees father as a rival
Fear of castration from the father
Inner conflict resolved by identifying with his father
Leads to development of superego
The boy substitues desire for mother for women

69
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Explain the electra complex

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Girl starts to desire father with penis
Girl develops penis envy and blames mother for removing her penis
Girl sees mother as a rival to her father
To resolve this the girl identifies with her mother
Superego develops and desire for penis is replaced with a baby

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