Perspectives

Question 1

Psychodynamic

The different levels of consciousness

Answer 1

Conscious- immediate awareness
Preconscious- accessible memories
Unconscious- repressed trauma which influences behaviour despite person being unaware of underlying influences.

Question 2

Psychodynamic

How the unconscious reveals itself

Answer 2

Slips of the tongue 
Free association (laying on the couch encouraged to speak aloud their thoughts).
Projective tests (inkblots in the Rorschach test).

Question 3

Psychodynamic

What are the drives?

Answer 3

Eros- life (survival, pleasure and reproduction)

Thanatos- death (aggression)

Question 4

Psychodynamic

The three parts of the personality?

Answer 4

Ego- reality principle
Id- pleasure principle (instincts)
Superego- moral principle (morality)

Question 5

Psychodynamic

The significance of ‘ego anxiety’

Answer 5

This occurs when the ego cannot resolve the conflict of the superego and the id.
This can result in mental health problems e.g. depression

Question 6

Psychodynamic

How does this perspective link to Freud’s study on little Hans?

Answer 6

His behaviours (phobias and fantasies) are arising from unconscious forces, in this case the psychosexual stages of development.