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Psychodynamic Flashcards

1
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ASSUMPTION: behaviour is due to…

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Unconscious motives

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ASSUMPTION: focusses on what Experiences and what experiences specifically?

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Past experiences especially the relationships with our parents and child conflict in creating behaviour and personality

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ASSUMPTION: Our understanding of ourselves distorted by…

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Defence mechanisms

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The unconscious mind is part of the mind that contains information that we are not

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Consciously aware of such as repressed memories

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5
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The unconscious protects our conscious self from

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Anxiety or fears

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The unconscious drives much of our behaviour such as our…

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Personality and behaviour 

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The conscious is the part of the mind that

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We know about and are aware of-tip of the iceberg

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The preconscious is the part of the mind just below the conscious mind and includes

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Thoughts and ideas which you may become aware off during dreams or slips of the tongue-Freudian slip

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The unconscious is the part of the mind that we are

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Unaware of-biological drives and instincts and threatening and disturbing memories that the repressed all locked away and forgotten but continue to drive our behaviour

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The personality is made up of three parts

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Id, ego, superego

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The personality is

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Tripartite

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12
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The ID is also known as the principal

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Pleasure principle

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The ID is which part of the mind

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Unconscious

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The ID is only present at

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Birth

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15
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Throughout life the IDs focus on what

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On the self and expects immediate gratification

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16
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What happens if the IDs too overpowering

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selfish personality

17
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What is the ego known as

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Reality principle and is the self

18
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What part of the mind is the ego

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The rational unconscious part of the mind the forms from 18 months to 3 years

19
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What does the ego do

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Balances the demands to reduce conflict between the ID and the superego by using defence mechanisms

20
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What is the superego also known as

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Morality principle

21
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When does the superego form

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Between three and six years

22
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Where does the superego arise from

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Identification with same-sex parents

23
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What is the superego

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Our internaI sense of right and wrong based on parental values

24
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What happens if the superego was too overpowering

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Anxious personality or feelings of guilt

25
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What are defence mechanisms

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Unconscious strategies that the ego uses to manage the conflict between the ID in the superego for example repression-forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious mind

26
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The ego has a difficult job balancing the conflicting demands of the what and what does it use

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The ID and the superego uses defence mechanisms

27
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What do the defence mechanisms do

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Stop the ego from becoming overwhelmed with conflicts

28
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What can defence mechanisms negatively do

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Distort a persons reality and overuse can affect behaviour so they are not a long-term solution

29
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What is repression

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Forcing a distressing memory out of the conscious mind to the unconscious for example forgetting the trauma of your favourite pet died

30
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What is denial

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Refusing to acknowledge and unpleasant aspect of reality for example continuing to turn up for work even though you’ve been sacked

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What is displacement

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Transferring feelings from the true source of distressing emotion on to a less threatening substitute target for example slamming the door after a row with your mum

32
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What are the three defence mechanisms

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Repression denial displacement

33
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The ID has what from the moment we are born

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Innate sex energy that wants satisfaction

34
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Children grow through five developmental stages known as the what

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Psychosexual stages

35
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What are the limitations of psychodynamic

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Doesn’t use scientific methods and therefore lacks scientific rigour.
Freud’s theory was based off case studies of people in therapy 

36
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Strength of psychodynamic approach

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Practical applications. Behaviour caused by unconscious mind lead to psychoanalysis

Approaches AO1 + AO3 (2 decks)

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