Psychodynamic

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Who proposed the psychodynamic theory

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Sigmund Freud

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The psychodynamic theory states that the causes of behaviour have their origin in the

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Unconscious mind

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Most of the content of the unconscious is

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Unacceptable or unpleasant and could cause feelings of pain, anxiety or conflict if it becomes conscious

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We posses innate drives that

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energize our minds to motivate behaviour as we develop through our lives

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traumatic childhood experiences pushed into the unconscious mind can later lead to

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mental disorders

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What are the components of the psyche

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ID, ego, superego

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childhood experiences have significant importance in determining our

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personality when we reach adulthood

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what is the psyche

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our three part personality

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What is the ID

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drives us to satisfy urges

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What is the ego

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Acts rationally, balancing the ID and the superego

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At what age does the ego develop

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2-4

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When does the ID develop from

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birth

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What is the superego

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concerned with keeping to moral norms and attempts to control a powerful ID with feelings of guilt

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When does the superego develop

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4-5 years

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How many psychosexual stages are there

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5

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What is the oral psychosexual stage

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sucking behaviour

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when does the oral stage begin

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0-18 months

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What is the anal stage

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Holding or discarding faeces

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When does the anal stage take place

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18 months- 3.5 years

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What is the phallic stage

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fixation on genitals

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What age does the phallic stage consist of

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3.5-6

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What is the latency stage

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repressed sexual urges

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when does the latency stage take place

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6-puberty

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what is the genital stage

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awakened sexual urges

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when does the genital stage take place

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puberty onwards

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What is anally retentive

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the tendency to cope with conflicts later in life by demonstrating an extreme sense of cleanliness

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when does anally retentive originate from

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when conflict occurs over potty training

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in areas of significant conflict the ego can redirect psychic energy using

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defence mechanisms

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What are the three defence mechanisms Freud proposed

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repression, displacement, denial

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what is the defence mechanism repression

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burying an unpleasant thought or desire in the unconscious

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What is the defence mechanism displacement

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emotions are directed away from their source or target towards other things

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What is the defence mechanism denial

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a threatening thought is ignored or treated as if it were not true

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What is free association

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expressing immediate thoughts as they happen

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What is dream interpretation

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analysing the latent content of manifest content

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How do current psychologists use the psychodynamic approach still utilize case study evidence

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to provide proof of their explanations

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Prior to reaching the phallocrate stage children have no concept of

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Gender identity

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When does the Oedipus complex occur

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In the phallic stage

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What is the Oedipus complex

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When boys develop incestuous feelings towards their mother, they harbour a jealous and murderous hatred for their father who stands in the way of the boy possessing his mother.

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What is castration anxiety

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When a child is afraid their genitalia will be harmed by the parent of the same sec as retribution for sexual feelings for the other parent

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What does the boy do to resolve the conflict over the Oedipus complex

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The boy gives up his love for his mother and begins to identify with his father

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Who proposed the electra complex

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Carl jung

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What is the electra complex

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When a girl desires her father and realises that she doesn’t have a penis

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What is peins envy

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Anxiety of not having a penis

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What does a girl replace the feeling of penis envy for

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Wanting a baby

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Who do girls blame for their castrated stage

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Their mom which creates tension

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Why does a girl identify with her mothers identity

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To remove tension

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Little hans

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5yr old boy terrified of being bitten by horses, transferred his fear to his dad through displacement