Assumptions of the Psychodynamic Approach

Question 1

What are the 3 assumptions?

Answer 1

Inflaunce of childhood experiances
The unconscious mind
Tripartite personality

Question 2

Who came up with the assumptions?

Answer 2

Freud

Question 3

What does each psychosexual stage represent?

Answer 3

A fixation of the libido

Question 4

What is an over-indulgence of a psychosexual stage?

Answer 4

Where the needs are over-met

Question 5

What is a frustration of a psychosexual stage?

Answer 5

When the needs are not met

Question 6

How does a fixation on a psychosexual stage develop?

Answer 6

Over-indulgement or frustration

Question 7

What are the psychosexual stages?

Answer 7

Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

Question 8

At what age is the oral stage?

Answer 8

0-18 months

Question 9

What is the fixation of the libido at the oral stage?

Answer 9

The mouth

Question 10

What activities occur in the oral stage?

Answer 10

Breastfeeding

Question 11

What happens if a child is over-indulged during the oral stage?

Answer 11

Needy
Optimistic
Gullible

Question 12

What happens if a child is left frustrated during the oral stage?

Answer 12

Sarcasm
Pessimism
Envy

Question 13

At what age is the anal stage?

Answer 13

18 months - 3 years

Question 14

What is the fixation at the anal stage?

Answer 14

The anus

Question 15

What activities occur during the anal stage?

Answer 15

Potty training and developing control over their body

Question 16

What happens if the child is over-indulged during the anal stage?

Answer 16

Disorganised
Messy
Reckless

Question 17

What happens if the child is left frustrated during the anal stage?

Answer 17

Stubborn
Overly tidy
Posessive

Question 18

At what age is the phallic stage?

Answer 18

3-5 years old

Question 19

What is the fixation at the phallic stage?

Answer 19

The genitals

Question 20

What activities occur during the phallic stage?

Answer 20

Masterbation

Question 21

What happens if the child develops a fixation at the phallic stage?

Answer 21

Self-assured
Vain
Problems with sexuality
Problems maintaining relationships

Question 22

At what age is latency?

Answer 22

5 years old - puberty

Question 23

What happens during latency?

Answer 23

There is no fixation of the libido and the child gets a better understanding of the world
No effects on adult personality

Question 24

At what age is the gential stage?

Answer 24

Puberty and onwards

Question 25

What is the fixation at the genital stage?

Answer 25

Genitals

Question 26

What happens during the genital stage?

Answer 26

They grow up to engage in healthy heterosexual relationships and have a well developed personality

Question 27

What is the assumption of the unconscious mind?

Answer 27

Much of our behaviour is governed by unconscious thoughts and unresolved conflicts that can't be acessed directly. Linked to ego defence mechanisms

Question 28

What are ego defense mechanisms?

Answer 28

The way the ego defends itself from conflicts between the id and superego

Question 29

What are some examples of ego defence mechanisms?

Answer 29

Displacement Projection Repression

Question 30

What is displacement?

Answer 30

An ego defence mechanism where emotions are transferred from one object to another

Question 31

What is projection?

Answer 31

An ego defence mechanism where undesirable thoughts are blamed on something else

Question 32

What is repression?

Answer 32

An ego defence mechanism where we push painful memories into our unconscious mind so they are effectively forgotten

Question 33

What are the tree parts of the tripartite personality?

Answer 33

Id Ego Superego

Question 34

What principle is the id also called?

Answer 34

Pleasure principle

Question 35

What principle is the ego also called?

Answer 35

Reality principle

Question 36

What principle is the superego also called?

Answer 36

Morality principle

Question 37

When does the id develop?

Answer 37

Present from birth

Question 38

What is the main concern of the id?

Answer 38

Immediate gratification and pleasure

Question 39

What can the id be split up into?

Answer 39

Euros | Thanatos

Question 40

What is Euros?

Answer 40

Part of the id | Sex-drive/life force

Question 41

What is thanatos?

Answer 41

Part of the id | Self-destructive streak

Question 42

What age does the ego develop?

Answer 42

2 years old

Question 43

What is the main concern of the ego?

Answer 43

Find rational, socially acceptable ways of fufilling the wishes of the id

Question 44

What age does the superego develop?

Answer 44

4 years old

Question 45

How does the superego develop?

Answer 45

Identification with parents

Question 46

What is the main concern of the superego?

Answer 46

Morals | Our sense of ideal self

Question 47

Which two parts of the tripartite personality are often at conflict with each other?

Answer 47

Superego | Id

Question 48

How can childhood experiances be applied to relationship formation?

Answer 48

Over-indulgence at the oral stage leads to a dependancy on others. Best way to fufill this need is to be in a relationship

Question 49

How can defense mechanisms be used to explain relationship formation?

Answer 49

People may enter relationships to resolve unconscious conflicts like repressing their true sexuality

Question 50

How can the tripartite personality be used to explain relationship formation?

Answer 50

Entering relationships is the ego's way of acceptably fufilling the wishes of the id which wants pleasure