EVALUATION - psychodynamic approach Flashcards

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what is meant by having explanatory power ?

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the ability to explain human behaviour

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explanatory power

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the psychodynamic approach remained a key force in psychology for the first half of the 20th century and has been used to explain a wide range of phenomena including personality development, abnormal behaviour, moral development and gender identity
- also significant in drawing attention to the connection between experiences in childhood such as our relationships with our parents and our later development

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use of case study method

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unscientific method
- he only met the boy once in a therapeutic setting and the info was forwarded by his father so source may be biased
- cannot generalise to the whole of humanity as it only happened in 2 person

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concepts within the psychodynamic approach are untestable

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  • does not meet the scientific criterion of falsification and it is not open t empirical testing ( and the possibility of being disproved )
  • many concepts are explained by using the unconscious which makes them difficult if not impossible to test
  • ideas were based on the subjective study of single individuals such as little Hans which makes it difficult to make universal claims about human behaviour
  • pseudoscientific
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real world application

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  • introduced the idea of psychotherapy
  • brought to the world psychoanalysis
  • employed a range of technique’s designed to access the unconscious such as dream analysis
  • bring patients repressed emotions into their conscious mind so they can be dealt with
  • psychoanalysis is the forerunner to modern day talking therapies such as counselling
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why is psychoanalysis so significant ?

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it was a first attempt at to treat mental disorders psychologically rather than physically

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psychic determinism

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Freud believed there was no such thing as an ‘accident’
- even something random as a ‘ slip of the tongue’ is driven by the unconscious forces and has deeper meaning

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